Wild Life

Shinrin-Yoku and The Practice of Healing through Nature

Stefan Batorijs

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English

Singing Dragon
21 May 2024

Public health & preventive medicine; Complementary medicine; Mind, Body, Spirit; Complementary therapies, healing & health

In an increasingly urbanised world, the need to reconnect with nature is more important than ever. Originating from Japan, Shinrin-Yoku (translated to 'Forest Bathing') is a therapeutic invitation to immerse oneself in the embrace of the woods and wild places.

Covering both the philosophy and the practicalities, this is an evidence-based guide for practitioners seeking to increase their ecological awareness, explore the mental, emotional, and immunological healing capabilities of Shinrin-Yoku, and learn how to incorporate it into their practice. Building on the necessary in-person training, this book will help practitioners feel confident in guiding others in the woods as they discover their own connection to nature and is underpinned by a thorough understanding of the science behind the healing. Practical in its approach but spiritual and poetic in its nature, this timely book provides the knowledge and skills required to adopt Shinrin-Yoku into any therapist's toolbox.

By: Stefan Batorijs
Imprint: Singing Dragon
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781787758018
ISBN 10: 178775801X
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 21 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stefan Batorijs has been exploring wild places for over 50 years and is the founder and director of Nature and Therapy UK. He is trained in Countryside Management, Conservation and Environmental Education, Integrative Psychology, and as a Mountain Leader. In 2008 he established the acclaimed Ecotherapy Project with Plymouth NHS for people with severe and enduring mental health needs. He is currently Associate Lecturer at Plymouth University in Nature and teaches the benefits of natural immersion for mental health and trauma in Clinical Psychology Doctorate Training.

Reviews for Wild Life: Shinrin-Yoku and The Practice of Healing through Nature

Stefan Batorijs is a master in the art of forest bathing and this book is a much needed manifesto, polemic, handbook and nature journal. Everyone benefits from spending time in nature but the age, immersion and health of that nature is important to deepen our connection. Stefan explains cogently, engagingly and beautifully how we can all restore, heal and grow by stopping and spending time in our most ancient and natural environments. -- Merlin Hanbury-Tenison, Managing Director of the Thousand Year Trust, Britain’s Rainforest Charity. I have known Stefan for 30 years and I can say that this deeply feeling man has the most profound connection and appreciation of nature I know. He feels nature's joys and pains from nature's side. He is a supreme guide in the healing nature and we stumbling humans now desperately need, in finding reconnection and once again working together. The planet needs this man, and so do we. -- Oliver Cowmeadow, teacher and author of holistic healing for 40 years, and Director of the International Macrobiotic School. Wild Life is a rare gem - a book in which I want to underline virtually every sentence. It excites me, teaches me, and makes me want more of the wild. -- Philip Carr-Gomm, writer, psychologist and former Chosen Chief of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids