This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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Becoming Present: A Guided Nature Meditation In Hungry Hollow
Digital
Intercultural History & heritage Interdisciplinary Nature & outdoors Self-guided Storytelling Poetry & spoken wordDate and time
This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.
Location
Hungry Hollow Trail Entrances
Georgetown, ON
Directions: There are many entrances to Hungry Hollow. Start at your favourite point, or begin here. Signs will be posted at the following trail entrances. You can scan the QR code on the signs, or download the meditation ahead of time here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/becoming-present/episodes/Becoming-Present-in-Hungry-Hollow-e18gc4b/a-a6lqbrk This guided meditation launches on Sept 26 at 6 PM and will remain available throughout Culture Days. Hall Road Chelvin Drive Dawson Crescent Metcalfe Court Eaton Street Miller Drive West Branch Drive Maple Creek Parkette.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Is a relaxed performance and offers audio description.
About
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine the sound of leaves moving in the wind, the scent of cedar, the rhythm of your own breath. This is where Forest Meditation begins—with intention, sensory awareness, and an invitation to land in the moment. As you move slowly through the forest, each step becomes an intention, each breath an invitation to receive and share with the living world.
Guided by Chantal Garneau, municipal councillor, meditation artist, and skilled facilitator, this experience blends forest bathing, mindfulness, and a philosophy of interconnection. It offers a way to feel grounded and uplifted, relaxed and renewed, all at once. It is not about striving, but about remembering: you already belong.
As part of the 10th anniversary of Culture Days, we are re-releasing the Becoming Present in Halton Hills digital meditations. Originally created during COVID, this program invited visitors to access site-specific guided meditations through QR codes posted at local trailheads, or to listen online. In 2021, Chantal and the Town of Halton Hills were recognized as Ontario Culture Days Award Runner-Up for Best Digital Program for Becoming Present in Hungry Hollow.
Now, these meditations are available once again—downloadable through Spotify or by scanning QR codes at select Hungry Hollow trail entrances:
Hall Road
Chelvin Drive
Dawson Crescent
Metcalfe Court
Eaton Street
Miller Drive
West Branch Drive
Maple Creek Parkette
This guided meditation launches on Sept 26 at 6 PM and will remain available throughout Culture Days.
Come as you are. The forest will meet you there.
Links
- Audio Recording becomingpresent.earth
- Website becomingpresent.earth
Organizer
Chantal Garneau
Chantal Garneau is a municipal councillor in the Town of Halton Hills, as well as a meditation artist and skilled facilitator. Rooted in deep listening, reciprocity, and relationship, her leadership bridges community, ecological, and governance spaces. She co-founded Halton Hills Nature, leads Bird Friendly Halton Hills, serves on the board of Conservation Halton, and is a core helper with the Credit River Waterwalk. Chantal brings both a gentle, grounded presence and the ability to navigate complex challenges with curiosity, clarity, and care