Your Guide to Forest Bathing, M. Amos Clifford
Your Guide to Forest Bathing, M. Amos Clifford
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Your Guide to Forest Bathing
Experience the Healing Power of Nature

Author: M. Amos Clifford

Narrator: Keith Sellon-Wright

Unabridged: 3 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/22/2018

Synopsis

Forest bathing is a gentle, meditative practice of connecting with nature. Simply being present with all of our senses, in a forest or other wild area, can produce mental, emotional, and physical health benefits. It is a simple, accessible antidote to our nature-starved lives and can inspire us to become advocates for healing our relationships with the more-than-human world. This book is both an invitation to take up the practice of forest bathing and an inspiration to connect with nature as a way to help heal both the planet and humanity.Forest Therapy is a research-based framework for supporting healing and wellness through immersion in forests and other natural environments. In Japan, forest bathing is known as shinrin-yoku. Studies there have demonstrated a wide variety of health benefits, especially in the cardiovascular and immune systems, and for stabilizing and improving mood and cognition.In Your Guide to Forest Bathing, Amos Clifford draws on four decades of wilderness experience to introduce listeners to the medicine of being in the forest. Learn about the roots of the practice, how to deepen your relationship to nature, and how to begin a practice of your own. Practical matters such as finding a suitable trail and what to bring are also included.

About M. Amos Clifford

M. Amos Clifford is the founder of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, an organization leading the movement to integrate nature and forest therapies into health care, education, and land-management systems. He has been a student of Buddhist philosophy for over twenty years and is the founder of Sky Creek Dharma Center in Chico, California.

About Keith Sellon-Wright

Keith Sellon-Wright is a seasoned professional with a career in Hollywood spanning over thirty years. He has had the good fortune to work with some of Hollywood's seminal directors, including Christopher Guest and Spike Lee. His TV career includes some of the most important shows in TV history, going back to shows such as Wings, Frasier, Seinfeld, and The West Wing. More recently he's appeared on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, NCIS, Mad Men, and Parks and Recreation. The majority of Keith's audiobook work so far is nonfiction, ("I love what I get to learn!") but as a lifelong storyteller, he of course loves fiction too. Keith also serves as a "voice of the New York Times," narrating selected articles for the daily audio edition on Audible. He records from a "killer" booth he built at his residence in Southern California. The quickest way to Keith's heart-introduce him to a great new wine!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabrielle on June 20, 2018

This book is a practical, concise, poetic, guide to practicing Forest Bathing. This is not particularly the traditional Japanese method, but it is rather a hybrid of those techniques combined with the North American style developed in recent years. Clifford gives you a clear layout to begin your pra......more

Goodreads review by Sille on April 07, 2019

Eestlase jaoks on see raamat liialt lihtsustatud, kirjutatud peamiselt eneseabiõpiku vaimus ning arvatavasti eelkõige suunatud päästmatult urbaniseerunud kodanikule. Eestlase metsakogemus on ilmselt (praegu veel) märksa loomulikum ja intuitiivsem, vähemalt minu põlvkonnas veel küll. Samas tuleb järj......more

Goodreads review by Abeer on October 07, 2024

Three stars for the writing and sentence structure; otherwise, this book is another Western author's secular view on nature. During forest bathing, the author recommends taking help from stones, talking to the trees, telling secrets to the flowing stream, and so on. What he does not think about is t......more

Goodreads review by -Vilma- on July 05, 2024

Per paskutinius pora metų skaičiau nemažai knygų miško/gamtos tema. Ir ši buvo viena iš tų, kuri paliko mažiausią įspūdį. Gal ji tinkamesnė žmonėms, retai būnantiems miške ir kai jiems reikia “nurodymų”, ką ten veikti. O man tikrai nereikia “pasidėti lazdą ant žemės, ir ją perlipus, atsidurti miške”......more

Goodreads review by Jerad on July 27, 2020

Don't read it for literature, but as a how-to. As far as how-tos go, this book achieves exactly what it sets out to: the reader walks away having learned more about forest bathing and able to embark upon an individual experience. Sitting in my living room and simply reading some of the "invitations"......more

Quotes

“A joyful and insightful invitation to reconnect with forests. Amos Clifford is an outstanding guide to deepening our relationships within the community of life.” David George Haskell, author of The Songs of Trees and Pulitzer finalist

“The scientific data confirming the mental, emotional, and biophysical benefits of forest bathing are most exciting and validating to me as an integrative physician. However, what makes this book rise to excellence is how Amos Clifford describes the experience of forest bathing so that your heart poetically engages. His writing magically unites us with the healing rhythms of nature to dissolve lingering issues and bring about profound peace of heart.” Philip Barr, MD, Duke Integrative Medicine

“Amos Clifford has given us a beautiful and inspiring guide inviting us to seek out the trees and let the healing happen, both for us and for our beleaguered ecosystems. Grab this book and head outside.” Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix

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