WELLNESS WALKS
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Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River, Long Island, NY
Adults (18 and Up)
Cost: $45/per person
REGISTRATION FOR A WELLNESS WALK
About Wellness Walks
What’s in motion these days? We’ll wander and notice the details. We’ll do some Reciprocity Breathing, accepting the gift of oxygen from the trees and offering a gift of carbon dioxide, which the trees require to thrive. We’ll notice all the scents in the air. We’ll look for gifts from the land, a piece of bark with some lichen, fallen flower petals, a stone, or a feather. We may create some forest art together. We’ll stop along the River Walk and share a meditation about water and bless the river, using scrolls prepared by your guide, Linda. Bring poetry or some other kind of reflection with you on the walk. Doing this creates something personal that might inform you differently than if you were reading it in your living room.
Frequently Asked Questions
- A boosted immune system
- Lower blood pressure
- Better sleep/Better mood
- Improved cognitive function
- And more!
The Japanese term for ‘taking in the forest atmosphere or forest bathing,’ is currently back in fashion as a popular type of preventative health care and healing in Japanese medicine.
Click the button below to register for a Wellness Walk at Bayard Cutting Arboretum today!
About Your Forest Guide
Wild Heart Nature Connection founder and guide, Linda Lombardo, is certified through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs, an international community of forest therapy guides founded in 2012 in Sonoma County, CA. The ANFT combines elements of the Japanese Shinrin-Yoku, Zen meditation, psychotherapy, educational consulting, and nature connection in their certification program and protocol.
Linda Lombardo is also a certified life coach through the Coaches Training Institute since 2001. Additional background includes a current NOLS Wilderness First Aid certification and American Red Cross CPR training; all active certifications. Liability Insurance information is available upon request.
These walks are offered by Wild Heart Nature Connection, led by ANFT-certified guide, Linda Lombardo, who has been leading walks on Long Island for seven years.
