Comforting Thought: Foresty Smells Help Our Immune Systems

Exquisite Japanese paintings of an enchanted forest by Hirō Isono (1945-2013)

Phytoncides

“One particularly magical finding is that phytoncides, the aromatic organic compounds that trees emit—a.k.a. the stuff that makes a forest smell so very good—boost our immune system. Phytoncides help protect trees from pests and pathogens, and, it so happens, protect us, too: When we breathe them in through the forest air, they increase the number of natural killer (NK) cells in our body.”

Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening by Elizabeth Rosner

Book Review Third Ear by Elizabeth Rosner

Extracted from: Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening by Elizabeth Rosner

A world of exquisite beauty and expansive awareness awaits if only we open up our ears and listen with our ‘Third Ear’ for greater connection, understanding and love of all beings. Elizabeth Rosner is a wonderfully vivid and artful weaver of liminal worlds of quietude and sound.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Genre: Spirituality, self-love, self-awareness, psychology, history

Publisher: Counterpoint Press

Review in one word: Pianissimo

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