Forest Bathing aka Shinrin-yoku (Japanese)

I live a long block from a huge negative eon, Pacific Ocean, does that count? For many decades I walked miles along the Pacific and in the sands, and did some forest hiking, but wear and tear took over..
 
jaminhealth said:
I live a long block from a huge negative eon, Pacific Ocean, does that count? For many decades I walked miles along the Pacific and in the sands, and did some forest hiking, but wear and tear took over..
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I think being anywhere in nature, counts.

I wish I could find that older podcast, as it was much better.
 

The first morning after a nights sleep tells you what breathing fresh air is like. Fresh air where I live does not exist so you have to drive 50 miles to get it.
 
Silly idea in my honest opinion.
Trees don't give a hoot if I'm there and while I love them (must have been a Druid in an earlier life) I've been in forests in the Appalachians, the Canadian Rockies, the Sierras, and Florida Swampland but never been as impressed as I was in Death Valley.
Only one time, north of Crater Lake, did I feel anything and that was the trees struggling to survive the volcanic desert there.
Must have been my imagination.
 
Chucktin said:
Silly idea in my honest opinion.
Trees don't give a hoot if I'm there.....
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I doubt they do, either

But

They live

Have lives


And they give life

Mine and yours






Maybe they even have personalities....


Most pines cling to snow

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others hold it, offer it

like orbs of crystal

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then again, maybe they're just clumps of wood


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Chucktin said:
...Trees don't give a hoot if I'm there...Only one time, north of Crater Lake, did I feel anything and that was the trees struggling to survive the volcanic desert there. Must have been my imagination.
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Plants hear, see, smell, and respond. This article is a must read if you have any question in your mind as to whether "trees give a hoot or not". Humans don't "give a hoot" all the time either but plants, animals, and humans all perceive the world around them using the same senses...including a 6th sense.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170109-plants-can-see-hear-and-smell-and-respond

Here are a few quotes from the article:

"Plants perceive the world without eyes, ears or brains. Understanding how can teach us a lot about them, and potentially a lot about us as well"

"Despite lacking eyes, plants such as Arabidopsis possess at least 11 types of photoreceptor, compared to our measly four"

"Plants fight for territory, seek out food, evade predators and trap prey. They are as alive as any animal, and – like animals – they exhibit behaviour...To see this all you need to do is watch a time-lapse video of the plants"

Why are plants affected by sound? "Munching noises produced by caterpillars caused plants to flood their leaves with chemical defenses designed to ward off attackers. "We showed that plants responded to an ecologically-relevant 'sound' with an ecologically-relevant response"

"as well as being able to hear approaching insects, some plants can either smell them, or else smell volatile signals released by neighboring plants in response to them."

These quotes are only from the first half of the article showing that animals, plants, and humans are more alike than we think.

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