India's first forest healing centre inaugurated in Uttarakhand's Ranikhet By Asheesh Goyal | Updated: Mar 07, 2021 17:33 IST Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 7 (ANI): First Forest Healing centre of the country was inaugurated on Sunday at Ranikhet in Kalika Uttarakhand. The forest fealing centre has been developed by the Research Wing of Uttarakhand Forest Department after research on healing properties of the forests and its revitalizing impact on overall health and well being. It is spread over an area of around 13 acres. Chief Conservator of Forest (Research), Sanjiv Chaturvedi, said, ''It draws inspiration from Japanese technique of forest bathing (shinrin-yoku) and ancient Indian traditions and that basic theme is, be silent, go slow, think less and feel more."