Forest Bathing

Education helps develop a community that understands connections among the human health, ecosystems and economies. The Hitchcock Center connects people with nature and encourages a deeper emotional bond with the natural world that sustains us all.Founded in 1962, the Hitchcock Center for the Environment fosters awareness and understanding of our environment through programs with a particular focus on children, who live in a world of environmental challenges.Our educational framework centers on five fundamentals:Understanding principles of ecologyValuing placePromoting resilienceDemonstrating sustainability in the built environmentEducating for active citizenship

Hitchcock Center for the Environment

Forest and Nature Therapy guided walks with Todd Lynch

What to Expect:
A leisurely walk of about a mile with stops along the
way where we will gather and sit. We’ll all wear our
masks when we gather together and the walk will be
planned in a way to promote safe physical distancing of
6 feet or more between participants.
We will focus on our senses to develop an immediate
connection with the forest. This is a very relaxed, slow,
and mindful way of walking. The walk should last about
three hours and we will finish with a Shinrin Yoku tea.What is Forest and Nature Therapy?
Our time together on a guided Forest and Nature
Therapy walk is not a hike or naturalist adventure,
but an opportunity to slow down and allow our
bodies to engage all of our senses. A typical program
is structured through “invitations”. These prompts
are the gateways through which we can use our
senses to explore the sensations we’re immersed in
from moment to moment. There are no prescribed
outcomes expected from these experiences. Simply
being immersed in nature on a guided program for
several hours is benefit enough. This is not “therapy”
as commonly denoted in our culture, but an offering
of a therapeutic way to be in nature. Guides are not
trained clinicians; they hold the space to let the forest
be the “therapist”.
Forest and Nature Therapy offers us the opportunity
to slow down. It re-aligns our rhythms with the landscape,
allowing our senses a respite from everyday
demands and uncertainties. It’s a chance to remember
ourselves and the joyful relationships that await us outside.

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