Forest Bathing Quotes

“A walk through the woods probably won’t change what’s wrong, but it can change how we respond to it.”
― Heidi Barr, 12 Tiny Things: Simple Ways to Live a More Intentional Life

“Czy zwróciłeś kiedyś uwagę, jak przyjemnie chodzi się boso po piasku, trawie albo ziemi?Nie bierze się to tylko z ulgi po zdjęciu sztywnych butów albo zrzuceniu wysokich obcasów. Kiedy dotykasz podłoża bosymi stopami, twój organizm otrzymuję dawkę potężnych leczniczych elektronów.”
― Qing Li, Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing

“You will not find WiFi in the forest, but you will find a better connection.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“Nature pulls us up when we feel down, worked up, and vulnerable. It takes us out of our neurosis, shakes off the cobwebs, and helps us to mentally refresh. Nature shows us the way of the cycles and impermanence of all things and awakens the heart.”
― Michele Kambolis

“Wszyscy znamy cudowny zapach lasu po ulewie. Kiedy długo nie pada, w glebie i na skałach gromadzą się olejki roślinne. To jeden ze sposobów roślin na przetrwanie okresów suszy. Podczas deszczu woda uwalnia przechowywane w podłożu olejki, a powietrze wypełnia się ich zapachem.

On również ma swoją nazwę, petrichor, od greckich słów petra, czyli "kamień", i ichor, którym opisywano esencję płynącą w żyłach bogów zamiast krwi. Zatem petrichor znaczy dosłownie "esencja kamienia". To zapach życia!”
― Qing Li, Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing

“There is a way of entering the forest when the breeze of the trees becomes your guide; there is a way of approaching the self without a heavy-hand, when the heart-mind slowly becomes unburdened by the past, where the body listening with the whole of itself finally becomes attuned to all the subtle happenings in the realm not yet stained by the faithless world of man. -- from "Forest Bathing," The School of Soft-Attention”
― Hawk of the Pines (Frank LaRue Owen)

“There is a way of entering the forest when the breeze of the trees becomes your guide...there is a way of approaching the self without a heavy-hand, when the heart-mind slowly becomes unburdened by the past, where the body listening with the whole of itself finally becomes attuned to all the subtle happenings in the realm not yet stained by the faithless world of man.”
― Frank LaRue Owen, The School of Soft Attention

“In these times, when even a simple day can feel like a firing pin, stretching corpse-like upon the earth is not leisure. It is medicine.”
― Frank LaRue Owen, The School of Soft Attention

“Mind connecting to Earth
is not mere mental projection.
You are, in fact, being met.

Body connecting to Earth
is not mere leisure.
Life-healing powers
are extending outward to embrace you.”
― Frank LaRue Owen, Temple of Warm Harmony

“In the end, it is our children’s relationship with the natural world that determines its future. If we let our children go into the forest, they will become adults who will protect it.”
― Qing Li, Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing

“Children who have fun in nature will become adults to care for and protect it. If we let our children play outside now, they will become the green architects of the future…”
― Qing Li, Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing

“I don’t care who ascends and who descends in life anymore. I’ve had enough of this drama. I am going for a forest walk. I am entering the deep woods.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya