Wild Tending: Nature and Forest Therapy

Connect with the natural world in a respectful and reciprocal way while using your senses to engage with and experience the richness, magic and complex beauty that lies within. Wild Tending is a fundamental principle of forest therapy and is an act of deep appreciation for all the natural world offer us.

Inspired by the Japanese practice Shinrin-Yoku (forest bathing) the process follows a sequence of guided invitations that provide structure, while allowing participants the opportunity to observe and explore a space using all their senses. Wild Tending promotes healing and wellness through immersing oneself in the calming and restorative atmosphere of forests and other natural environments.

Participants will leave with a renewed sense of wonder and appreciation for the beauty and abundance of the natural world and their place within it.

Extend Your Experience:

There will also be a Mindful Birding: Sound of Spring program happening in the morning before this one. You are welcome to register for this program if you would like to have a full day on the land!

Consider staying overnight to enjoy the sacred land of DMC for a bit longer!