In a way, it’s a bit of guided meditation. It makes us stop and be present in nature, instead of, ‘I got to get to the top of ...

AOMORI--A government project is under way to keep afloat the Japanese tradition of mixed-gender bathing, which is becoming less common due to an increase in male bathers who show up only to ogle women ...

From river rinses to oil-and-strigil scrapes, ancient grooming mixed health, ritual, and social life into daily survival. in ...

As one Redditor recently put it: "Is showering more hygienic than bathing because you aren't sitting in a bunch of butthole ...

Forest bathing might sound like a synonym for skinny-dipping. Instead, it’s spending time in a forested area (fully clothed) and soaking up the atmosphere — a metaphorical bathing of your senses in ...

Advice against bathing at Rea's Wood has been lifted as the presence of blue-green algae (pictured last year in 2024) has decreased A section of Lough Neagh designated for swimming failed to meet ...

A new report found that sauna bathing is associated with a reduction in the risk of vascular diseases, such as high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, neurocognitive diseases, nonvascular ...

“A deeply immersive experience” was the way Moksha Sachdev, a chartered accountant based in Delhi, India, described his first evening of star bathing. “I felt at one with nature as I tuned into the ...

When my editors asked me to report on forest bathing, I packed a swimsuit. I assumed it must involve a dip in the water. It turns out, my interpretation was too literal. I met certified Forest Therapy ...

When your tots are tiny, you don't question shared baths. But as little kids grow older, many moms express confusion about when to switch to a separate bath routine. And let's face it, one bath at the ...

Think it’s hot at the beach these days? Imagine wearing wool, which is what the first garments we’d recognize as swimsuits were made of. But maybe wool had its charms. “Our forebears knew that wool ...

Seasoned health practitioners have asserted that babies, especially those who spend most of their time indoors, only need a single bath daily. They noted that overbathing and overwrapping babies ...