Join us for a nature therapy experience led by Chip Matthews, a certified Forest Therapy Guide. Forest therapy is a guided outdoor healing practice inspired by Shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) that invites participants to slow down, open their senses, and experience nature in order to deepen their reciprocal relationship with the forest.  Forest therapy is an opportunity to become reconnected with your senses and your innate creative potential, allowing your imagination to awaken.

"The forest is the therapist. The guide opens the doors."

           ~M. Amos Clifford

Chip will offer open-ended invitations free from any expectation for what participants should experience or receive. The "invitations" to help you rest your mind, slow down, and awaken your senses to each moment unfolding around and within you. After each invitation, participants branch out for short explorations -- spending time in silence, listening and feeling with a quiet and accepting presence.  Then the group comes into…