FBF blog…
The Deep Rest of Winter
Those of us who love the outdoors, seemingly enjoy everything it has to offer. In Spring and Summer, we can hardly wait to go outside and feel rebirth and renewal in every breath; see bulbs break...
Slow Down this Holiday Season
We’re always rushing around, packing too much into our already busy lives. Add in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and you have a recipe for burnout. When we finally have a moment to...
What is Your Medicine?
What is Your Medicine? To know what our unique gift in the world is or to understand how to use that gift in the world is a universal Human longing. It matters little if that world is just one...
Forest Therapy: What is it & How Do You Find a Guide?
In our industrialized, technological society, many people fear that while we intuitively have a connection with nature, that connection is becoming weak as we spend less and less time in the outdoor...
Can Forest Bathing Make You Healthier?
Are you stressed? In this modern era, we all are. But right outside our windows is a solution: Forest Bathing. Have you heard this term yet? What does it really mean to “bathe” in the forest? Forest...
The Invitation
Forest Therapy guides refer to their offerings as invitations. An invitation is defined as “a spoken or written request to do something”. So, we may offer a verbal invitation or share an...
A Watery Companion
Between Mother’s Day and the talk with the bishop, there was a month of work travel overseas and a week of family vacation in northern Michigan. These weeks were full to the brim with...
When the Serpent Appears
Last summer, I was only home for short stints between work travel. The days I was home, I often guided walks for different local organizations. The people who show up are always such an amazing...
Forest Bathing During COVID-19
We wanted to provide you with a list of some articles that have been written about Forest Bathing during the COVID pandemic. Hopefully they will provide resources that will help you as you continue...
Scrolling Through My Medicine Walk
“Let the silence do the heavy lifting.” A phrase often heard before one goes into a negotiation.I wasn’t going into a negotiation, I was going on a Medicine Walk but it seemed appropriate in the...
Nature Therapy and its Effects on the Human Body
99.9% of humans that have ever existed did so in a natural environment, the remaining .01% have lived in the urbanized post-industrial revolution era. This modern age with its artificial settings...
Nature Therapy: What is it, and Why Do We Need It?
Nature Therapy. These two words almost seem to be opposites. Nature is, well, natural. Nature is all around us. It is effortless, it surrounds us. It is spontaneous, healthy. In contrast, the word...
