Forest Bathing for Idiots
The difference is that we’ve voluntarily chosen to get ourselves into trouble. To explain what it feels like inside a forest, I had to arm myself with my notebook and camera and venture into the trees far from the big city. All sorts of dangers were lurking.The key to survival lies, follow me closely here, in surviving.
- ▪The difference is that we’ve voluntarily chosen to get ourselves into trouble.
- ▪To explain what it feels like inside a forest, I had to arm myself with my notebook and camera and venture into the trees far from the big city.
- ▪All sorts of dangers were lurking.The key to survival lies, follow me closely here, in surviving.
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A journalist’s life is full of surprises. The difference is that we’ve voluntarily chosen to get ourselves into trouble. To explain what it feels like inside a forest, I had to arm myself with my notebook and camera and venture into the trees far from the big city. All sorts of dangers were lurking.The key to survival lies, follow me closely here, in surviving. On this, virtually all scholars agree.Summer is the perfect time for forest bathing, which is what they call being an idiot and taking a walk in the woods these days.TreesThe first thing that strikes anyone entering the forest is the existence of trees. It’s a surprising discovery, because I’m almost certain that none of them were there a hundred years ago.
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