Forest Bathing Technique

The is a  technique in the possession of the Ashiya clan. It allows the user to temporarily step into a spiritual plane, which mirrors the physical realm nearly identically, and reemerge in another location in physical plane through contact with naturally occurring shadows. Due to differences in the flow of time between the two planes this movement can seem instantaneous to an observer. Originally, this technique was learned from the guardian spirit wolves contracted by the clan, but it was quickly due to the risks it held. While in this mirrored world the practitioner's arguably unnatural presence can attract the presence of all manners of spiritual entities to them, some of which can be gravely threatening to a human invading their territory. Tōshi Ashiya has circumvented one of the risks of this technique by covering himself in countless curses, which leads a vast majority of would be aggressive spiritual entities to avoid him altogether.

While common logic would suggest that prolonged usage of this technique would artificially age the practitioner, the fact that the mirrored realm that the user steps into isn't a physical one the individual themselves can't physically age in this manner. Despite seemingly unchecked in terms of use and applicability, this technique can only be employed through the use of naturally occurring shadows created by aspects of the environment. This is due to the fact that only naturally occurring shadows appear in both this particular spiritual realm and the physical world simultaneously, unlike the shadows of active living beings.