Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA, IFMCPPresident at Five Journeys, Functional Medicine & Wellness Provider, Best Selling Author, Passionate Champion for Health

The Physiological Benefits of Time in the Forest

22 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA, IFMCP. This content was uploaded by Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA, IFMCP. This is a YouTube video titled "The Physiological Benefits of Time in the Forest" (created 2026-01-22) containing an English dialogue between two speakers (labeled SPEAKER A and SPEAKER B). The participants discuss the physiological benefits of 'forest bathing' — slower, deeper breathing activating the parasympathetic nervous system to support tissue repair, digestion, and recovery — and cite research on brain-wave changes when moving from urban environments to natural, serene settings.

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Well, I think that what you're saying deserves a plug for the actual physiological benefits of what happens when you forest bathe. So if you are breathing slower and deeper you're activating your parasympathetic recovery which helps with tissue repair and digestion and system function. And so it's not just this woo woo like yeah, go in the forest and take a deep breath and look around. It's how can we train your body to then rest, relax, restore and digest so that the stress of daily life isn't quite so stressful? Right. It is actually physiologically beneficial to us to go and be.
Walking in the forest. Absolutely, absolutely. And the research and the science supports that. The knowing that our brain waves change when we go from a city, urban environment where we're in a concrete jungle to and we step into a serene, beautiful natural environment or a park for that matter, anywhere where we are immersed in that serenity or that calm, it makes a difference.