Uitwaaien

Dutch, literally "to out-blow," from "uit" (out) and "waaien" (to blow, of the wind). In the blustery Low Countries it describes the specific restorative act of walking somewhere windy to feel renewed.

  1. verb · /OWT-vah-yun/

    To go out into the wind, often on a brisk walk, in order to clear your head and refresh yourself.

    Using rough weather as a deliberate tonic — letting the wind blow the mental cobwebs away.

    After staring at the screen all day she needed to uitwaaien along the seafront before she could think straight.

    Where shinrin-yoku seeks calm among still trees, uitwaaien seeks the opposite medicine — being buffeted by wind until your head feels swept clean.