Forest Bathing with Melanie Choukas-Bradley

Join Melanie Choukas-Bradley, author of “The Joy of Forest Bathing,” the forthcoming “Wild Walking—A Guide to Forest Bathing Through the Seasons,” “A Year in Rock Creek Park,” and several other nature books, for a spring forest bathing walk through the Tregaron Conservancy. We will meander under tall trees resplendent with spring foliage, cross picturesque bridges over musical streams, and climb stone steps through a century-old cultivated and wild woodland landscape reminiscent of “the secret garden.” Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, began in the 1980s in Japan and it is rooted in the traditional Japanese reverence for nature. Forest bathing is a mindfulness practice akin to meditation, yoga and tai chi that involves tuning in to the beauty and wonder of your natural surroundings with all of your senses.

Melanie is a nature and forest therapy guide with certification from the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides & Programs and she has participated in guided shinrin-yoku walks throughout Japan. She will guide you on a calming and rejuvenating walk through the Tregaron woodland.