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What is Forest Bathing?
Forests have always held a special place in the hearts and minds of people everywhere. In 1982, the Forest Agency of Japanese government initiated shinrin-yoku, a national public health program. Its objective is to encourage Japanese residents to get involved with nature...
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I've become fascinated by discovering nature within just 15 minutes of home—and how easy it is to overlook or forget the world we're not currently experiencing.
Recently, I cycled to a nearby woodland to capture some photos on film, then rewound it and rode into town to shoot again over the same roll. They didn't turn out exactly as I'd planned (I must have loaded the film half-a-frame differently the second time!), but I'm intrigued by the unexpected overlaps.
What do you see first—the streets or the trees? The textures of brickwork or the bark?
I appreciate both worlds, but I'm pretty sure more of us need to visit the trees more often!
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This image is from a Meridian Raw CIC facilitated photography trip to Ashclyst Forest at Killerton Estate, as part of the Chasing the Light Photography Project in Exeter, Devon, UK on Thursday 24th March, 2022.
Sun breaking through early morning fog in the forest at Natural Bridges; Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Southern Oregon Coast.
One from my 'Take a moment ' Album.
This is Trench Wood in Worcestershire and has been recorded as a working wood for over a thousand years.
Moss lushly growing in a patch of the forest floor in Sylvan Solace Preserve near Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, USA