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Forest Bathing with your Dog - NARA Park - Acton, MA
Oct 10, 2020 | 05:30 P.M. - 07:30 P.M.
2 Taylor Rd
Acton, MA 01720, USA
Learn how to do Forest Bathing invitations with your dog. Your dog will even be your guide! Hate to leave your dog behind? Me too, so I've developed my own way of bringing these two things together combining my experience as a Certified Forest Therapy Guide and a dog owner. Spending time in nature with my dog and Shinrin Yoku are two of my favorite things to do. Using our senses to slow down and bring us to the present moment is the way of a Shinrin Yoku walk. So often our walks can be something we have to get done, rushed or full of conversation on our phones. Instead, learn how to make part of your walk a time to slow down, connect and release the stress in the Shinrin Yoku way. Even make it part of a mindfulness practice. Yes, even with your dog!
Proof of rabies vaccination in the form of a town license tag or documentation from a veterinarian is required to participate. Limited to 8 owners and their dogs.
Nadine is a Certified Forest Therapy Guide through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs. Her training includes special knowledge in guiding people of all ages in Shinrin Yoku, "Forest Bathing," Walks and the body of scientific knowledge demonstrating the benefits of spending time in nature as a wellness practice and an effective way to manage stress. As a cancer survivor, practicing good self-care is Nadine's most important guiding principle for herself. She has come to know the healing and support that nature can offer us through her own personal wellness journey. A Massachusetts native who loves spending time wandering and exploring in nature, she is joyous to be sharing Forest Bathing with the community and creating environments for Forest Therapy.
Council of Waters and Trees - The Whidbey Institute
Oct 12, 2020 | 09:00 A.M. - 02:00 P.M.
6449 Old Pietila Rd
Clinton, WA 98236, USA
This multi-day program will be held October 12th - 16th, 2020. In this immersion we enter the liminal space of renewed possibility for deepening our connection with the more-than-human world through Forest Therapy and The Way of Council. The Whidbey Institute is located one hour north of Seattle. It has served as a home for transformational learning since 1972. The location supports an engaged, vibrant local community with a cultural and learning hub; invites a growing urban population looking for nature connection and contemplative space; and allows them to partner with a vibrant network of program leaders working in the areas of leadership development, ecosystem vitality, community resilience, and more.
We exist for those who sense the urgency and responsibility of our time and feel called to respond
The Institute has been founded on land that is located on the territory of the Lower Skagit, Swinomish, Suqamish, and Snohomish tribes—the island Tscha-kole-chy, named Whidbey Island by colonial settlers.
Council of Waters and Trees - The Whidbey Institute
Oct 12, 2020 | 09:00 A.M. - 02:00 P.M.
6449 Old Pietila Rd
Clinton, WA 98236, USA
This multi-day program will be held October 12th - 16th, 2020. In this immersion we enter the liminal space of renewed possibility for deepening our connection with the more-than-human world through Forest Therapy and The Way of Council. The Whidbey Institute is located one hour north of Seattle. It has served as a home for transformational learning since 1972. The location supports an engaged, vibrant local community with a cultural and learning hub; invites a growing urban population looking for nature connection and contemplative space; and allows them to partner with a vibrant network of program leaders working in the areas of leadership development, ecosystem vitality, community resilience, and more.
We exist for those who sense the urgency and responsibility of our time and feel called to respond
The Institute has been founded on land that is located on the territory of the Lower Skagit, Swinomish, Suqamish, and Snohomish tribes—the island Tscha-kole-chy, named Whidbey Island by colonial settlers.
Audubon Naturalist Society - Woodend Nature Sanctuary
Oct 14, 2020 | 10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
8940 Jones Mill Road
Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
Savor the natural joys of each season on forest bathing walks led by Melanie Choukas-Bradley, a longtime ANS field trip leader and the author of The Joy of Forest Bathing—Reconnect with Wild Places & Rejuvenate Your Life. Discover the magic of shinrin-yoku, translated as “forest bathing,” a nature-oriented mindfulness practice that originated in Japan and has become popular all over the world. Our leader is a Nature & Forest Therapy Guide with certification from the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy Guides and Programs of Sonoma County, California. Experience the restoration of Woodend as we explore and commune with the living things in our meadows, forest, and Blair Garden. A serving of maple sap “tea” and a sharing of nature poetry will conclude each walk. NOTE: Email [email protected] for info on how to register
Alchemy of the Forest - Cortes Island, BC, Canada
Oct 18, 2020 | 09:00 A.M. - 02:00 P.M.
Highfield Rd Mansons Landing
Comox-Strathcona I, BC V0P 1K0, Canada
This multi-day program will be held October 18th - 25th, 2020. Alchemy of the Forest is offered just one time in 2020. This will be a 7 night event at Hollyhock Leadership Center on Cortes Island. We will be immersing ourselves in the topic of transformation; the transformation that occurs when we come into connection with the natural world.
Alchemy of the Forest - Cortes Island, BC, Canada
Oct 18, 2020 | 09:00 A.M. - 02:00 P.M.
Highfield Rd Mansons Landing
Comox-Strathcona I, BC V0P 1K0, Canada
This multi-day program will be held October 18th - 25th, 2020. Alchemy of the Forest is offered just one time in 2020. This will be a 7 night event at Hollyhock Leadership Center on Cortes Island. We will be immersing ourselves in the topic of transformation; the transformation that occurs when we come into connection with the natural world.
Smithsonian Associates - An Immersion in Nature: Japanese “Forest Bathing”—Urban Style
Oct 20, 2020 | 08:45 A.M. - 10:45 A.M.
S. Dillon Ripley Center 1100 Jefferson Dr SW
Washington, DC, USA
Shinrin-yoku (translated as “forest bathing”) began in Japan in the 1980s. Rooted in Shinto and Buddhist traditions of reverence for nature, the practice involves a full sensory immersion in the outdoors. Recent health studies conducted in Japan, North America, and other countries document the mental and physical health benefits of quiet time spent in nature, including lowered blood pressure and stress hormone levels, as well as improved mood and cognition. Lately, more and more studies are focused on the health benefits of time spent in natural landscapes within cities.
Experience forest bathing as Melanie Choukas-Bradley, a certified nature and forest-therapy guide and author of The Joy of Forest Bathing (Rock Point), leads a 2-hour walk in the Enid A. Haupt Garden behind the Smithsonian Castle.
Move slowly to soak up the beauty of the Moongate Garden, inspired by the Chinese Temple of Heaven; the Fountain Garden, modeled after the Court of the Lions at the Alhambra, and the Victorian Parterre. This unique and restorative celebration of the beauty of spring in one of the garden gems of the nation’s capital is the perfect way to learn why forest bathing is becoming popular all over the world.
All participants receive a signed copy of The Joy of Forest Bathing.
Smithsonian Associates - An Immersion in Nature: Japanese “Forest Bathing”—Urban Style
Oct 27, 2020 | 08:45 A.M. - 10:45 A.M.
S. Dillon Ripley Center 1100 Jefferson Dr SW
Washington, DC, USA
Shinrin-yoku (translated as “forest bathing”) began in Japan in the 1980s. Rooted in Shinto and Buddhist traditions of reverence for nature, the practice involves a full sensory immersion in the outdoors. Recent health studies conducted in Japan, North America, and other countries document the mental and physical health benefits of quiet time spent in nature, including lowered blood pressure and stress hormone levels, as well as improved mood and cognition. Lately, more and more studies are focused on the health benefits of time spent in natural landscapes within cities.
Experience forest bathing as Melanie Choukas-Bradley, a certified nature and forest-therapy guide and author of The Joy of Forest Bathing (Rock Point), leads a 2-hour walk in the Enid A. Haupt Garden behind the Smithsonian Castle.
Move slowly to soak up the beauty of the Moongate Garden, inspired by the Chinese Temple of Heaven; the Fountain Garden, modeled after the Court of the Lions at the Alhambra, and the Victorian Parterre. This unique and restorative celebration of the beauty of spring in one of the garden gems of the nation’s capital is the perfect way to learn why forest bathing is becoming popular all over the world.
All participants receive a signed copy of The Joy of Forest Bathing.
Audubon Naturalist Society - Autumn Tree Walk - Theodore Roosevelt Island
Nov 04, 2020 | 10:00 A.M. - 02:00 P.M.
700 George Washington Memorial Parkway
McLean, VA 22101, USA
Savor the natural joys of each season on forest bathing walks led by Melanie Choukas-Bradley, a longtime ANS field trip leader and the author of The Joy of Forest Bathing—Reconnect with Wild Places & Rejuvenate Your Life. Discover the magic of shinrin-yoku, translated as “forest bathing,” a nature-oriented mindfulness practice that originated in Japan and has become popular all over the world. Our leader is a Nature & Forest Therapy Guide with certification from the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy Guides and Programs of Sonoma County, California. Experience the restoration of Woodend as we explore and commune with the living things in our meadows, forest, and Blair Garden. A serving of maple sap “tea” and a sharing of nature poetry will conclude each walk. NOTE: Email [email protected] for info on how to register
Audubon Naturalist Society - Late Autumn Tree Walk - Theodore Roosevelt Island
Dec 02, 2020 | 10:00 A.M. - 02:00 P.M.
700 George Washington Memorial Parkway
McLean, VA 22101, USA
Savor the natural joys of each season on forest bathing walks led by Melanie Choukas-Bradley, a longtime ANS field trip leader and the author of The Joy of Forest Bathing—Reconnect with Wild Places & Rejuvenate Your Life. Discover the magic of shinrin-yoku, translated as “forest bathing,” a nature-oriented mindfulness practice that originated in Japan and has become popular all over the world. Our leader is a Nature & Forest Therapy Guide with certification from the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy Guides and Programs of Sonoma County, California. Experience the restoration of Woodend as we explore and commune with the living things in our meadows, forest, and Blair Garden. A serving of maple sap “tea” and a sharing of nature poetry will conclude each walk. NOTE: Email [email protected] for info on how to register
