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Books about forest baths

Written by Belgians:

Diamond of the Forest on the Silk Road - shin shin rin yoku ki by K ourOsh GareGani

It is about bathing in the energy of the heart of the forest, interweaving ideas of Persian and Japanese martial arts and philosophy with its own learning lessons. Read our review here.

The forest bathing map by Steffie Vandierendonck and Wouter Van Dyck (2020). The beta version has been available since the beginning of November. The forest pool map is an 'Interactive e-book with downloadable forest pool map, videos, audio version and private group to exchange experiences'. You can currently purchase the beta version for € 12. If you buy the book via this link , € 2 of the € 12 will go to the volunteers behind this website. The alpha version will be released in March 2021.

Pocket book for the Forest Baths of Sarah Devos and Katriina Kilpi,

published by publisher Lannoo (2019).

Written by foreigners,

translated into Dutch:

  1. The healing power of forest baths by Julia Plevin at publisher Samsara (2019)

  2. The little shinrin-yoku book , by Natasha Boudewijn (2018)

  3. Shinrin-yoku , The Japanese Secret to Better Sleep, Less Stress and a Healthy, Happy Life 'by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles at publisher Lev. (2018)

  4. Shinrin-yoku. The Japanese art of forest bathing by Yoshifumi Miyazaki at Spectrum Publishers (2018).

  5. Shinrin-yoku. The secret of forest bathing, the Japanese nature therapy by Annette Lavrijsen, published by Ambo Anthos (2018)

  6. Shinrin yoku , by Dr. QI Gin Li at Lev publishing house. (2018)

Flemish fiction novels where characters go for a forest bath:

  1. The White Dream by Wendy Wuyts, by Brave New Books (2020)

  2. If Furniture Could Speak by Wendy Wuyts, by Brave New Books (2019)

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