Forest Bathing
50 nature connection cards
Published on 25. September 2025
Other
Kit
64 pages
978-1-83600-008-2 (ISBN)
Description
Reap the mental and physical benefits of forest bathing with this essential toolkit, complete with 50 beautifully designed nature connection exercise cards and a 64-page guidebook.
This kit provides an uplifting, screen-free introduction to forest bathing with simple and easy-to-follow exercise prompts stunningly and accessibly presented on individual cards. In the accompanying booklet, explore the origins, science and benefits of this increasingly popular practice and find advice and simple sequences to enhance your own mindful walk in the woods.
Each card, gorgeously illustrated with inspiring nature photographs by Dominick Tyler and delicate woodcuts by Rosanna Morris, includes an exercise prompt to help you engage mindfully with nature, through:
Your five senses, the key to slowing down and developing present-moment awareness;
Your sense of empathy, which brings you closer to the natural world; and
The process of 'treelaxation', which allows you to absorb all the peace and tranquillity you have cultivated.
Take a selection of cards with you on a walk in the woods, pick a card when you wake up to set your intention for the day, or perhaps select one to help ground you at the end of a working week. This set is an endlessly adaptable resource for modern well-being.
This kit provides an uplifting, screen-free introduction to forest bathing with simple and easy-to-follow exercise prompts stunningly and accessibly presented on individual cards. In the accompanying booklet, explore the origins, science and benefits of this increasingly popular practice and find advice and simple sequences to enhance your own mindful walk in the woods.
Each card, gorgeously illustrated with inspiring nature photographs by Dominick Tyler and delicate woodcuts by Rosanna Morris, includes an exercise prompt to help you engage mindfully with nature, through:
Your five senses, the key to slowing down and developing present-moment awareness;
Your sense of empathy, which brings you closer to the natural world; and
The process of 'treelaxation', which allows you to absorb all the peace and tranquillity you have cultivated.
Take a selection of cards with you on a walk in the woods, pick a card when you wake up to set your intention for the day, or perhaps select one to help ground you at the end of a working week. This set is an endlessly adaptable resource for modern well-being.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Illustrations
60 photographs + 30+ spot illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 150 mm
Width: 110 mm
Weight
350 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83600-008-2 (9781836000082)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Forest Bathing Institute (TFBI) was founded by Gary Evans and Olga Terebenina, who set out to advance the Japanese practice of Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) in the UK, and started a programme of research dedicated to replicating the original physiological research carried out in Japan. Gary and Olga are peer-reviewed authors and are committed to furthering research into the effectiveness of this nature-based therapy.
In just a few years, TFBI has trained hundreds of Forest Bathing+ guides worldwide, with many more in training. The Institute also works hard to raise awareness of the effectiveness of Forest Bathing+ and works closely with local and central government, charities and key policy makers to make Forest Bathing+ available to as many people who can benefit as possible.
In just a few years, TFBI has trained hundreds of Forest Bathing+ guides worldwide, with many more in training. The Institute also works hard to raise awareness of the effectiveness of Forest Bathing+ and works closely with local and central government, charities and key policy makers to make Forest Bathing+ available to as many people who can benefit as possible.
Content
Cards
VISION
Notice shades of colour
Observe the texture of a leaf
Watch trees in the wind
Watch clouds in the sky
Watch raindrops on the water's surface
Observe layers
Observe an object mindfully
Picture frame
Nature art
Observe the texture of tree bark
Reflections in a water drop
Shades of green
HEARING
Deer ears
Listen to the rain on the leaves
Notice the sounds around you
Concentrate on one sound
Sound layers
Listen to the sounds underneath your feet
TOUCH
Explore tree bark with open and closed eyes
Hug a tree
Feel the rain on your hands
Put your hands in the soil
Trace the veins of a leaf with your fingers
Contrast textures
Catch a raindrop
Feel the sun and the shade
Feel the breeze on your skin
Breathe through your nose
SMELL
Open up your sinuses
Three sniffs
Three deep inhales
Smell decaying wood
Smell new growth in spring
Smell dry leaves
Make a smell cocktail
Smell a twig
Smell leaf litter
Smell the soil
Smell the rain
TASTE
Breathe in forest air
Taste the forest
Forest tea ceremony
Picnic in a forest (or park)
TREELAXATION
Body sweep
Forest sensory relaxation
Mindful breathing
EMPATHY
Mirror a tree
Connect with the forest
Strike a pose
Reciprocal breathing
Booklet
Introduction
What is forest bathing?
Health and wellbeing benefits
How to use this deck
1 | How to forest bathe
2 | Sequencing
3 | Forest bathing in different seasons
and weather conditions
4 | Suggested sequences
5 | Building your forest bathing practice
Conclusion
About the authors
VISION
Notice shades of colour
Observe the texture of a leaf
Watch trees in the wind
Watch clouds in the sky
Watch raindrops on the water's surface
Observe layers
Observe an object mindfully
Picture frame
Nature art
Observe the texture of tree bark
Reflections in a water drop
Shades of green
HEARING
Deer ears
Listen to the rain on the leaves
Notice the sounds around you
Concentrate on one sound
Sound layers
Listen to the sounds underneath your feet
TOUCH
Explore tree bark with open and closed eyes
Hug a tree
Feel the rain on your hands
Put your hands in the soil
Trace the veins of a leaf with your fingers
Contrast textures
Catch a raindrop
Feel the sun and the shade
Feel the breeze on your skin
Breathe through your nose
SMELL
Open up your sinuses
Three sniffs
Three deep inhales
Smell decaying wood
Smell new growth in spring
Smell dry leaves
Make a smell cocktail
Smell a twig
Smell leaf litter
Smell the soil
Smell the rain
TASTE
Breathe in forest air
Taste the forest
Forest tea ceremony
Picnic in a forest (or park)
TREELAXATION
Body sweep
Forest sensory relaxation
Mindful breathing
EMPATHY
Mirror a tree
Connect with the forest
Strike a pose
Reciprocal breathing
Booklet
Introduction
What is forest bathing?
Health and wellbeing benefits
How to use this deck
1 | How to forest bathe
2 | Sequencing
3 | Forest bathing in different seasons
and weather conditions
4 | Suggested sequences
5 | Building your forest bathing practice
Conclusion
About the authors