Let’s start with well-being. And let’s get help from nature. Because the crystalline water of the streams, the wind, the sparkling air, the essences of the forest and the light are the natural allies of this path of rebirth that passes through the contact with the trees, with the earth, with the water that flows. Trentino gives us a hand which offers places of extraordinary beauty but also extraordinarily natural and uncontaminated and a series of initiatives, events, festivals and meetings suitable for everyone. The main protagonists are woods, forests and parks that will become, for the whole spring and then for the summer season, the places where you can experience, among other things, barefoot walks among green and silent paths according to the guidelines of the bare foot trail, L’liberating embrace of ancient trees thanks to the practice of tree hugging and also walking with eyes closed, the perception walking, which gives a new awareness of the senses. Let’s talk about forest bathing o Shinrin-Yoku (“immersion in the forest” in Japanese, because that’s where it comes from), at the base of a tendency, to find oneself and forget stress through the extraordinary renewing force of nature, which in the post covid is increasingly topical is widespread.
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Monoterpenes: from trees to our lungs to relieve stress and improve mood
Precisely in Japan, scholars have discovered that the inhalation of some volatile substances that come from trees, the numerous benefits to the body and mind, advantages for the cardiovascular system, reduction of stress men, improvement of the mood of cognitive abilities. Advice? Being surrounded by nature in a wood for two or three days, alternating two or three hour walks with rest, capable of inducing prolonged physiological changes in the human body. Along the eight paths of the Natural Wellness of the Dolomites, between Madonna di Campiglio, Pinzolo, Val Rendena, you can experience the natural elements (water, wind, air, woods, light) as a source independently or under the guidance of a wellness trainer. of well-being for the body and the spirit, transforming the surrounding nature into a natural Spa. Bare foot trail, natural kneipp, silence room, embrace to the trees, natural walking are organized according to a calendar (4 and 5 June, then every day from 11 June to 25 September and every weekend in October) which allows you to take advantage of the experience of companions and guides or participate in perfect solitude.
Walk barefoot to reconnect with nature
On the eastern side of Trentino, San Martino di Castrozza it is proposed as the first area in Italy to participate in the project Barefoot Trail from the Barefoot Academy “The silence of the footsteps”, founded by the writer and barefooter Andrea Bianchi. Barefoot trails are paths that are already part of the local trail network but that can be walked at least in bare feet, without particular difficulty even by those with no experience. “Take off your shoes and walk barefoot on a level wooded path, a meadow moist with dew, or the natural steps of a high altitude path, and learn to perceive the warmth of the stone exposed to the sun and its different textures – explains Andrea Bianchi – is within everyone’s reach, it belongs to prehistory and the history of humanity, yet it is also something that today has become rare in the lives of many ». THE There are three mapped pathsidentified and marked, and with video tutorials that can be viewed thanks to the QR codes shown on the signs at the beginning of the paths: the Path of the Deer starts from Malga Ces and extends for 3.2 km with a minimum difference in height, which makes it accessible to anyone, developing as a real educational path for barefoot; the more trained will be able to choose, rather, between the the Piani della Cavallazza trail which, always starting from Malga Ces, climbs for a difference in height of 470m and a length of 6.3 km. or the Path of the Hunter, 4 km long from the starting point of Maso Col. «Walking barefoot is an experience made of mechanics, physical and mental strength, emotions, concentration, poetry and silence. By walking barefoot in nature, mental attention and body balance are developed, blood circulation is improved, and above all rootedness with the earth develops, rediscovering the connection with nature ».
The BrentAnima festival, between body and mind
During the summer months in the village of San Lorenzo-Dorsino, in the Adamello Brenta Natural Park, the festival returns BrentAnima , founded in 2021 by Alissa and Matteo, a Japanese and a Trentino companions of life and passion for nature and holistic disciplines. In fact, the network of ten therapists refers to them and, once again this year, they offer holistic experiences at the foot of the Brenta Dolomites. Among the activities scheduled from June: the perception that walksthat is the walk with eyes closed in the village and in the woods for the development of a profound relationship with the environment through the gestures of walking, feeling and touching, the zazen meditation in which one meditates seated to get in touch with the dimension of the body, the do-in exercises, to restore a harmonious circulation of Ki, of vital energy, with body movements, stretching, stretching and self-massage techniques. And then again free breathing exercises, sessions of Yoga climbing, yogic exercises with differentiated, dynamic and light movements combined with natural rock climbing of the Falesia Dimenticata, one of the most beautiful climbing walls in Italy, and even days of walking among the refuges, spiritual paths, lunch in the huts, vibrational baths and mindful yoga. (complete program: https://www.visitdolomitipaganella.it/it/esventure-brentanima ).
Source: Vanity Fair
