Forests cover nearly a third of the Earth's land surface, and each one is different. The Dragon's Blood Forest in Yemen is like an alien landscape. Hawaii's Rainbow Eucalyptus Forest is nothing ...

Li and Gary Evans, director of the Forest Bathing Institute in the U.K., talk to Life Kit about the science behind forest bathing and how you can reap these health benefits. 1.

Qing Li, the president of the Japanese Society of Forest Medicine, founded in 2007, also is a senior professor at Nippon Medical School in Toyko. He has studied the effects of forest bathing.

Bathing in the forest, however, has nothing to do with water. The idea is to immerse yourself in a natural environment and soak up the many health benefits of being in the green woods.