In fast-paced everyday life, it is becoming increasingly important to find an antipole. The forest seems to be the perfect place for this; it offers balancing stimuli, health-promoting effects, and its climate is proven to be effective on human health. This non-fiction book explains the background and facts about the effect of forest visits on a scientifically sound basis and sensitizes readers to the great health benefits of forest bathing (Shinrin-Yoku) and forest therapy. As an oasis of tranquility, the forest invites you to slow down, regenerate, and draw new energy. Written for interested laypeople, psychotherapists, doctors, and other health professionals can read along.

From the contents: how the forest and its climate affect us; how to discover and use the forest and its atmosphere for your health.

The authors, Prof. Dr. Dr. Angela Schuh and Gisela Immich, M. Sc., research the effects of forests and climate on health at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, and develop concepts for preventive forest use as well as forest therapy. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition "Waldtherapie - das Potenzial des Waldes für Ihre Gesundheit" by Angela Schuh and Gisela Immich, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.