Category Archives: Nature

The land of Ohio has a powerful relationship to the Indigenous People who lived in this area for many thousands of years before the European people arrived. The word “Ohio” is itself derived from a word in the Iroquois language for “good river.” That is fitting as Ohio is home to several networks of riversContinue reading “Indigenous Ohio”

Forest bathing is the hot new breed of nature therapy to hit the US. It’s not as risque as it sounds; chances are many of us forest bath on a regular basis. Forest bathing is a Japanese practice called shinrin-yoku. Shinrin-yoku emerged in the 1980s as a psychological and physical exercise to counter the negativeContinue reading “Forest Bathing with Danish Giants”