キャンディス・クマイのインスタグラム(candicekumai) - 9月14日 22時00分
?How forest bathing became my anthem + how nature + my heritage healed my heart. A writing assignment I'm currently working on for well + good ++ an extensive chapter on "shin rin yoku" (forest bathing) in my next book.
It's probably no surprise to note, I've chosen to be single for a bit, after a very tumultuous breakup.
I am a brave girl, who wanted to find my path & pave my way on my own.
I came to find that the simple practices only my ancestors showed me, were the most cathartic of all.
My SF best friends took me forest bathing in the Muir Woods of SF, I climbed Mount Fuji in Japan by myself for 2 days, my sister and I hiked Mount Koyasan, among the monks + the temples of Koyasan.
I recently got to hike Stinson Beach with my girl Angela + The Gorge with my @adidas posse in Portland + Wildwood trail with my bestie Kristen in Oregon. I hiked the mountains and temples of Shikoku Island with my Japanese elders. They showed me respect and to honour my heritage.
What may have deemed to just simply be "hiking" is not so... the conversations and deep breaths among the trees, the fresh oxygen, the great love the forest gives back to us... it gave me my life back. It kintsugi'd my heart. It showed me who I was outside of NYC.
Although I'm not certain of what may come, I know three things:
1- I really like who I am now, because I gave myself time + grace to heal + I am an honest + loving person.
2- If we take time to heal and allow, we grow with tremendous strength and we honor ourselves. We come out of the forest better than we came in.
3- In divine timing, all things will come back together, the pieces will begin to heal. You will find someone new.
You will be able to walk out of the forest and see all the trees. ??✨✨✨more to come on forest bathing on #iamwellandgood next week
xxx ????✨ck
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