Sep 25 - 4 min read
Ambassadors
Enchanting Suen Lee
Cathedrals of green. Movement, health, and the call of the forest
Step quietly into a forest, and you are stepping into a world older, vaster, and wiser than our own hurried lives. The trees stretch upward, their crowns interlacing like vaulted ceilings in some great cathedral. The ground is softened by moss and leaves, every breath perfumed with pine and earth. This is no mere backdrop to our lives. It is a living system that sustains us, and, if we allow it, heals us.
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” — John Muir
Scientists now tell us what poets and mystics have long known: visiting the forest is good for us. Not just once, not only on holidays or when time permits, but regularly. Twice a week, if we can. For in those hours beneath the canopy, something shifts in our physiology, in our emotions, in our very way of being.
The Science of Belonging to the Forest
The Japanese call it shinrin-yoku — forest bathing. Unlike exercise or trekking, it is about immersion. Breathing deeply of woodland air, attending to birdsong, letting your eyes rest on shades of green.
Research reveals its profound effects: Stress dissolves. Cortisol levels fall, heart rate slows, and blood pressure steadies. The nervous system, so often charged by city life, finds calm. The immune system awakens. Trees release phytoncides, aromatic compounds that have been shown to increase the activity of natural killer cells, our body’s guardians against disease. The effects can last for days. The mind clears. Walking in nature reduces fatigue, restores attention, and improves creativity. Psychologists have noted that individuals who spend two hours a week in natural settings tend to report greater happiness and improved health. The body strengthens gently. A walk in the forest may seem light, but it enhances cardiovascular health, improves balance, and connects us to movement that is unforced, organic, and whole.
Make it twice a Week
A single walk can refresh. But repetition transforms. The science is clear: consistency builds resilience. When we enter a forest twice a week, we begin to carry its peace into our daily lives. The calm endures beyond the trees. The immune system remains fortified. The mind, accustomed to quiet, returns more easily to balance. In the same way that training sculpts the body through steady practice, so too does the forest shape our inner lives through regular return.
The Poetic Pulse of the Woods
There is also something beyond data, something more elemental. The forest humbles us. To stand among oaks or beeches, to watch shafts of light fall like stained glass upon the floor, is to remember that we are part of a continuum of life. Birds dart above, insects hum in secret, roots entwine unseen beneath our feet. We are not outside observers. We are woven into this fabric. David Attenborough once said, “No one will protect what they don’t care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced.” Walking into the forest twice a week is not only about our health. It is about rekindling care for nature, for ourselves, for each other.
Movement, Nature, and Expression
Humans are creatures of movement. We are built not just to walk, but to leap, to climb, to dance. When we bring this expressive side of ourselves into nature, we awaken something primal. The trees do not judge. The Earth absorbs our energy. The sky witnesses our strength.
For those who live through performance, through the art of pole, the forest becomes more than scenery. It becomes a partner, a stage, an inspiration.
Introducing the Lupit Ninja Pole, Strength Meets Wilderness
In this spirit, Lupit has created something entirely new: The Lupit Ninja Pole, the first ever outdoor pole, designed for those who seek freedom in movement beyond walls.
Co-created with Dr Kenneth Kao, known as Doctor Pole Ninja, a master of strength and artistry.
The Ninja Pole is not simply equipment. It is an invitation to take your art to the forest clearing, the mountain plateau, the riverside meadow. To let your performance be shaped by wind, light, and earth.
Resilient Design: Built to withstand most outdoor conditions and terrains.
Portable: Lightweight, just 15 kg, with a custom bag for easy transport, even to remote landscapes.
Versatile: Spinning and static modes, providing all the options of a studio pole.
Professional Build: Height 3430 mm, diameter 42 mm, powder-coated black, constructed in three equal parts of 1100 mm.
The Lupit Ninja Pole allows you to bring performance into dialogue with the world outside. Just as forest walks restore health, outdoor pole practice ignites creativity.
Two Rituals, One Life
Walking in the forest twice weekly grounds us. Practising movement outdoors expands us. Together, they are not just routines, but rituals — ways of living in closer accord with nature and with ourselves.
Imagine: one morning, you walk beneath the canopy, inhaling the sharp sweetness of pine. Another day, you carry your Lupit Ninja Pole into the glade and spin beneath the same trees. Both acts are expressions of the same truth — that health, beauty, and strength are not found apart from nature, but within it.
With the Lupit Ninja Pole, the forest is no longer just a place of stillness; it becomes your arena of movement, your partner in performance, your cathedral of strength.
