May 14th, 28th | June 11th, 25th

Every other Saturday

10am - 12pm

Crane Creek Regional Park

Santa Rosa, CA

Drop in for one session or join for all four!

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You spend your days giving and providing for others. This time is for you to receive and rejuvenate through the healing power of nature and a circle of women. If you are a mom, stepmom, or self-identified woman who is a primary caretaker of little ones, this group is for you!

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Forest bathing is a slow, mindfulness-based walk in nature. This two and a half hour experience will be facilitated by Certified Nature Therapy Guide Jenny Harrow-Keeler, MA. This meditative walk will provide the opportunity to both be reflective and internal as well as offer space to connect with other women who are on a similar journey. 

There is power and healing in being witnessed, in being both seen and heard, not only by other women who can understand but also by Mama Earth.

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Crane Creek Regional Park is a serene forest with majestic oaks, incredible wildflowers, plenty of sweet birds, and depending on the time of year, a gentle creek that navigates throughout the park.

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What To Expect:

Forest Bathing is a very slow, mindful walk in nature. It is a simple yet effective way to not only manage stress but experience the beauty and wonder of nature through mindfulness. Like yoga or meditation, forest bathing can be done on your own but it is very helpful to have a guide and to experience it in a group. Especially when you are first learning this practice. This is a full sensory experience - you do not have to be experienced in meditation to join. This is appropriate for all levels - if you are brand new to mindfulness or are have been meditating for a long time.

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The morning will include:

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• A slow guided, mindful walk in nature

• Invitations to open all of your senses

• Group connection and sharing

• An opportunity to go within and take space for yourself

• A break from technology and your kids

• Tea ceremony and snacks

 

What Forest Bathing is Not:

• This is not a rigorous hike or work out. We will be moving very slowly and covering about a mile in three hours.

• Traditional talk therapy - there will be opportunities to share and be witnessed, but not in a diagnostic way.

 

The focus of these experiences is to support self-identified women on their journey of being a mama. Think of this as a two-hour Shavasana with gentle walking and connection to other mama's and nature. You spend so much time using your mind and body to keep your little one's safe, healthy, and happy. This is a time to essentially do nothing - to be supported by the healing power of nature and a circle of other mama's.