Forest Bathing: 50 nature connection cards

by The Forest Bathing Institute

Overview

Reap the mental and physical benefits of forest bathing with this essential toolkit, complete with 50 beautifully designed nature-connection exercise cards and a 64-page guidebook.

This kit provides an uplifting, screen-free introduction to forest bathing with simple and easy-to-follow exercise prompts beautifully and accessibly presented on individual cards. In the accompanying book, explore the origins, science and benefits of this increasingly popular practice and find simple sequences to enhance your own mindful walk in the woods.

Each card, gorgeously illustrated with inspiring photographs by Dominick Tyler and delicate woodcuts by Rosanna Morris, includes an exercise prompt to help you engage mindfully with nature, through:
 

• Your five senses, the key to slowing down and developing present-moment awareness
• Your sense of empathy, which brings you closer to the natural world
• The process of ‘Treelaxation’, which allows you to absorb all the peace and tranquility you have cultivated.

Take a selection of cards with you when you take a walk in the woods, pick a card when you wake up to set your intention for the day, or perhaps select one to help ground you at the end of a working week. This set is an endlessly adaptable resource for modern well-being.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781836000082
Publisher:	Leaping Hare Press
Publication date:	09/23/2025
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	4.33(w) x 5.90(h) x (d)

About the Author

The Forest Bathing Institute (TFBI) was founded by Gary Evans and Olga Terebenina, who set out to advance the Japanese practice of Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) in the UK, and started a programme of research dedicated to replicating the original physiological research carried out in Japan.  Gary and Olga are peer-reviewed authors and are commited to furthering research into the effectiveness of this nature-based therapy.

In just a few years TFBI has grown to over 50 guides across the UK with many more in training.  It has established links with over 20 universities, and numerous research programmes are underway. The Institute also works hard to raise awareness of the effectiveness of Forest Bathing+ and works closely with local and central government, charities and key policy makers to make Forest Bathing+ available to as many people who can benefit as possible.

Table of Contents

Sample (cards)
Each card will contain a suggestion for interacting with nature, some things to consider while you’re following the suggestion and an idea of how long is the optimal time to do it for. The idea will be that you select your cards before heading out for your nature walk, then follow their suggestions while you’re out.
Taste
Pick fresh herbs or fruit
Sit with a cup of herbal tea
Taste the air
Smell
Crush herbs to release the scent
Sniff flowers
Crush seeds or leaves from the forest floor to release the smell
Put a stick in the earth to release the smell
Hearing
Find dry leaves and crunch them
Focus on the wind in the trees or grass
Place your hands gently behind your ears
Listen for bird song or animal sounds
Touch
Run your fingers through grass
Walk barefoot
Stroke a tree
Find a green leaf and a brown leaf and hold one in each hand
Sight
Find five different colours
Find five different textures
Watch the movement of the trees
Watch the movement of the clouds
Observe insect activity
Stand by running water and watch the eddies and ripples