Autumn Evening Forest Bathing in Breckenridge

Schedule

Wed Sep 22 2021 at 04:30 pm to 07:00 pm

Location

Breckenridge, Colorado | Breckenridge, CO

Advertisement
Spend time fully immersed in this beautiful mountain location.
You are invited to a unique experience engaging an embodied sensory reciprocal relationship with the More Than Human World. My name is Kim Nielsen. I am a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, creating safe spaces for a deeper reconnection between the Human and More Than Human World, through Forest Bathing Walks.
You might be wondering, "What is a Forest Bathing Walk?"
A Forest Bathing Walk is a 2-3 hour deep sensory immersion in nature. It is not a hike or exercise, nor is it a naturalist walk. The practice comes from Japan and is called shinrin-yoku, literally meaning forest bathing. This term comes from the fact that trees and plants give off a chemical called phytoncides to protect themselves from disease and danger. These phytoncides, when exposed to our skin and/or inhaled, produce NK Cells, natural killer cells that go after cancer and diseases in our body, thus bathing in the forest. The second piece of forest bathing is that of bathing in the natural environment using all your senses. Similar to sun-bathing, when people go sunbathing, they are simply experiencing the physical relationship between sunlight and their bodies. The third aspect of forest bathing is bathing in the present moment.
My training is through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. The founder, Amos Clifford, combined the practice of shinrin-yoku with other experiential and researched based techniques to create this sensory immersion experience. There have been years of documented research done on the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual benefits of being in nature and more specifically from a Forest Therapy/Bathing Walk.The effects of which last up to 30 days after a Walk.
For more information check out: www.natureandforesttherapy.earth
Specific location TBA.
Cost is $30 per person. $5 goes to the Dillon Ranger District
Advertisement

Where is it happening?

Breckenridge, Colorado, United States

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

It's more fun with friends. Share with friends