Nature Immersion & Mental Health Workshop at Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve

Join us for a unique Nature Immersion & Mental Health Workshop at Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve, guided by Chi-Wei Chang. This two-hour experience is designed to help you reconnect with nature, reduce stress, and learn practical techniques to support your mental well-being.

Throughout the workshop, we’ll explore nature’s impact on the nervous system, reflect on our personal connections with the natural world, and look at why grounding and mindfulness exercises are particularly effective in the great outdoors. The session will conclude at the shore along Lake Austin with a meaningful practice of letting go.

What you'll learn through this experience

• Grounding through the senses
• Patterns in nature and brainwaves
• 3 sounds most effective for calming the nervous system
• Calming through visualization and breathing exercises
• Walking meditation and bilateral brain function

Chi-Wei Chang's journey spans international relations, language teaching, and building localization programs at SaaS companies, with global experience in the US, Japan, The Netherlands, and Ireland. She enjoys hiking, is a hobbyist landscape photographer, and is now focusing on fostering human to nature connection. Chi-Wei holds certifications in ecotherapy, nature-informed therapy, and wilderness first aid.

Hill Country Conservancy is a nonprofit land trust dedicated to protecting land and water in the Texas Hill Country and connecting our community to nature. Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve is a 50-acre preserve situated on the banks of the Colorado River. The preserve was donated to Hill Country Conservancy in December 2000 by the Nalle Family, who wished for years to preserve their beloved “Bunny Run” for the public to enjoy. The conservation management of this preserved Lake Austin waterfront and its proximity to Austin make the Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve a visual and environmental masterpiece. Learn more.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve, 4615 Bunny Run, Austin, United States