Forest Bathing Walks
~Renew Your Connection to the Natural World~
Leach Botanical Gardens: SE Portland
Sunday, April 7, 9:00 - 11:00 am
(Full Moon Walk) - Saturday, April 20, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Friday, May 3, 6:00 -8:00 pm
(Summer Solstice Walk) - Saturday, June 22, 9:00 -11:00 am
Nurture a sacred connection to the natural world and promote well being.
Let wonder and awe bring you into the present moment.
Embrace the magic and beauty of our Earth home.
Everyone is welcome. No experience necessary.
Forest bathing is a nature connection experience inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku. These immersive experiences offer the chance to break away from the stress of daily life and to find healing and nourishment through intimate engagement with the beings with whom we share this Earth home.
While offering a renewed sense of interconnection with the natural world, forest bathing also allows access to beneficial nervous system states that can support our long-term health and well-being. Research has proven that forest bathing boosts immune strength, improves cognitive functioning, and reduces stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and sleeplessness.
Offered through a series of guided invitations, the walk will help participants move beyond the chatter of the thinking mind and find a deeper sense of embodied engagement, enabling access to new ways of being and a transformed relationship to self and others. This intentional practice of embodied presence cultivates access to powerful experiences of curiosity, awe, and wonder that are essential for resilient engagement with this era of dramatic change and transformation.
On This Walk You will:
Experience the restorative and healing power of slowing down and spending time in the natural world.
Learn practices to reconnect to the natural world to help you cultivate peace and calm.
Wander among spectacular trees and notice the magic and mystery all around you.
Irene Bailey, a certified guide with The Association for Nature and Forest Therapy, will lead the walk.
What is Forest Therapy?
“Forest Therapy is a research-based framework for supporting healing and wellness through immersion in forests and other natural environments. Forest Therapy is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, which translates to "forest bathing." Studies have demonstrated a wide array of health benefits, especially in the cardiovascular and immune systems, and for stabilizing and improving mood and cognition. We build on those benefits and look beyond, to what happens when people remember that we are a part of nature, not separate from it, and are related to all other beings in fundamental ways”.
-Association for Nature and Forest Therapy
Guide:
Irene Bailey
Accessibility:
These events involves walking on dirt paths with some tree roots and also on uneven terrain. Please contact us with any questions.
***Once registered, you will receive more information about the in-person walk. Offered rain or shine.
You Provide:
•Warm & Comfortable Layers for Walking Outdoors
•Rain Gear
•Water Bottle
Optional Reading:
Your Guide to Forest Bathing by M. Amos Clifford