Forest Bathing Walk

Forest Bathing at Look Park

Spring is a time of awakening and reemergence from the dark of winter. Come discover
the magic of this season on a Forest Bathing walk with Todd Lynch, certified ANFT
Forest Bathing guide. Forest Bathing offers the opportunity to slow down. It re-aligns our
rhythms with the landscape, allowing our senses a respite from everyday demands and
uncertainties, and gives us a template to practice on our own time at home. It’s a
chance to remember ourselves and the joyful relationships that await us outside. Come
experience what the landscape at Look Park might share on this 2 hour experience.

What to Expect

A leisurely walk of about a mile or less with stops along the way where we will engage
with the surroundings. We will focus on our senses to develop a connection with the
land around us. This is a very relaxed, slow, and mindful way of being in nature. The
walk will last about 2 hours and we will finish with an herbal tea made from Todd’s
organic herb garden.

Todd Lynch

Todd is a certified Forest and Nature Therapy guide. He received this credential through the Association of Forest and Nature Therapy training program. It is a 6-month intensive course that includes pre- requisites in Wilderness First Aid/CPR as well as native plant identification. As an artist and landscape designer, Todd has collaborated on healing gardens, native, medicinal plantings and art installations across the US. He lives in Western Massachusetts. He has received multiple Massachusetts Cultural Council grants for environmental art installation and education. Todd has also lectured at universities, garden organizations and apothecaries about medicinal plants in the landscape and has served as a design critic at the Conway School of Landscape Design, Smith College and UMass Amherst. He blogs about the intersections of landscape, wellness and art on Instagram @ecotropy.