A forest bathing and hydrotherapy mash-up Photo by Jonas Weckschmied on Unsplash Green and blue spaces are rarely separate in nature. Forests can be found alongside streams and rivers and lakes. Even if we can’t see the water, it is there — as dew on the leaves in the morning, running in underground trickles to feed the roots of the trees, nourishing the tree trunks and helping to move nutrients between the trees, and feeding the trees on the mountainsides with glacial spring water. At this time of year, most of that water is present as snow and ice. Just as forests and trees need water to survive, so do we. The earth’s surface is around 70 percent water; our bodies are around 60 percent. Trees, too, have almost as much liquid inside them as we do. Doctors and medicine people around the world have traditionally understood this integral connection between health and water. Dew walking is a hydrotherapy technique that fits perfectly into a forest bathing practice to connect you to the earth, the trees, and the water all around. […]