An Italian study verifies the effectiveness of Forest Therapy, which involves listening to the sounds, perceiving the aromas, and actively studying the environmental background that accompany us when immersed in the atmosphere of a forest. The benefits include lowering stress and anxiety symptoms. The study was undertaken by the National Research Council's Institute for Bioeconomy, produced in partnership with the Enrico Fermi High School in Cecina (Livorno), and published in Behavioral Sciences. The effort is part of a program created by the Institute since 2019, with campaigns involving thousands of people and over 50 Italian areas, including mountains, hills, and urban parks. In March 2026, four sessions of around three hours each were held once a week in the Tomboli Nature Reserve in Cecina. The sessions varied between short, moderate walks and sensory pauses. Immediate mood changes before and after each session in the intervention class were measured using the Profile of Mood States, one of the most well-known and frequently used psychometric instruments in the world. The Forest Therapy group experienced much bigger average decreases in anxiety symptoms than the norm.