People ‘bathe’ in nature to get respite from chaotic news cycle

In a world drowning in war headlines and gas-price meltdowns, folks in North Carolina are straight-up “bathing” in trees—Shinrin-yoku style—to rinse off the doomscroll. They crush pine twigs, hug oaks, meditate under canopies, and pretend the news cycle doesn’t exist for two glorious hours. It’s less “hippie nonsense” and more “emergency mental-health spa day” in an arboretum bubble where the only breaking news is a squirrel dropping an acorn.