About this Event
Come spend an autumn evening experiencing one of Kansas City’s loveliest forests at a pace that calms your spirit.
The wooded landscape around Lakeside Nature Center offers shaded trails, exposed rock, creek crossings, and the rolling terrain of Swope Park, within a close drive of anywhere in Kansas City. During this two-hour session of The Rooted Path, we will slow ourselves down considerably and give our attention room to settle into the intriguing places around us.
What to expect
Your guide will offer activity options to invoke your senses to notice what around you is notable to you. The Rooted Path is Clement Waters’ guided Nature Immersion Therapy experience.
The guide's voice tells you options for activity, but two powerhouse presences give you everything you need for this experience: the sanctuary itself, and your own experience and background. Bring who you are, and share only what you're compelled to share.
Over the course of two hours, we will progress together through the arrival stage, an opportunity for sensory exploration, and quiet personal encounters with the place, with optional sharing and a closing gathering near the end of our time together.
Here's what you won't experience: We're not doing a fitness hike, learning about nature facts, or doing mindfulness exercises outdoors. That said, there is no wrong way to do nature therapy. You literally can't mess it up. The forest will be your teacher and your therapist, with the guide ensuring safety nearby.
This experience is an intentional meander. We will travel only a modest distance while spending substantial periods quietly exploring the parts of the forest and stream valley that call to you within meandering distance, close enough to be called back by the guide's calling song.
Please wear clothing appropriate for late-October weather and shoes suitable for natural surfaces. Bring water. If sitting on the ground is uncomfortable, you are welcome to bring a lightweight portable seat to tote down the trail.
The Rooted Path is a choice-led wellness experience facilitated by Clement Waters Retreat.
Bring on Nature’s peace.
Event venue & nearby stays
Lakeside Nature Center, 4701 East Gregory Boulevard, Kansas City, United States
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