Forest Therapy Ottawa

August 11: Garden Therapy and Pick-Your-Own Bouquet

Unplug, Re-charge & Reconnect

Come for a guided walk to help you cope with life's ups and downs and re-discover the power of nature to re-awaken awe and restore your inner calm.

A walk with Forest Therapy Ottawa can help you:

Pause the news, step away from screens, and re-connect with nature's healing gifts.
De-stress, exhale and allow yourself to simply be.
Boost your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.
Connect with yourself and others, and life within and all around.

What to Expect

A walk is 1.5 to 3 hrs long. We move slowly and pause often. The guide offers "invitations" to help you rest 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 up and have an opportunity to share stories. We close our time together with wild-crafted tea, from plants on the trail where we've been walking.

Benefits

Nature & Forest Therapy is an evidence-based practice. Studies show that slowing down in nature reduces stress levels and blood pressure, and boosts our immune systems. It improves 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 of all life. Modern science is now catching up with this ancient wisdom.

Why go with a Guide?

Andrea, your Forest Therapy Guide, gently offers a path to awaken to the gifts of nature. A specific sequence of invitations helps us shift from our stressed state brought on by the demands of modern life, to a place of calm aliveness, where healing and new insights can arise.
Walking with a guide and a group can give us a sense of freedom to linger and explore in ways we may not try on our own.

Ready to experience a guided walk?

Forest Therapy Ottawa offers a variety of guided experiences.

Join a public walk where you can meet like-minded people, a private walk with friends or to celebrate a special occasion, or add a walk to your group's retreat to support your members or staff.

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"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."