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Shinrin-yoku — forest bathing — is not a hike. It is unhurried time among trees with the phone away, and Japan has treated it as preventive medicine since the 1980s.

Shinrin-yoku (森林浴)

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The term was coined by Japan's forestry ministry in 1982, and the country now designates dozens of official forest-therapy sites. Studies have reported lower blood pressure, reduced cortisol and improved mood after sessions, though many are small and comparing forest with city confounds air quality, noise and traffic. What is not in doubt is the direction. Several countries now run nature-prescription schemes, and the mechanism may simply be a combination of quiet, clean air, gentle movement and undemanding attention.

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Shinrin-yoku — orman banyosu — bir doğa yürüyüşü değildir. Telefon uzaktayken ağaçlar arasında acelesiz geçirilen zamandır ve Japonya bunu 1980'lerden beri koruyucu hekimlik saymaktadır.
Shinrin-yoku (森林浴)

Terimi Japonya'nın orman bakanlığı 1982'de ortaya attı ve ülke bugün onlarca resmî orman terapisi alanı belirliyor. Çalışmalar seanslardan sonra daha düşük tansiyon, azalmış kortizol ve iyileşen ruh hâli bildirdi; ancak birçoğu küçük ve ormanı şehirle karşılaştırmak hava kalitesini, gürültüyü ve trafiği işin içine katıyor. Kuşku olmayan şey yön. Birkaç ülke artık doğa reçetesi programları yürütüyor ve mekanizma basitçe sessizlik, temiz hava, hafif hareket ve zorlamayan dikkatin bileşimi olabilir.

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