Saturday Forest Bathing
When:
Saturday, May 11, 2019 9:00a -
11:00a
Saturday, May 11, 2019 9:00a -
11:00a
Where:
Arnold Arboretum, Bussey St. Gate Entrance
125 Arborway
Boston, MA 02130
Admission:
$25-35
Categories:
Meetup, Social Good, Sports & Active Life
Event website:
https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1862&DayPlannerDate=5/11/2019
2nd & 4th Saturdays in April and May, 9:00am-11:00am
Tam Willey, Certified Forest Therapy Guide
Location: Arnold Arboretum, Bussey St. Gate Entrance at map tables
(https://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/BSG.pdf)
Forest Bathing is inspired by Shinrin-yoku, a prominent feature of preventative medicine and healing in Japan. From increased cerebral blood flow to stronger immune defenses, there has been extensive research demonstrating what can happen when we relax, unplug and open our senses to the natural world in community.
This slow-paced guided therapeutic experience promotes wellness through a series of gentle sensory-opening invitations that welcome us to notice more of our natural surroundings. By deepening our connection with the natural world and each other, we open ourselves up to the healing medicine of the forest. Forest Bathing is part of a global effort to tend to the stressful conditions of living in modern industrialized civilization.
Tam is a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Training Apprentice and Mentor with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs. Tam believes the practice of Forest Bathing can deepen and broaden our relationships. Tam’s training includes an understanding of the scientific framework of Forest Therapy as well as the cultural repair that is made possible by holding space for seekers of this medicine to share and bear witness in community as part of the natural world. Tam created Toadstool Walks as a way to offer support in finding one’s own way towards experiencing belonging to the natural world.
For more information about Tam, check out www.ToadstoolWalks.com
Fee $25 member, $35 nonmember
Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5209.
In case of inclement weather, contact 617.304.9313.
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