Ceci est un event archivé de la Fête de la Culture 2025.
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Forest Therapy
En personne
Nature et plein airDate et heure
Lieu
Meadowvale Community Church
2630 Inlake Court
Mississauga, ON
Directions: Main intersection is Glen Erin and Britannina Road West. Meeting point will be outside the church.
Accès
Gratuit.
Offert en Anglais.
A des toillettes neutres et accessible en chaise roulante.
À propos
🌲 Forest Therapy
Returning to Nature, Returning to Ourselves
Amid the rush and hum of modern life, there is a quiet invitation—an ancient call from the trees. It’s known as Forest Bathing, or Shinrin-Yoku, a practice born in Japan in the 1980s that encourages mindful immersion in nature’s embrace. But this is not a hike, nor exercise—it is a way of simply being, of arriving into the forest with your senses wide open.
For thousands of years, the human body has evolved alongside forests, fields, and flowing streams. Beneath our skin, a primal memory remains—a sense of home nestled among leaf and root. When we step into a natural setting, our brains begin to behave differently. Cortisol drops. Heart rates slow. The nervous system exhales.
Forest Therapy Benefits
🌿 The Science of Stillness: Study after study reveals striking benefits: reduced stress and depression, lowered blood pressure, improved sleep, and even an increase in natural killer cells—those warriors in our immune system that help prevent disease. Nature doesn’t just provide scenery; it actively communicates with our bodies.
🌳 Relational Healing: Forest Bathing is more than a solitary pause. It opens us to the vibrant, interconnected life around us—the “more-than-human world.” In recognizing the trees as companions, the wind as teachers, the rivers as impermanence and the silence as medicine, we begin to see our place in a larger living system. This relationship becomes its own source of healing.
Come engage in Forest Bathing, to honor the ancient bond between human and Earth. It requires no gear, no goal—only presence. Let the sunlight filter through your thoughts. In nature, we do not escape life; we find it.
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Organisateur
Forest Therapy Souls by Veena
“Step beneath the canopy and feel the hum of the forest guide your breath. Each leaf, each whisper of wind, invites you to listen—not with ears alone, but with your entire being. This journey is not a hike, but a remembering. A returning.”
This isn't just a walk in the woods. It's a healing experience. It's a transformation, held by the trees.
“The forest holds stories older than us, it is the Therapist, the Guide merely opens the door and helps you listen!”
🍃 Simple language, profound connection 🌲 Embodied pathways to self, others, and the forest 🌼 Organic, authentic, and immersive
🌿 Veena is a certified Forest Therapy guide from The Association of Nature and Forest Therapy.
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