Forest Bathing

78 Poplar Hill Road,Whately MA 01373

19 June, 2021

Description

Release stress and deepen your connection with your place in Nature with a Forest Bathing experience. Join Laughing Tree Walks for a guided experience with Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing). Through the use of gentle invitations, we will experience the gifts that encountering your place in the forest, has to offer. Forest bathing has been practiced in Japan, the U.S. and beyond since the 1980's. Research has shown that embodied immersion in natural environments is effective at reducing stress levels, boosting immunity, increasing a feeling of connection. Isaac Paulman is a certified Forest Therapy Guide and is the creator of Laughing Tree Walks. He received certification through the Association of Forest Therapy Guides and Programs. The mission of Laughing Tree Walks is to facilitate accessible and abundant opportunities for interaction between human animals and the more than human world, within which we live.