Srinagar, June 6 -- Every morning, just after the sun lifts over the Zabarwan hills, a group of young men and women gather by the banks of Dal Lake. Some come with bicycles and mats. Others with nothing at all.

They don't talk much. Instead, they sit facing the water, listening to the sound of paddles cutting through the lake's soft surface. It's not a class. There's no teacher. Just the lake, the sky, and an agreement to be present.

Kashmir, long known for its beauty, is becoming something else too. A kind of natural therapy room. Not everyone calls it ecotherapy. Some just say, "Let's go to the hills."

But the idea is the same: being in nature helps. And here, there's no shortage of nature to turn to.

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