{"id":797611,"date":"2019-07-14T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=368808"},"modified":"2019-07-14T11:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T17:00:52","slug":"whats-forest-bathing-and-why-are-so-many-people-in-colorado-doing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/whats-forest-bathing-and-why-are-so-many-people-in-colorado-doing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s forest bathing and why are so many people in Colorado doing it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-11.21.36-AM-768x519.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-11.21.36-AM-768x519.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-13-at-11.21.36-AM-768x519-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><figcaption><strong>Linda Rickard from San Diego takes part in an exercise connecting with nature during a \u201cforest bathing\u201d excursion on Mt. Sutro in San Francisco Sept. 8, 2017.<\/strong><br \/><em>Laura A. Oda, Bay Area News Group<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Let\u2019s admit it: When it comes to outdoor recreation, Coloradans are a prideful bunch. We check off fourteeners from bucket lists with bravado, rip through mountains on bikes and challenge ourselves on the slopes.<\/p>\n<p>But the latest outdoorsy trend gaining traction in Colorado \u2014 forest bathing \u2014 is all about slowing down (way down), trading elevation gains for slow-paced walks in the woods and simply connecting with nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t go far and we don\u2019t travel fast,\u201d said Kayla Weber, who is based in Vail and leads forest therapy outings. \u201cWe take the opportunity to slow down and connect back to our surroundings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While you intuitively know spending time in nature feels good, several studies underscore the health benefits of forest bathing, a practice that originated in Japan in the 1980s as a form of preventive health care.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you need to know about forest bathing, including where you can practice the Japanese concept in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Read more via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theknow.denverpost.com\/2019\/06\/19\/forest-bathing-colorado\/212859\/\">The Denver Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/whats-forest-bathing-and-why-are-so-many-people-in-colorado-doing-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Rickard from San Diego takes part in an exercise connecting with nature during a \u201cforest bathing\u201d excursion on Mt. Sutro in San Francisco Sept. 8, 2017.Laura A. Oda, Bay Area News Group Let\u2019s admit it: When it comes to outdoor recreation, Coloradans are a prideful bunch. We check off fourteeners from bucket lists with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-797611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 23:07:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}