Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, isn't hiking or exercise; it's the simple, deliberate practice of being slowly and fully present among trees, opening up your senses rather than covering distance. It costs nothing, needs no skill, and there's real research behind its calming, stress-lowering effects.

The honest reality is that the simplicity is exactly what some people find hard.

There's no goal, no metric, no gear to master, so the 'work' is letting go of doing and just noticing.