Forest therapy for wildfire survivors - High Country News
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"For me, it was definitely a familiar and welcome smell of childhood. These sessions were very soothing and grounding and left me feeling refreshed and enlivened."
"The guide invited her and the other participants to feel nearby textures - perhaps the roughness of bark, wet grass, or the smoothness of a rock."
"With the increasing intensity and frequency of climate-related natural disasters, more people across the country have experienced trauma and loss."
"Forest therapy, which invites people to connect with nature, could be a tool to help survivors recover, especially those who live and work in ecosystems adapted to seasonal fires."
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