I'm so pleased to be offering in-person walks again, with precautions in place to follow Coronavirus guidelines.
Please see the listing on the Walks & Events page and check in regularly as new walks are added.

Time among the trees with a Forest Therapy Guide
helps you cope with what life sends your way,
and embrace the gift in each moment.

De-stress and connect with the healing power of nature
on a Forest Wellness Walk, workshop or retreat.

Boost your physical, mental and spiritual health and well-being.

Learn how to make the most of your time in nature.

Be inspired by the personal stories of people who have discovered the powerful benefits of time in nature.

"In a too-busy world, a Forest Therapy walk is perfect to calm you, centre you, re-calibrate how you live life.
It is a joyful and easy approach to mindfulness, which has always eluded me because
my mind is always too busy to be mindful."
- Diane, Ottawa, ON. A repeat participant with Forest Therapy Ottawa.

Benefits

Scientific research shows that slowing down in nature reduces stress levels and blood pressure and boosts our immune systems. It improves energy and mental health and enhances brain power and creativity. Indigenous peoples have long taught that a strong bond between humans and the more-than-human world is essential for the health and survival of both. Modern science is now catching up with this ancient wisdom.

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Why go with a Guide?

The Forest is the therapist, the Guide opens the doors. Like a yoga instructor, a Forest Therapy Guide invites you to deeper levels of awareness and open-ness to the gifts of nature. The Guide offers a specific sequence of invitations, designed to help participants shift from our chronically stressed state of coping with the demands of modern life, to a place of calm awareness. There, we can make meaning of our lives, and new insights and healing can arise.

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What to Expect

A Forest Therapy walk is 1.5 to 3 hrs long. It's not a workout. We move slowly and pause often. The guide leads a series of "invitations" to help you quiet your mind, slow down, and awaken your senses to each moment unfolding around and within you. Participants branch out for short explorations, solo or in pairs, and then circle back to the group. We end with snacks and tea made from tea plants harvested along the trail.

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I have been a nature enthusiast for a very long time, but after one walk with Andrea I learned how to deepen the experience
into something that shifts my centre of gravity from my head to my body. I’m more present now. I use all my senses.
I stop a lot more, just to pay attention to the miraculous life that pulses all around if you give yourself time to tune in.
- Gabrielle, Toronto, ON

"Some part of each of us - regardless of where we're from or where we live -
seems to carry a deep yearning
for a more meaningful connection with nature.”

Elizabeth Beachy Gomez - https://www.humansandnature.org/the-lesson-of-the-hawk