What is Forest Bathing?
Step out of the fast pace of daily life and step into the rhythms nature, allowing your senses to come alive. Forest bathing, also called forest therapy, is inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku. It is a guided experience that allows you to slow down while connecting with nature, community, and with yourself. Spend intentional time with plants, trees, rocks, water, and animals in the natural world and remember your belonging.
Forest bathing is a practice of reciprocity that improves human wellness and elicits a sense of gratitude for the natural world. Bring your curiosity, awe, grief, and joy into the forest and receive a deepened relationship with nature and a sense of interconnection. Everyone is welcome and there is no experience necessary.
Sign up for one of our current forest bathing walks here!
Schedule private a walk here.
What happens on a walk?
During a forest bathing walk, you will be guided by Julie Jansen, a certified Forest Therapy Guide with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. She will offer a series of accessible, mindful invitations to explore the natural environment with care and appreciation. Each invitation is crafted to connect your senses to the natural world. The invitations are open to interpretation by each participant. At times, you will be in stillness and in silence. At other times you will be invited share your experience with the guide and your group. Everyone has the opportunity to bring their voice into our collective experience.
Forest bathing is balanced between exploring nature on your own and being in community. During each part of the walk you are encouraged to discover what the natural world has to offer you in the moment. A forest bathing walk lasts around two hours, which is the amount of time needed to receive the health benefits of spending time in nature.
Are you interested? You can schedule a walk here.