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Roy Ringel
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
I've created a heart-centered vocation as a Forest Therapy Guide and Embodied Awareness Coach in order to fully integrate my livelihood with my spiritual practice. It seems clear that this kind of integration is what's needed for us to re-story, and so perhaps even heal, our living world.

Melanie Choukas-Bradley
Chevy Chase, MD, USA

Kelly Brown
Washington, D.C., USA

Holly Merker
Downingtown, PA, USA
Based in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Holly is passionate about connecting people to nature for the benefits to overall wellbeing. Forest Bathing with Birds is just one of the ways she guides people of all ages into deeper connections with nature as a Forest Therapy Guide (ANFT)

Mette Gleason
Reading, PA, USA

Douglas Jones
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Traverse City, MI, USA
Douglas Jones, Ph.D. is an ANFT Certified Forest Therapy Guide. He is regularly guiding walks in and around Pittsburgh at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, Frick Park, and Walker Park. A Psychologist who spent his youth Up North in Michigan, he also guides walks in Leelanau County, Michigan.
Barbara Schock
Oakdale, PA, USA

William Schomburg
Princeton, NJ, USA
Bretton Woods, NH
Over the years, I have come to realize the energy, influence, and wonder that reconnecting to the natural world can bring to all people. The benefits of the Japanese practice known as Shinrin Yoku or forest bathing are physical, emotional, and spiritual.

Sharon Lohse
Montgomery Township, NJ, USA

Elaine "Sky" Schenkel
Summit, NJ, USA
Sky is a life-long lover of the woods, former yoga teacher, artist, poet and outdoor enthusiast who is certified as a Forest Guide through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy.

Cindy Olsen
Larchmont, NY, USA

Dr. Yoshi Newman
Greenville, NC, USA
I’m an Educational Psychologist certified in Emotional Intelligence & Nature and Forest Therapy. I lead people on walks through the forest and provide invitations that are an opportunity for them to connect with nature in a way that very few people have.

Linda Lombardo
Copiague, NY, USA
A certified forest therapy guide through the Association of ​Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs, ​and a Master Naturalist through Quality Parks, I'm also a life coach. Partnering ​with the forest is a wild heart experience for my clients and for me. ​

Maura Smotrich
Greenwich, CT, USA
Experiencing the natural world has been an ever-present facet of my life, and my former career seamlessly contributes to becoming a certified Forest and Nature Therapy Guide. I hope to share the many benefits of this universal wellness practice with you through my guiding practice in CT, NY or NJ.
Teresa Bobko, Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Certified Wilderness First Aid
Northford, CT, USA

Caitlin Williams
Charlotte, NC, USA
Caitlin is a trainer with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, as well as a consultant and contributor to the RxOutside: Nature Led ™ Approach to child development. She holds many certifications including Nature and Forest Therapy Guide, Wildlife Tracker and Permaculture Design.

Beth Montgomery
Oakville, ON, Canada
A certified Forest Therapy Guide, Restorative Yoga Teacher, and Personal Journeying Coach Beth has the credentialing and passion for sharing these powerful practices. She brings an inspired balance of educational theory and personal enthusiasm to her students, mostly she holds space amd opens doors.

Niel Halbig
Oakville, ON, Canada
Niel has always had a lifelong love of the outdoors that has offered insight, perspective, and curiosity. He is continually amazed by the experience of walking with clients on their journeys, and is humbled by finding that in the forest nothing needs fixing, everything is just as it is meant to be.

Todd Lynch
Williamsburg, MA, USA
I am a Forest Bathing Guide in Western Massachusetts and I lead Forest Bathing walks for individuals, families, and groups as well as schools and non-profits. I also offer Forest Bathing and Ecological Art making workshops for children and adults in addition to plant identification walks.

Martha (Mattie) Miller Decker, Ed.D.
Bat Cave, NC, USA
Flat Rock, NC USA
Dr. Mattie Decker is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT), an educator and a writer. Mattie is also a mindfulness teacher, a Zen practictioner, an Episcopal oblate, and a retired professor of education.