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Melanie Choukas-Bradley is a Washington, DC author and certified nature and forest therapy guide who leads forest bathing walks, field trips and tree tours for the Audubon Naturalist Society, the United States Botanic Garden, the Smithsonian Associates, the Maryland Native Plant Society, etc.

Kelly Brown is a Lower Elementary guide of a bustling, inquisitive, nature-loving, and socially active group of students. A second life path under construction for Kelly comes in the field of Nature and Forest Therapy, one that matches well with his life and work at Butler Montessori School.

The forest is "For-Rest" - That is my guiding thought when I lead walks in Central New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. I am a retired Mastered prepared psychiatric nurse with certificates in Mindfulness, Horticultural Therapy and Forest therapy. Nature is the therapist - I open the door.

Cindy Olsen is a certified Kripalu Mindful Outdoor Guide and founder of Cindy By Nature, LLC. She is passionate about sharing the powerful physical and mental benefits of nature and mindfulness with others.

Annabel built her tiny house on wheels, traveled to over 10 countries, created 300+ videos, became a certified forest therapy guide, pursued her interest in Astrology by taking a 3 yr Soul Level Astrology cert. and (most importantly!) she’s been a full-time caregiver for her 91 year old grandfather.

Nadine is founder and director of New England Nature and Forest Therapy Consulting and a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Trainer and Mentor with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT). She also coordinates the practicum and heads up Trail Certification for the ANFT.

I believe the practice of Forest Bathing can deepen & broaden relationships by supporting health & healing for all beings. I hold space for folks to come together to share & bear witness in community with the natural or more-than-human world in a way that supports our remembering that we are nature.

As a certified Forest Therapy Guide, trainer and mentor with ANFT, Christy has found herself in the forests of the world, falling in love at every turn. In those forests, her voice, her commitments to herself and the world, and her love, strengthens.

Since childhood I've had a love of animals & an enjoyment of spending time outdoors. This led me to my work as an environmental & outdoor educator on Long Island, New York. This work afforded me the opportunity to spend time in nature on a routine basis, something that many people don't get to do!

Phyllis accompanies groups on walks through various natural settings in Georgia. As a registered nurse, a certified Forest Bathing guide and a marriage and family therapist, Abramson appreciates the role of Forest Bathing as an important complement to any health practice, including her own.