Forest Meditation
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Forest Meditation
Forest Meditation is a meditative mix with a nature accent: a base of dense forest (constant leaf rustle and distant birdsong), with singing bowl (as a temple bell in a forest sanctuary), babbling creek and quiet Om on top. A blend of Japanese shinrin-yoku and Buddhist meditative practice: the forest as natural temple.
Forest meditation is one of the most therapeutically effective forms of practice. Park and colleagues, in their foundational work on shinrin-yoku (Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2010), showed that two hours in the forest with mindful meditation lower cortisol, lower blood pressure and activate the parasympathetic system far more strongly than two hours in the city or two hours of indoor meditation without nature. The explanation runs through the concept of biophilia (Wilson, 1984): humans' innate need for natural environment.
Use this mix for city dwellers without forest access (the mix works as acoustic forest bathing), for meditative morning practice, for people recovering from burnout or illness, for writing nature prose (Thoreau, Robert Macfarlane, Annie Dillard), for outdoor yoga or yoga at home with open windows, or for coaching sessions needing a natural emotional tone. Pairs with Morning Meditation (more spirituality), Forest Night (evening variant) or Sacred Forest (kin scene).
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