Nurtured by Nature Forest Therapy

06/01/2026

- Calms the mind and nervous system
- Increases oxygenation
- Reduces stress hormones
- Boosts immune system
- Offsets digital burnout
- Lowers blood pressure

These are just a few of the potential physical and mental health benefits of a guided forest therapy walk. Enter into a deeper connection with the natural world on a Summer Sunset Forest Therapy Walk at Rose Oaks County Park, June 26, 7 - 9 pm.

Preregistration required through Oakland County Parks:
https://mioaklandctyweb.myvscloud.com/webtrac/web/iteminfo.html?Module=AR&FMID=863594820

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-forest-therapy-can-be-good-for-your-body-and-mind

Forest therapy (AKA forest bathing) can help declutter your mind and may even boost your physical health. Learn how to work this practice — and the great outdoors — into your busy life.

05/20/2026

05/16/2026

Forests will always hold your secrets, for that's what forests are for. To protect, to comfort, to hold, to envelop, to slow down, to hold, to teach. - Victoria Erickson, Edge of Wonder

Today's forest therapy walk at Waterford Oaks County Park. Photo credits Rebecca Fisher-Sedam, Mike Q.

05/14/2026

Curious about forest bathing? You're invited to join us this Saturday at Waterford Oaks County Park 11 am. Sign up for an Oakland County account to register at the link below or call the Wint Nature Center at 248-625-6473 to register.

https://mioaklandctyweb.myvscloud.com/webtrac/web/iteminfo.html?Module=AR&FMID=863591082

To learn more about forest therapy: https://www.nurturedbynatureforesttherapy.com/.

05/12/2026

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. National and international news stories bombard our minds. The needs of those near and far call to us. Daily there are new stressors which so easily accumulate and add to feeling inundated. We exist in and are part of the community which surrounds us, pressing n...

05/12/2026

Forest therapy is a slow restorative walk following a special sequence of elements designed to help you de-stress and reconnect with the natural world. Join others this Saturday at Waterford Oaks County Park to relax and experience the healing power of nature.

Preregistration is required. To register, click on the photo below, scroll down to the link to open an Oakland County Parks account and sign up.

Join ANFT certified forest therapy guide Ellen Koehler as together we experience the physical and mental health benefits forest bathing has to offer. Preregistration at Oakland County Parks required.

04/23/2026

Underfoot the divine soil, overhead the sun,
The cool-breathed ground, the just-gone sunset, I salute and touch, and they touch me,
I feel the sky, the prairies vast,
I feel the ocean and the forest,
Somehow I feel the globe itself swift-swimming in space.
I merge myself in the scene, in the perfect day,
Never before did I get so close to nature—absolute and unqualified acceptance of nature—
Never before did she come so close to me.

Walt Whitman, The Poet in Nature
photo credit NASA

04/14/2026

Enter into a deeper connection with the natural world this spring with ANFT certified forest therapy guide Ellen Koehler. Embark on a joyful restorative journey and nurture your well-being as you experience physical and mental health benefits forest bathing offers.

Nurtured by Nature Forest Therapy Walk
Saturday, May 16, 11 am - 1 pm
Waterford Oaks County Park
nurturedbynatureforesttherapy.com

Register here. https://mioaklandctyweb.myvscloud.com/webtrac/web/iteminfo.html?Module=AR&FMID=863591082
Those wishing to register will be asked to set up an account with Oakland County Parks.

04/01/2026

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

02/21/2026

Forest Bathing is the Japanese art of creating healing experiences in nature for yourself and your loved ones. Visit the link for a course on Shinrin-yoku / ...