Shinrin Yoku

Forest bathing in Japan
sanctity for the immune  
system of nature.  
Forests of healing  
sometimes walking,  
sometimes sitting  
letting nature pour into all your senses.  
Sitting with PTSD hearing birds and crickets,  
smelling the rich earth,  
and fresh scent of pine trees.  
Warding off depression in Finland with  
moss underneath feet,  
and coastlines wrapped  
with lapping healing tides.  
Starfish washed onto the shores  
and crisp fresh ocean air
cleansing the stuffy treelines of
its carbon puffs and oxygen loops.  
How do you feel  
through the wilderness  
or on your city street?