Feeling the bark of a tree, listening to the sound of the wind, and finding a space to calm your thoughts are a few of the occurrences that happen during forest bathing. Originating back in Japan during the 1980s, forest bathing is a form of nature therapy. In Japanese, “shinrin” means forest, and “yoku” means bath or immersing oneself in the forest and soaking in the atmosphere through the senses. Linda Lombardo, Long Island’s first forest therapy guide started in 2017, when not too many people knew what forest therapy was.“Most of us will go out in nature and walk from here to there,” said Lombardo. “We are in it or walking through it, we’re not really with it. Through a series of what we call invitat...