About this Event
Join us in this 10-week series of sensory-oriented strolls on paved trails through Westridge Park. Participants will check in at a beautiful garden, and then enjoy individual slow walks in nature, with a different sensory emphasis for each session.
This program will be limited 10 participants.
DETAILS:
- 11 - 11:15am: Arrive and Check-In
- 11:15am - 12:15pm: Sensory Awareness Stroll
- 12:15 - 12:30pm: Closing Remarks in Garden
- Address: 128 Sunshine Ct, Petaluma, CA 94952
- Parking: Free street parking
- Ages: All ages welcome (we will be walking approx .5 mile on a paved trail)
- Pets: No pets please
- Advance Contact: [email protected]
- What To Bring: Water bottle, comfortable walking shoes/clothes, and weather-dependent additional gear such as hat, sunglasses and layers.
BENEFITS OF SENSORY AWARENESS WALKS:
- Cultivating mindfulness and being present in the moment
- Enhancing the experience of taking walks in nature
- Reducing anxiety and calming the hyperactive mind
- Incorprating healthy deep breathing on daily walks
About Your Facilitator:
As a naturalist, Bruce Elliott has led countless groups on forest inmersion walks . As an art history professor, his most recent lifelong-learning course was entitled "Experiencing Nature As Art - The Cultivation of Perception".
For more events & community offerings, visit: https://bluezonesprojectpetaluma.com/events/
SPONSORSHIP
This program is generously sponsored thanks to our Blue Zones Project Petaluma sponsors: Healthy Petaluma District and Foundation, The City of Petaluma and Providence Petaluma Valley Hospital.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
128 Sunshine Ct, 128 Sunshine Court, Petaluma, United States
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