[Digital Healing Theory] On days I can't go to the forest, I put on a headset

Key points in 3 lines

1. Song Jeong-suk, president of the Korea Integrative Healing Association (KIHA), introduced VR forest bathing in her column as an alternative to real forests for those who find it difficult to visit forests.
2. Song Jeong-suk noted that the Korea National Park Service offers 44 attractions across 12 national parks through VR, and wrote that in a 2022 comparative experiment, overall restorative feeling was better in real nature.
3. Song Jeong-suk wrote that VR forests cannot replace real forests, but their accessibility is an advantage for those who have difficulty moving, and she pointed readers to her book "Digital Healing Theory Level I".

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