Skogsbad i Norr - Shinrin Yoku

17/08/2026

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14/08/2026

25/06/2026

Loneliness

I too have known loneliness.
I too have known what it is to feel
misunderstood,
rejected, and suddenly
not at all beautiful.
Oh, mother earth,
your comfort is great, your arms never withhold.
It has saved my life to know this.
Your rivers flowing, your roses opening in the morning.
Oh, motions of tenderness!

Mary Oliver

17/06/2026

The old forest watchers believed gratitude is something the natural world understands far better than humans do.

Because the forest never clings to what it has been given.

It receives.
It transforms.
And it gives back again.

The trees accept sunlight and return shade. Rivers receive rain and carry life across the earth. Fallen leaves decay quietly into the soil so future forests can grow from them.

Nothing in the woods wastes its existence trying to become more than what it already is.

And the old ones believed there was wisdom in that.

They said humans often move through life searching endlessly for the next thing that will finally make them feel whole, while the forest quietly teaches fulfillment through presence instead.

A single beam of sunlight through branches.
The scent of rain on moss.
Birdsong carried through morning fog.
Wildflowers blooming unseen at the edge of forgotten paths.

The forest notices small things.

And because it notices them, it remains connected to wonder.

The wise ones believed gratitude is not forced happiness or pretending life is always easy. Forests endure storms, harsh winters, fire, and long periods of darkness. Yet still, each spring, the earth opens itself again to light.

Again and again.

Without bitterness.

Without fear of beginning over.

That too was part of the lesson.

The old watchers said gratitude grows when humans stop standing outside their lives waiting for something larger to begin. Because the sacred has always existed in ordinary moments quietly surrounding them.

Warm bread.
Laughter through open windows.
The comfort of trees moving in the wind.
The simple miracle of being alive long enough to witness another season changing.

And perhaps that is why people leave forests feeling softer than when they entered.

Because somewhere among the roots and leaves and living silence, they remember something the natural world has known all along:

That a meaningful life is not built from constant wanting.

It is built from learning how to truly notice what has already been given.

14/06/2026

The first global map of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has revealed networks stretching 110 quadrillion kilometres beneath our feet, roughly 750 million times the Earth-to-sun distance.

Published in Science by the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (Spun), the study used machine-learning models and data from over 16,000 soil cores worldwide. There could be up to 10 metres of fungal network in a single teaspoon of soil.

These fungi form critical partnerships with over 70% of plants, exchanging nutrients and water for carbon, and drawing CO₂ into soils. Grasslands contain the densest networks, including the Everglades and Sudd floodplains.

The threat picture is stark. Cropland fungal density is 47.3% lower than wild ecosystems, driven by tilling, fertilisers, and fungicides. Consequences include reduced carbon storage, weaker nutrient distribution, and greater chemical runoff into waterways.

Researchers will present findings to governments at the desertification COP in Mongolia this August, with the aim of establishing benchmarks for healthy underground communities.

DOI: 10.1126/science.adu4373

22/05/2026

Det är inte så ofta man finner någon som kan klä sin relation till skogen i ord. Som känner sin skog så väl och besöker den så ofta, och på just det där ”skogsbadssättet”, att den erbjuder en att komma hem, till naturen, livet och – till sig själv.

Jenny Abdelkader kan det – och mer därtill! Som konstnär, kulturskribent och SNFTI-certifierad skogsbads- och skogsterapiguide, väver hon fram en efter en av poetiska texter, som liksom faller som klara vattendroppar från en blå himmel. Om du inte redan har ett exemplar i din hand så se till att beställa. Du hittar boken på flera ställen. Men om du vill ha den personligt signerad och postad, se till att använda swishnumret nedan! Jag önskar dig en många underbara, små stunder.
/Petra Ellora Cau Wetterholm

Texten på baksidan av boken och hur du beställer den:

"De små ljudens sånger är en samling dikter och berättelser från skogen, älven och sjön. Den handlar bland annat om att sitta under en gran och göra ingenting. Om att försöka vara en superhjälte i en orolig tid. Om att lyssna efter de allra minsta små ljudens sånger och klanger. Men framför allt handlar det om att försöka hålla hoppet nära hjärtat".

Skicka ett mejl om du vill beställa boken direkt av Jenny Abdelkader (på så vis stöttar du bäst hennes arbete), men den finns även att beställa från bland annat Bokus och Adlibris mfl.

Skriv en rad till Jenny om du vill ha boken signerad. Om du vill att det ska stå något särskilt (om du tex tänker ge bort den som present!) så går det också bra att önska.

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Pris: 225 kr plus frakt 65 kr.
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Boken är inbunden, 96 sidor med illustrationer av Diana Abdelkader. Omslag och layout av Martina Lundgren, Vargaform.

Utgiven av Du & Naturen november 2025.

03/05/2026

MagnoliaVår!