Notes From the Guide
Help? Do Forests need Therapy? What is Forest Bathing?
Scroll down to find helpful information that tells you what you can expect and how you can benefit from Forest Bathing.
Every day is a good day for Forest Bathing!
- Retreats
- Corporate Wellness Programs
- Team Building
- Couples
- Clubs
- Family Reunions
- Birthday/Bachelorette/Bachelor Party
- Anyone wanting to connect with nature.
Ready to Schedule a Walk?
Please email me: honeyacrewoods@gmail.com to schedule a private event.
I have three Forest Bathing Events Scheduled. One for each month Sept, Oct, Nov. Click the link below to attend the three scheduled walks listed below. Looking forward to being with you and the Forest.
Sunday, September 10th = Meeting at Aster Garden, 202 Stephen St., Lemont
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/686706556797?aff=oddtdtcreator
Saturday, October 14th = Lemont Heritage Quarry Recreation Area, 1001 Main St., Lemont,
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/705645995167?aff=oddtdtcreator
Black Friday, November 24th = Lemont Heritage Quarry Recreation Area, 1001 Main St. Lemont
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/705658191647?aff=oddtdtcreator
For Scheduling Email: honeyacrewoods@gmail.com
What is Forest Bathing?
While forest bathing is technically a form of forest therapy, the terms are often used interchangeably. A forest therapy walk is synonymous with forest bathing. As a practice, forest bathing varies among practitioners and guides, with most following a standard walk sequence designed to offer reconnection with oneself and the natural world. Forest therapy is a mindful practice of being in nature for our own wellbeing and that of the planet’s as it invites connection to all of life. It is a waking up to our wholeness, to our belonging to the Earth community and to our place in a vast universe.
The guide’s role is to offer participants a slow-paced, mindful walk experience that opens the senses through a series of nature-connected invitations.
Once participants shift from the cognitive thinking mind to an embodied experience they can connect to the natural world in an authentic and knowing way.
Benefits of Forest Therapy
Below is a list of holistic health benefits:
- Boosted immunity—increase in NK cells (viruses) and anticancer proteins (tumors)
- Reduced stress (lower cortisol levels)
- Reduced inflammation
- Improved mood (serotonin increases)
- Improved mental health (reduced anxiety and depression, improved self-esteem)
- Lowered blood pressure and heart rate
- Improved sleep
- Deactivated sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight)
- Activated parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest)
- Regulated blood sugar
- Improved concentration and short-term memory
- Increased creativity
- Fostered understanding of interdependence
- Increased feeling of social connection and empathy
- Improved spiritual well-being
Is Forest Bathing For Me?
Weather you are a person that meditates regularly, wants to try something new, or falls somewhere in between Forest Therapy is for everyone. Forest Bathing walks can be planned for one on one, couples, groups up to 20, teams, colleagues, families, and everyone that wants to be with the Forest. Most walks are two hours long, and do not require you to be ultra-fit. Walks can also be planned around ability levels or your specifications. Every walk is different, each participant experiences the Forest in their own way, and it's a beneficial way to give yourself permission to just be.