Forest Bathing:Closer to Fine
Watercolour & acrylic on cradle board
16 h x 31 w inches
$500
Shinrin-Yoku* (“forest bathing” or “taking in the forest”) became popular in Japan in the 1980s as a way to offer people an antidote to technological burnout. Subsequent research in the 1990s supported the benefits of walking, sitting, or lying down in a forest setting.*
Similarly, jn Canada, according to the PaRx website, any licensed health-care professional, "from nurses to physicians to physiotherapists," can give out nature prescriptions. First available in 2020 in British Columbia but now offered in every province, patients can be prescribed a Parks Canada Discovery Pass for the purposes of promoting physical and mental health.**
This painting is an imaginative exploration of a forest bathing experience. It speaks of the human need for community, individual growth, and relationship with the natural world.
*paraphrase from National Geographic, October 18, 2019
** adapted from PaRx website and CBC.
Watercolour & acrylic on cradle board
16 h x 31 w inches
$500
Shinrin-Yoku* (“forest bathing” or “taking in the forest”) became popular in Japan in the 1980s as a way to offer people an antidote to technological burnout. Subsequent research in the 1990s supported the benefits of walking, sitting, or lying down in a forest setting.*
Similarly, jn Canada, according to the PaRx website, any licensed health-care professional, "from nurses to physicians to physiotherapists," can give out nature prescriptions. First available in 2020 in British Columbia but now offered in every province, patients can be prescribed a Parks Canada Discovery Pass for the purposes of promoting physical and mental health.**
This painting is an imaginative exploration of a forest bathing experience. It speaks of the human need for community, individual growth, and relationship with the natural world.
*paraphrase from National Geographic, October 18, 2019
** adapted from PaRx website and CBC.