Guide training
Relational forest therapy
Association of Nature & Forest Therapy
Explore ANFT’s guide certification pathway and its relational approach to forest therapy.
/Training & practice
Learning in the living world
Training & practice.
Forest bathing, outdoor mindfulness and the wider world of nature connection. Find a path into guiding, deepen your practice, or meet people to learn with.
Training pathways
Forest bathing & forest therapy
Forest Therapy Hub
Explore the distinctions between nature connection, forest bathing guide and forest therapy practitioner training.
Outdoor mindfulness
School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership
Kripalu
Train as a Kripalu Mindful Outdoor Guide. This pathway brings together mindfulness, nature connection, outdoor skills and yoga-informed practice, with foundational and advanced levels.
Practitioner training
Shinrin-yoku practitioner training
Nature & Therapy UK
Consider a UK-based practitioner pathway, including practical learning and subsequent development.
Professional learning
Guiding through cold weather
Association of Nature & Forest Therapy
A course for guides exploring preparation, participant communication and the practicalities of working in winter.
Continuing education
Continue your professional learning
Forest Therapy Hub Academy
Browse professional development options for forest bathing guides and other nature-based practitioners.
Walks & gatherings
Spend time with a guide
Forest Bathing Finder
Explore the directory’s current guided walks. Filter on the source site by location, date and walk type.
Roots & approaches
Explore the relational approach
Association of Nature & Forest Therapy
Meet one organisation’s approach to the practice and explore its history, people and work.
Practitioner network
Meet the wider community
Hub Seedlings Global Network
Explore a professional network for forest bathing guides, forest therapy practitioners and related disciplines.
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