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 stunningly and accessibly presented on individual cards. In the accompanying booklet, explore the origins, science and benefits of this increasingly popular practice and find advice and simple sequences to enhance your own mindful walk in the woods.

Each card, gorgeously illustrated with inspiring nature 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; and
• The process of ‘treelaxation’, which allows you to absorb all the peace and tranquility you have cultivated.

Take a selection of cards with you on 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

Cards

VISION

Notice shades of colour

Observe the texture of a leaf

Watch trees in the wind

Watch clouds in the sky

Watch raindrops on the water’s surface

Observe layers

Observe an object mindfully

Picture frame

Nature art

Observe the texture of tree bark

Reflections in a water drop

Shades of green

HEARING 

Deer ears

Listen to the rain on the leaves

Notice the sounds around you

Concentrate on one sound

Sound layers

Listen to the sounds underneath your feet

TOUCH 

Explore tree bark with open and closed eyes

Hug a tree

Feel the rain on your hands

Put your hands in the soil

Trace the veins of a leaf with your fingers

Contrast textures

Catch a raindrop

Feel the sun and the shade

Feel the breeze on your skin

Breathe through your nose

SMELL 

Open up your sinuses

Three sniffs

Three deep inhales

Smell decaying wood

Smell new growth in spring

Smell dry leaves

Make a smell cocktail

Smell a twig

Smell leaf litter

Smell the soil

Smell the rain

TASTE

Breathe in forest air

Taste the forest

Forest tea ceremony

Picnic in a forest (or park)

TREELAXATION 

Body sweep

Forest sensory relaxation

Mindful breathing

EMPATHY

Mirror a tree

Connect with the forest

Strike a pose

Reciprocal breathing


Booklet

Introduction
What is forest bathing?
Health and wellbeing benefits 
How to use this deck 

1 | How to forest bathe 

2 | Sequencing 

3 | Forest bathing in different seasons 
     and weather conditions 

4 | Suggested sequences 

5 | Building your forest bathing practice 

Conclusion  
About the authors