Exhale your stress and inhale the reciprocal relationship of health that we share with trees. Come and explore the healing power of Forest Bathing. Connect with the benefits of an increased sense of relaxation and greater mental clarity when spending time in nature. Leave behind feelings of fight or flight and return to a state where your parasympathetic system is dominate and you feel more at ease. Let the Forest reset your nervous system. Leave your Forest Bathing experience with increased feelings of gratitude, selflessness, and wonder. Just what the Doctor ordered!
Activities to Include:
Threshold Meditation
Learn to use the woods as a healing tool
Healing Walk
Discussion of a connection with a certain tree: Likeness of tree rings to a human fingerprint
Guided Meditation
Discuss why the Native Americans were attracted to certain healing plants
Mandala
Tea Ceremony
Cost: $35
Location: Nina Mason Pulliam Ecolab at Marion College, 3200 Cold Spring Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46222
Sign up early. Spots limited.
Essential Information: Wear appropriate shoes and clothes for the weather. Bring anything you might need in a day pack; water bottle, snack, journal, camera, bug repellant, etc.
Please bring a watch. You’re asked to leave your phones in your car or on silent.
About Forest Bathing
Forest Bathing is a way to experience the sensations of nature, practice patience, and remember not to rush things that move at their own pace. Through Forest Bathing, your senses are awakened, and you can see the world through an open heart.
Read more about Forest Bathing here!
*Please note: If the event has started and needs to end early due to inclement weather, there will be not refunds issued to participants.
