Tag: Shinrin-yoku

Nature can teach you Stillness

Eckhart Tolle says: “When you go to nature, when you give it attention, more than that, when you connect with it at a deep level, it teaches you stillness.”   […]

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Fortbildung Natürlich Achtsamkeit

Für unsere deutschsprachigen Freunde….Schaut euch unser spannendes Angebot an, kommt und erforscht mit uns Natürlich Achtsamkeit

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Virtual Japan – Day 3 – Part 2 – The birthplace of Shinrin-Yoku

Agematsu Town arrival I am getting so close to visiting the birth place of the practice of Shinrin Yoku, the dream is becoming a reality but little did I know […]

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Virtual Japan – Day 3 – Part 1 – The birthplace of Shinrin-Yoku

We’re back! Sorry for the extended hiatus. We were finishing up our move to Italy and it took more time and focus than expected due to Covid-19 implications. We were […]

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Looking back at Scotland

What an amazing September! Our Mindfulness in Nature and Forest Therapy retreat in Scotland was full of magic. Strangers who became family in just a few days. We all became […]

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Meeting my mentor – Dr. Miyazaki

After my last Shinrin-yoku private session which took place at Okutama Town near Tokyo, I traveled to a hotel near my next destination, which in fact turned out to be […]

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Okutama Town

My next stop was the Okutama Forest Therapy base near Tokyo. At about one and a half hours by car from downtown Tokyo, we find this picturesque town by the […]

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Nagano – Temple, Shrines and giant trees – Part 2

The pilgrimage route through the Togakushi shrines is located in the forested mountains northwest of Nagano. Togakushi is considered to be a spiritual mountain with five shrines along the trail, […]

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Zenkoji Buddhist temple - Nagano

Nagano – Temple, Shrines and giant trees – Part 1

For the day after the Otari Shinrin Yoku session, I arranged a tour in Nagano Town of a famous Buddhist temple, the Zenkoji temple and a Shinto pilgrimage route with […]

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Otari Forest Therapy

Continuing with our adventure in Japan, my next destination was Minami-Otari, where I had booked a full day Shinrin Yoku, private tour with a guide from the Otari Forest Therapy […]

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