Shinrin in Japanese means “forest,” and yoku means “bath.” So shinrin–yoku means bathing in the forest. https://time.com/5259602/japanese-forest-bathing/
It was a nice change of pace to the concrete jungle of DC.
There was a sense of normalcy and a reminder that despite everything going on in our world as we know it, life is still going on for earth, the skies, the little critters, and bunnies.
