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Forest Bathing at Arnold Arboretum with Speak For The Trees as part of Arbor Week!

  • Arnold Arboretum 243 Walter Street Boston, MA, 02130 United States (map)

Slow down, unplug and awaken your senses on a 3 hour guided nature therapy experience. Inspired by forest bathing, nature therapy is part of a global effort to tend to the stressful conditions of living in modern industrialized civilization through restorative sensory explorations that combine rest and wandering, interspersed with facilitated group gatherings and solo time. Unlike hiking or and other kinds of outdoor recreation, the emphasis is on slowing down and resting with no set destination. Unlike birding or plant/species identification or other kinds of naturalist educational programs, nature therapy is about noticing whatever is asking for our attention, and leaning into relational sensory ways of knowing. All the prompts, invitations, ways of sharing and participating are optional and open to interpretation. Come discover for yourself what happens when we slow down and feel into the sensations of being alive.

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Forest Bathing at Franklin Park with Speak For The Trees as part of Arbor Week!