The Japanese have an expression that has become very popular in wellness philosophy these days, 

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​森林浴, 森林

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It's pronounced "shinrin-yoku" and can be translated into English to mean:

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• ​forest bathing

• taking in the forest atmosphere

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For some reason, everyone interprets "shinrin-yoku" to mean "forest bathing" and not "taking in the forest atmosphere" even though the latter is easier to understand in both English and Finnish.

 

In Finnish we wouldn't say "shinrin-yoku," we would say "metsämieli," and a word-for-word translation of this into English is:

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• Metsä = forest

• Mieli = mind

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To mean,

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 have the mind to sense the forest's presence

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