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Saturday Forest Bathing

May 11, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

$25 – $35

2nd & 4th Saturdays in April and May, 9:00am-11:00am
Tam Willey, Certified Forest Therapy Guide

Location: Bussey St. Gate Entrance at map tables

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 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

Details

Date:
May 11, 2019
Time:
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Cost:
$25 – $35
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Website:
https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1862&DayPlannerDate=5/11/2019

Organizer

Arnold Arboretum
Phone
617-384-5209
Email
arbweb@arnarb.harvard.edu
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Organizer status (we charge $5 for for-profit listings)
Not for profit or community group
Email (will not be used for public posting)
kstonefoot@fas.harvard.edu

Venue

Arnold Arboretum, Bussey St. Gate
Bussey Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 United States
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Phone
617-384-5209
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