If there are seats like benches, rocks or logs, that's good. If it's a regular city park that's your closest green environment, then that's good too. Choose a place close to you so that you can come here all year round. Today, there are 12,474 protected natural areas in Sweden, so we have plenty of space for forest bathing! Forest therapy is intended to give the practitioner a break, moments of stillness, a stillness without the requirement to perform anything. Are you curious to try it? There is a lot of information online here, for example www.shinrin-yokusweden.se No prior knowledge is required, no qualifications or special skills. It's enough to just be you. One tip is to leave your mobile phone at home or at least put it on airplane mode so that technology doesn't stand between your senses and nature.
Here are suggestions for an exercise you can do yourself: Choose a place where you feel calm and safe, focus on your physical experience as it is without requiring you to feel anything in particular.
– Walk slowly and only a short distance. It's about being here rather than getting there. - If you find yourself walking fast or want to take the opportunity to get some exercise, stop. Take a few breaths before continuing at a leisurely pace.
- Be present with an open mind. Leave the demands of performance at home. Start with this simple but difficult exercise: sitting still is one of the best ways to connect with nature, support healing, and deepen your relationship with nature. The longer you sit in one place, the more you see. It can take fifteen minutes before you suddenly discover that small flowers are growing right in front of you, see how the wind makes the grass bend, how ants wedge back and forth, or a bird sitting still on a branch. Let things reveal themselves to you when they are convenient. If you feel stressed, stop and focus your attention on something near you and observe how it moves. 20 minutes is a good time for this exercise.
Summer is here, nature is awake, what a perfect time to go out into the forest and sit on a stump and just stare!
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