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Nature Connection & Stewardship Articles

Reflections and science-informed guidance on forest therapy, somatic stress recovery, nature connection, creativity, digital wellbeing, and practices that help people come back to their senses.

Nature is not a place to visit; it is home. —Gary Snyder
Wendy FigoneNature Connection & Stewardship

Nature is not a place to visit; it is home. —Gary Snyder

The more I practice and share forest therapy, the more I feel like myself—at home while out in beautiful places. I literally feel my breathing slow, my mind let go, and my body relax. Nature is steadfast, always there for us, a place to find an even keel, to cultivate equanimity simply through the practice of noticing—mindfulness in nature through sensorial activation, also known as forest bathing.