Are you stressed, angry? Try ‘forest bathing therapy’

Forest bathing helps urban dwellers exhale from the day to day hustle (Photo: Courtesy)

Listening to the natural sounds of swaying tree branches, flowing water, chirping birds or just relaxing to rejuvenate in a forest has ways of reducing stress, fatigue, anxiety, depression and anger — which mostly affect urbanites.

It is called ‘forest bathing’ and Sandra Thiaka, an environmentalist, has been an adherent. However, the practice is not common in Kenya where people working in congested towns suffer ‘nature deficit’, a situation made worse by the fact that they’re mostly plugged into their electronic devices.