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Day Twenty-nine: Forest Bathing
Day Twenty-nine: Forest Bathing
“The forest is the therapist. The guide opens the doors.” Amos Clifford, founder of the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy
(Day 29 of 30 days of writing. All of the 30 days are posted on Medium or go to this link and purchase the entire e-book for 99 cents. The Sacred Feminine: Tuning into Your Personal Power. 30 days of Writing and Reflecting)
Forest Bathing is an Earth Practice.
One summer, I signed up to pet sit for two dogs who lived next to the Washington Arboretum in Seattle. Every day, for three months, I walked the dogs through the Arboretum developing an even deeper love for the evergreen trees with their different varieties of pinecones. Small to large; blooming in the same way flowers were blooming in the neighborhood. Some green, some black and all of them reaching for different shades of brown when fully mature.
Pinecones are known as a stimulant for activating our pineal gland which is shaped like a small pinecone. The pineal gland produces melatonin, a hormone that regulates…
