An acclaimed place for Forest Bathing -- a Japanese technique of self care -- featuring pristine Acadian Forest ecology
Below are some of the accolades and articles about Forest Bathing and Trout Point Lodge of Nova Scotia
"These programs take participants into the woods for a slow, mindful walk to contemplate nature with all the senses. It's not a hike, because you don't go far or fast. And while the term forest bathing may lend itself to jokes about nude hot springs, rest assured: You don't take off your clothes." Beth Harpaz, Forest bathing: A mindful walk in the woods, no getting wet, Associated Press 2016
"In forest-dense Canada, the luxury wilderness resort Trout Point Lodge in Nova Scotia has made forest bathing a centerpiece." "Forest therapy studies have been led by Japan, whose government funded $4 million in research from 2004-2013. Today, the research database PubMed returns 100+ studies on the health impact of forest bathing, including studies indicating that it significantly lowers blood pressure (-1.4 percent), heart rate (-5.8 percent), cortisol levels (-12.4 percent) and sympathetic nerve activity (-7 percent) compared with city walks, while also alleviating stress and depression. The most provocative of these studies conclude that exposure to phytoncides, the airborne, aromatic chemicals/oils emitted by many trees, have a long-lasting impact on people’s immune system markers, boosting natural killer (NK) cells and anticancer proteins by 40 percent." 2015 Trends Report: Forest Bathing, SpaFinder 2015
"An exercise that benefits mind, body and soul, Trout Point Lodge introduced a forest bathing experience for guests who need to shake off the effects of city living. The luxury property, a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World, sits in the interior of southwest Nova Scotia, and thanks to its adjacency to the province’s Tobeatic Wilderness Area, is surrounded by hectares of spruce, maple and birch trees." Maryam Siddiqi, 5 great self-care experiences across Canada, Globe & Mail 2016
"This is pristine Acadian forest; thousands of hectares of red spruce mixed with sugar maple and yellow birch, beech with their silky bark, red oak, pine and spruce, and hemlock on the lower stretches, some of them 30 metres or more tall. No roads, no houses, no industry … just nature. No all-terrain vehicles, no trucks. Not a golf course anywhere, not even a croquet pitch." Governor General's Award-winning author Marq DeVilliers, Forest bathing: Not just a walk in the woods, Globe & Mail 2010
"The luxury lodge aims to help guests disconnect, learn about local ecology, and detoxify. Forest bathing walks, available most days of the week, can also be complemented with a forest-side massage and foraging walks for edible treats from the woods." Kelly DiNardo, 9 Spas Where You Can Try Forest Bathing, Fodor's/MSN Lifestyle 2016
"Forest bathing, an import from Japan, has nothing to do with water and you don't have to get naked to do it.
Basically, it's a wander through the woods, with all senses keenly open to the sights, sounds and smells therein.
The Japanese government coined the term in 1982 ... a translation of "shinrin-yoku," meaning "taking in the forest atmosphere." Laura Powell, Marijuana and forest bathing: Wildest new trends in the wellness world, CNN 2015
Basically, it's a wander through the woods, with all senses keenly open to the sights, sounds and smells therein.
The Japanese government coined the term in 1982 ... a translation of "shinrin-yoku," meaning "taking in the forest atmosphere." Laura Powell, Marijuana and forest bathing: Wildest new trends in the wellness world, CNN 2015
"The Japanese practice of shinrin yoku—which gets loosely translated to “forest bathing”—suggests that meditative, leisurely walking, rather than hiking, in the woods can have medicinal effects. Scientific studies seem to agree: A wide array of researchers have indicated that forest "bathing" lowers blood pressure, cortisol, and sympathetic nerve activity. You can partake in the activity at such hotels as Trout Point Lodge, in Nova Scotia; the new Six Senses Douro Valley, in Portugal; or the dramatic-looking Treehotel, in Sweden, where you’re given reindeer skins to stay warm while you "soak" in your forest surroundings." Nicki Eckstein, Hotels Break Out IVs and Oxygen Tanks in Next-Gen Wellness Trends, Bloomberg 2016
