Shinrin-yoku: Forest Bathing for your Health and Wellbeing is a series of forest bathing walks held on the 1st Sunday of every month. These walks are designed to develop your connection with nature and boost your wellbeing through gentle sensory immersive moments. Engaging with the natural world in this way helps to support a restful mind by reducing stress anxiety and rumination (repetitive negative thoughts). Broaks Wood offers an incredible venue for this wellbeing practice. You'll leave feeling refreshed rejuvenated focused and inspired.
What is Forest Bathing?
Forest Bathing also known as shinrin-yoku is a wellbeing practice that emerged from Japan. These gentle sensory-immersive walks guided by a Certified Forest Bathing Guide invite participants to move gently and consciously through a series of nature-immersive moments. These moments support a deep connection to nature and enhance physical emotional and mental wellbeing including:
- Lowers heart rate blood pressure and cortisol levels.
- Reduces stress anxiety and rumination (repetitive negative thoughts)
- Reduces inflammation and physical pain
- Restores attention focus and concentration
- Elevates mood
- Strengthens immunity
Learn more about forest bathing at https://adaptablebydesign.com/forest-bathing/.
We are proud to offer this activity in partnership with Forestry England.
Space is limited so please book early!
Event dates are:
- 7 April
- 5 May
- 2 June
- 7 July
- 4 August
- 1 September
- 6 October
- 3 November
- 1 December
Before Booking please read the Outdoor Consent for Services https://rebrand.ly/4b6ed8
Your Forest Bathing Guide
Gina Geremia is a highly experienced Certified Forest Therapy Practitioner and Forest Bathing Guide. Her unique approach to forest therapy and forest bathing promotes the five stages of health and supports enhanced mental emotional physical social spiritual and environmental health through a carefully crafted yet flexible series of nature connection activities in all types of green and blue space.
What People are Saying About Forest Bathing with Gina:
"I was delighted to discover the opportunity to experience Forest Bathing so close to my home and Gina is a wonderful guide. After attending one of her group sessions I was keen to make the two hours a regular fixture and now enjoy 1:1 walks once a month." - Julie Hurst
"I obsessively focus on the future all of the time. On ticket sales. On family life. On where I will be this time next year. Yesterday in the rain was the first time I'd felt truly in the moment for a long time. It was literal breath of fresh air. And one I never realised I needed so much!" - Johnny Marriott PETNEEDS
"The day transformed and deepened my experience and connection with trees and plants to great advantage in my everyday life." - Daisy Anna Lees
"What an amazing experience! The woods are beautiful and Gina was an excellent guide. I lost track of time and left with an amazing sense of serenity and calm. I would highly recommend this experience." - Emma
"Gina made a calm and safe environment which made me look at nature in a way I hadn't before. It allowed my mind to release stress that had build up. I 100% recommend this!" - Justin
Event Venue
Broaks Wood, Sible Hedingham, Gosfield, Halstead CO9 1UP, United Kingdom, Halstead
GBP 30.00 to GBP 54.00