A Forest Bath

　There are three good reasons/to take a bath every day.// First,/soaking in hot water/makes you sweat.// This helps enhance your body’s overall function.// Second,/the water pressure improves your blood flow.// Third,/floating in warm water/makes your body lighter.// This relieves muscle and joint stress.// Research shows/that people who soak in the bath every day/feel happier than those who don’t.// Taking a daily bath refreshes you/physically and mentally.//
　Have you ever heard of a “forest bath”?// The expression “forest bath,”/or “forest therapy,”/describes relaxing in a forest and connecting with nature.// By breathing in the fresh air,/our spirit is renewed/through sight,/hearing,/smell and touch.// We are refreshed like in a warm bath.// Open-air baths,/or rotenburo,/combine a “forest bath” and a “hot spring bath”/for double the therapeutic benefits!// Maybe that is why they are popular in Japan.//