Forest bathing
Forest bathing has been studied in 1 paper since 2025: 1 trial in people; 1 in the past year. The newest paper, Oct 22, 2025: “The differential effects of dynamic, static, and combined activities in forest bathing on health outcomes by gender in older adults: evidence from a national forest park trial”.
1 paper studies it3 findingsUpdated
“The combined dynamic-static group showed the best overall improvements, particularly in positive emotions and blood pressure.”
None of its findings points the other way.
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Human trial1
What did studies of Forest bathing find?
3Studies of Forest bathing measured 3 outcomes; the most studied are fatigue (1 study), diastolic pressure (1) and positive emotions (1).
Fatigue
downin humans1
1 study
Fatigue
downin humans1
Forest bathing decreases fatigue in humans.
“while the static group improved vitality and reduced fatigue.”
Human trialstaticn = 72
Frontiers in psychology
Diastolic pressure
downin humans1
1 study
Diastolic pressure
downin humans1
Forest bathing decreases diastolic pressure in humans.
“The dynamic group excelled in diastolic pressure and perceived restoration, while the static group improved vitality and reduced fatigue.”
Human trialdynamicn = 72
Frontiers in psychology
Positive emotions
upin humans1
1 study
Positive emotions
upin humans1
Forest bathing improves positive emotions in humans.
“The combined dynamic-static group showed the best overall improvements, particularly in positive emotions and blood pressure.”
Human trialn = 72
Frontiers in psychology