Winter 2023 Forest Therapy Walk - Jan 11

• Sport: Classes
• Format: Lantern Lit Evening Forest Therapy Walk
• Locations: Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area
• Days of the week: Wednesday
• Started on : Started on Wednesday, January 11
• Dates: 1.11
• Times: 6:30 PM

Signup Deadline: Tuesday, January 10

Join us on January 11th from 6:30pm-8:00pm to embrace and connect with the winter season and kick off the new year, by trying something new!

Join ANFT certified Forest Therapy Guide and Trainer Stana Luxford Oddie on a lantern lit evening Forest Therapy under the starry night sky. You will have the opportunity to partake in invitations and experience Little Cataraqui Creek CA at night in the safe company of others.

FOREST THERAPY WALK - WHAT TO EXPECT

Forest Therapy is a research-based framework for supporting healing and wellness through immersion in forests and other natural environments. Forest Therapy is inspired by the Japanese practice of "Shinrin-Yoku" that translates into Forest Bathing. Forest Therapy is a gentle guided experience that can support every aspect of our well-being. There are many wonderful health benefits attributed to Forest Therapy such as boosted immune function, attention restoration and a reduction in stress and depression. The ANFT way of Forest Therapy is a relational practice focused on caring for all beings. The aim of Forest Therapy is to connect through your senses with yourself, others and the forest.

Invitations and opportunities to share will be offered throughout the experience, and you are meant to partake in any way that feels comfortable for you, all is welcome during a Forest Therapy Walk. Stana is the Guide and “The Forest is the Therapist and the guide opens the door to the senses.”

For more information on Forest Therapy, please visit the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides website: www.natureandforesttherapy.earth or www.cataraquiconservation.ca

ABOUT YOUR GUIDE - STANA!

Stana Luxford Oddie is a trained Association of Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT) Guide (2016 - cohort 6) and Trainer (2018). Based in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, she has been working for Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority for over twenty-three years as the Senior Conservation Educator. Her passion is supporting people to cultivate their relationship with the More-Than-Human World with their head, heart and hands. Through Cataraqui Conservation, Stana brings Forest Therapy walk experiences and nature education to all ages in the community from private and public organizations and as well to elementary and secondary school aged children and youth in all seasons! She earned her Bachelor of Education at Queen’s in 1999 from the Specialized Outdoor and Experiential Education Program and is a certified OCT teacher in good standing. Her mindfulness and embodiment journeys along with her Forest Therapy guiding continue to open her heart and deepen her relationship with all beings.