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5 Reasons You Need to Start Hiking in 2019
The forest engages all of your senses—your mind stills, and you reconnect to your soul.
7 Stories to Inspire Getting Outdoors
Spring is here! It’s time to come out of hibernation and step into the great outdoors. Not that we need any convincing, but for years, scientists have been claiming the importance …
Bonding to Trees with David Haskell
Researcher and author David Haskell shares the relationship between trees and people.
Dendrolatry and the Spiritual Meaning of “Treeness”
Should we worship something that isn’t perfect or can harm us, or are we missing the point of dendrolatry altogether?
Find Peace in the Embrace of an Oak Tree
Oak trees symbolize strength, nobility, and wisdom. Spending time under their canopy can bring solace and peace.
Gifts from Trees
They house us, feed us, and help us breathe, yet what we tend to forget is the healing aspect of trees. Leaves, bark, and buds have long been used in rituals and medicines, and now…
How Forest Bathing Can Improve Your Health Story
Shinrin-yoku is a practice of taking time to enjoy moving through a forest one step at a time
James Canton Sits for Two Years Under an Ancient Oak Tree
What secrets lie in the branches of an 800-year-old oak tree? Teacher and futurist James Canton reflects on the connection between humanity and the oak tree, and ultimately, nature’s role in human redemption.
Listening to Trees
We interact with trees as strangers because we don’t know their stories. When we listen, we “unself” ourselves— and open to great beauty.
Teresa Damron Climbs a Tree and Saves a Forest
How a "typical middle-class suburban mom" saved a forest—and how you can, too.
The Talking Tree
Shamanic practitioner (and emergency medic) Winter Ross met a sister in a wounded ponderosa pine.
The Wisdom of Trees
Discover the wisdom of the trees with a grounding tree meditation script and audio.
Walking the Tree Labyrinth
Create your own labyrinth, finding the trees amidst the cactuses and bushes.
When Pines Are Divine
A six-year Japanese program preserves thousands of Shinto shrines and woodlands.
When Pines Are Divine
A six-year Japanese program preserves thousands of Shinto shrines and woodlands.
