Guided Forest Therapy/Forest Bathing
Welcome,
motto of ANFT* trained guides
A guided Forest Therapy and/or guided Forest Bathing walk, led by certified Guide Marilyn Zehr,* will assist in deepening your connection to the natural world around you. Marilyn facilitates this connection with the world of the forest and its creatures by inviting participants to slow down, sense, touch, listen, smell, taste, and see, as if for the first time, the web of life all around us.
A series of invitations offered by Marilyn will encourage participants to
go slow not fast,
be grounded not harried,
be present here and not trying to get there.
This kind of presence and connection opens up all kinds of possibilities for the healing benefits of being in the natural world** and expanded awareness of relationships we didn’t know we had forgotten about with the world around us and maybe even within ourselves.
Along the way there will be opportunities to share your observations/insights with fellow participants.
Also, every 2 hr. plus forest bathing walk concludes with a wild-foraged tea and snack.
Forest Therapy Walks led by certified ANFT Guide Marilyn Zehr are available year-round. Marilyn loves guiding in winter. With the right clothing and gear, the winter is magical.
To learn more about the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT), the practice of Forest Therapy, and the science supporting this practice please see the following links.
Marilyn is also a member of Nature and Forest Therapy of Canada
Forest Therapy Group
Early spring Forest Therapy walk beautiful day – photo credit Svinda Heinrichs
Tea Ceremony in the Snow
Tea Ceremony in the snow on March 8 International Women’s Day 2022
Nature’s Bling
Nature’s bling – dewy spider web – photo credit Marilyn Zehr
Early Spring Tea Ceremony
Wild Foraged Balsam Tea – photo credit Marilyn Zehr
Forest Therapy Links:
For more information about this internationally recognized Forest Therapy Guided program consider the following links:
The Practice of Forest Therapy
*Association of Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT) https://www.natureandforesttherapy.earth
https://www.natureandforesttherapy.earth/about/the-practice-of-forest-therapy
The Science
https://www.natureandforesttherapy.earth/about/the-science
https://www.doseofnature.org.uk/the-science
Description of a Forest Therapy Guided walk in New South Wales Australia https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/travel/wind-back-your-ego-why-we-all-need-more-forest-time-20220421-p5aez0?fbclid=IwAR1fII2D9dG1oYBt1v16wX4fHeffYMtiaqpkic2jak0PAWguOVrhCt-tDOs
New York Times article from 2018. As of April, 2022 there are more than 2000 guides in 60 countries https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/well/take-a-walk-in-the-woods-doctors-orders.html
