Feeling cooped up and in need of fresh air and nature? GoHomeNY has 4 ways to help you connect with nature for health and well-being this April wherever you live.
Many city parks remain open, but you can also take virtual tours of parks through Google Arts & Culture and New York City Parks Department offers virtual tours of Central Park.
The Natural Areas Conservancy has an online map that charts the more than 20,000 acres of the city’s natural areas—forests, freshwater wetlands, and streams—if you want to experience nature.
The Japan Society is closed, but you can watch Dr. Yoshifumi Miyazaki’s talk on shinrin yoku, or “forest bathing” and the scientific evidence of this Japanese tradition of connecting with nature and trees to enhance wellness and happiness. Dr. Miyazaki, former deputy director of Chiba University’s Center for Environment and author of Shinrin Yoku: The Japanese Art of Forest Bathing, discusses the healing power of trees. A practice that you can enjoy wherever you live.
Cultured Forest, founded by Brooke Mellen, offers guided forest bathing sessions in Central Park. Each session begins with a meditation and then do exercises to connect with a tree and walk. Mellen who used to work in fine art insurance claims and as the risk manager at Sotheby’s studied forest therapy in Japan and Australia.
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