My Forest Therapy talk & walk will begin at 11 AM on the Frist Learning Center Events Lawn. Check the Cheekwood website for tickets and a full list of the events of the day!

There’s no better place than an accredited arboretum to spend a day appreciating trees. The first 500 visitors to Cheekwood will be able to take home their own sapling. Join us as featured artist, Charles Brindley, returns to host discussions and spark your creativity in a hands-on workshop illustrating trees. Learn how trees have provided inspiration for centuries, including the Japanese practice of Forest Bathing. Sarah Champion, certified Forest Bathing guide, will explain the process and what the benefits are.

Try your hand at sketching a tree, play tree trivia, explore tree-inspired books and get to know the dedicated people behind Root Nashville. Join the community tree-planting ceremony and get all your tree-planting questions answered by Cheekwood experts. Free with Membership.

Join me on Earth Day at the lovely grounds of Hillwood Presbyterian Church for a Forest Therapy Walk followed by a bonfire with snacks. There are several acres of forest, grassy areas with old trees, and a memorial garden to explore and enjoy.

Sliding scale $0-$20, pay what you can

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Join me on the Spring Equinox at the lovely grounds of Hillwood Presbyterian Church for a Forest Therapy Walk followed by a bonfire with snacks. There are several acres of forest, grassy areas with old trees, and a memorial garden to explore and enjoy.

Sliding scale $0-$20, pay what you can

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Join us for a serene journey through the forest as we celebrate the arrival of spring on the equinox. In this guided forest therapy walk, immerse yourself in the awakening beauty of nature as we tune into the rhythms of the season.

Through mindful observation, gentle movement, and sensory exploration, we'll connect deeply with the rejuvenating energy of the forest. Allow the fresh scents, vibrant colors, and gentle sounds of spring to awaken your senses and nourish your soul. This experiential journey offers a chance to release the stagnant energy of winter and embrace the new beginnings that spring brings. Come and reconnect with yourself and the natural world in this harmonious celebration of the equinox.

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Join me for a two hour Forest Therapy walk on the wonderous grounds of Southall Farm & Inn. A vast expanse of farmland—325 acres—surrounds you, with greenhouses on one side, and rows of heritage crops, orchards, and gardens on the other. Rooted in nature’s bounty and the cycles that create it, Southall evokes the feeling of old farmsteads across America—a place of gathering and connection around food and nature. It is where curiosity leads to learning, learning leads to understanding, and it all culminates in a deeper, more meaningful experience.

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Forest bathing is a guided, sense-based, and mindful way to be in nature. Taking place in a small area with certified Forest Therapy Guide, Sarah Champion, reintroduce yourself to the forest and other natural environments in ways that support authentic relationships. Based on the Japanese practice of “Shinrinyoku,” or “forest bathing,” we “bathe” in not only immune-boosting chemical compounds of nature, but also in the feeling of being present and connected.

Classes will meet at the Frist Learning Center Lawn and continue onto The Carell Trail, weather permitting. In the event of inclement weather, a Cheekwood representative will notify participants of class cancellation and refund or rescheduling options through the registration email provided. Please dress comfortably for the outdoors and bring your own water bottle.

Sign up via Cheekwood

(scroll to Sunday Wellness - Calm on the Carell Trail: Forest Bathing)

$15 + General Admission (includes daytime admission to gardens)

Cheekwood Members: $12

Forest bathing is a guided, sense-based, and mindful way to be in nature. Taking place in a small area with certified Forest Therapy Guide, Sarah Champion, reintroduce yourself to the forest and other natural environments in ways that support authentic relationships. Based on the Japanese practice of “Shinrinyoku,” or “forest bathing,” we “bathe” in not only immune-boosting chemical compounds of nature, but also in the feeling of being present and connected.

Classes will meet at the Frist Learning Center Lawn and continue onto The Carell Trail, weather permitting. In the event of inclement weather, a Cheekwood representative will notify participants of class cancellation and refund or rescheduling options through the registration email provided. Please dress comfortably for the outdoors and bring your own water bottle.

Sign up via Cheekwood

(scroll to Sunday Wellness - Calm on the Carell Trail: Forest Bathing)

$15 + General Admission (includes daytime admission to gardens)

Cheekwood Members: $12

Forest bathing is a guided, sense-based, and mindful way to be in nature. Taking place in a small area with certified Forest Therapy Guide, Sarah Champion, reintroduce yourself to the forest and other natural environments in ways that support authentic relationships. Based on the Japanese practice of “Shinrinyoku,” or “forest bathing,” we “bathe” in not only immune-boosting chemical compounds of nature, but also in the feeling of being present and connected.

Classes will meet at the Frist Learning Center Lawn and continue onto The Carell Trail, weather permitting. In the event of inclement weather, a Cheekwood representative will notify participants of class cancellation and refund or rescheduling options through the registration email provided. Please dress comfortably for the outdoors and bring your own water bottle.

Sign up via Cheekwood

(scroll to Sunday Wellness - Calm on the Carell Trail: Forest Bathing)

$15 + General Admission (includes daytime admission to gardens)

Cheekwood Members: $12

Forest bathing is a guided, sense-based, and mindful way to be in nature. Taking place in a small area with certified Forest Therapy Guide, Sarah Champion, reintroduce yourself to the forest and other natural environments in ways that support authentic relationships. Based on the Japanese practice of “Shinrinyoku,” or “forest bathing,” we “bathe” in not only immune-boosting chemical compounds of nature, but also in the feeling of being present and connected.

Classes will meet at the Frist Learning Center Lawn and continue onto The Carell Trail, weather permitting. In the event of inclement weather, a Cheekwood representative will notify participants of class cancellation and refund or rescheduling options through the registration email provided. Please dress comfortably for the outdoors and bring your own water bottle.

Sign up via Cheekwood

(scroll to Sunday Wellness - Calm on the Carell Trail: Forest Bathing)

$15 + General Admission (includes daytime admission to gardens)

Cheekwood Members: $12

Dig into your senses, play, and explore with a guided forest bathing walk on Saturday, September 23rd at 10:30 AM. Forest Therapy, based on the Japanese practice of “shinrinyoku,” or “forest bathing,” is a guided nature connection experience. Through simple sensory activities, participants slow down and engage with the landscape in a new way, engaging the body and refreshing the mind. This research-based practice facilitates connection with the earth, with the self, and with others and has been shown to increase physical and mental well-being. Come early for yoga at 9:30 AM.

We gather together multiple times throughout the walk to share our noticing and practice deep listening. Our guide, Sarah Champion from Forest Therapy Nashville, is available for any accommodations that ensure you feel comfortable and safe throughout our walk. Come dressed comfortably with shoes you don't mind getting dirty and a water bottle if you wish.  

For more information and to register, please contact katherine@southeastpark.org. Space is limited. A $10 donation is suggested.

Park in the parking lot at 12847 Old Hickory Blvd, Antioch, TN 37013 and meet at the Welcome to Mill Ridge Park sign and trailmap.

Check online for weather updates. Contact us for accessibility needs.

Forest bathing is a guided, sense-based, and mindful way to be in nature. Taking place in a small area with certified Forest Therapy Guide, Sarah Champion, reintroduce yourself to the forest and other natural environments in ways that support authentic relationships. Based on the Japanese practice of “Shinrinyoku,” or “forest bathing,” we “bathe” in not only immune-boosting chemical compounds of nature, but also in the feeling of being present and connected.

Classes will meet at the Frist Learning Center Lawn and continue onto The Carell Trail, weather permitting. In the event of inclement weather, a Cheekwood representative will notify participants of class cancellation and refund or rescheduling options through the registration email provided. Please dress comfortably for the outdoors and bring your own water bottle.

Sign up via Cheekwood

(scroll to Sunday Wellness - Calm on the Carell Trail: Forest Bathing)

$15 + General Admission (includes daytime admission to gardens)

Cheekwood Members: $12

Join me for a recurring, casual Forest Bathing experience at Shelby Bottoms each Tuesday evening this summer. We will meet a few steps into the Forrest Green Trailhead entrance to Shelby Bottoms at the clearing next to the pond on the right. We will spend approximately an hour on the land engaging with the natural world. There will be opportunities to wander or the option to remain at our meeting location. Wear clothing that will keep you comfortable outdoors and bring water if you wish.

Cost is a sliding scale $0-$20. No sign ups necessary.

Email forestwalkwithsarah@gmail.com for any questions.

In cases of severe weather (more than a drizzle), we will not meet. I will be using Instagram to post day-of updates.

Join me for a recurring, casual Forest Bathing experience at Shelby Bottoms each Tuesday evening this summer. We will meet a few steps into the Forrest Green Trailhead entrance to Shelby Bottoms at the clearing next to the pond on the right. We will spend approximately an hour on the land engaging with the natural world. There will be opportunities to wander or the option to remain at our meeting location. Wear clothing that will keep you comfortable outdoors and bring water if you wish.

Cost is a sliding scale $0-$20. No sign ups necessary.

Email forestwalkwithsarah@gmail.com for any questions.

In cases of severe weather (more than a drizzle), we will not meet. I will be using Instagram to post day-of updates.

Join me for a recurring, casual Forest Bathing experience at Shelby Bottoms each Tuesday evening this summer. We will meet a few steps into the Forrest Green Trailhead entrance to Shelby Bottoms at the clearing next to the pond on the right. We will spend approximately an hour on the land engaging with the natural world. There will be opportunities to wander or the option to remain at our meeting location. Wear clothing that will keep you comfortable outdoors and bring water if you wish.

Cost is a sliding scale $0-$20. No sign ups necessary.

Email forestwalkwithsarah@gmail.com for any questions.

In cases of severe weather (more than a drizzle), we will not meet. I will be using Instagram to post day-of updates.

Join me for a recurring, casual Forest Bathing experience at Shelby Bottoms each Tuesday evening this summer. We will meet a few steps into the Forrest Green Trailhead entrance to Shelby Bottoms at the clearing next to the pond on the right. We will spend approximately an hour on the land engaging with the natural world. There will be opportunities to wander or the option to remain at our meeting location. Wear clothing that will keep you comfortable outdoors and bring water if you wish.

Cost is a sliding scale $0-$20. No sign ups necessary.

Email forestwalkwithsarah@gmail.com for any questions.

In cases of severe weather (more than a drizzle), we will not meet. I will be using Instagram to post day-of updates.

Join me for a recurring, casual Forest Bathing experience at Shelby Bottoms each Tuesday evening this summer. We will meet a few steps into the Forrest Green Trailhead entrance to Shelby Bottoms at the clearing next to the pond on the right. We will spend approximately an hour on the land engaging with the natural world. There will be opportunities to wander or the option to remain at our meeting location. Wear clothing that will keep you comfortable outdoors and bring water if you wish.

Cost is a sliding scale $0-$20. No sign ups necessary.

Email forestwalkwithsarah@gmail.com for any questions.

In cases of severe weather (more than a drizzle), we will not meet. I will be using Instagram to post day-of updates.

Join me for a recurring, casual Forest Bathing experience at Shelby Bottoms each Tuesday evening this summer. We will meet a few steps into the Forrest Green Trailhead entrance to Shelby Bottoms at the clearing next to the pond on the right. We will spend approximately an hour on the land engaging with the natural world. There will be opportunities to wander or the option to remain at our meeting location. Wear clothing that will keep you comfortable outdoors and bring water if you wish.

Cost is a sliding scale $0-$20. No sign ups necessary.

Email forestwalkwithsarah@gmail.com for any questions.

In cases of severe weather (more than a drizzle), we will not meet. I will be using Instagram to post day-of updates.

Join me for a recurring, casual Forest Bathing experience at Shelby Bottoms each Tuesday evening this summer. We will meet a few steps into the Forrest Green Trailhead entrance to Shelby Bottoms at the clearing next to the pond on the right. We will spend approximately an hour on the land engaging with the natural world. There will be opportunities to wander or the option to remain at our meeting location. Wear clothing that will keep you comfortable outdoors and bring water if you wish.

Cost is a sliding scale $0-$20. No sign ups necessary.

Email forestwalkwithsarah@gmail.com for any questions.

In cases of severe weather (more than a drizzle), we will not meet. I will be using Instagram to post day-of updates.

How can the forest heal us? How does walking slowly and intentionally through the woods help prevent illness and disease? Breathe in the therapy of the Warner Parks. This is not a rigorous hike, but there will be opportunities to wander, kneel or sit on the earth so dress comfortably and bring something to sit upon if you wish.

Leader: Sarah Champion, certified Forest Therapy guide and Rachel Carter Koch

Age level: Adults, 13+

Registration opens July 1

Exact starting location TBA

Join me for a recurring, casual Forest Bathing experience at Shelby Bottoms each Tuesday evening this summer. We will meet a few steps into the Forrest Green Trailhead entrance to Shelby Bottoms at the clearing next to the pond on the right. We will spend approximately an hour on the land engaging with the natural world. There will be opportunities to wander or the option to remain at our meeting location. Wear clothing that will keep you comfortable outdoors and bring water if you wish.

Cost is a sliding scale $0-$20. No sign ups necessary.

Email forestwalkwithsarah@gmail.com for any questions.

Dig into your senses, play, and explore with a guided forest bathing walk on Saturday, June 3rd at 19:00 am. Forest Therapy, based on the Japanese practice of “shinrinyoku,” or “forest bathing,” is a guided nature connection experience. Through simple sensory activities, participants slow down and engage with the landscape in a new way, engaging the body and refreshing the mind. This research-based practice facilitates connection with the earth, with the self, and with others and has been shown to increase physical and mental well-being.

We gather together multiple times throughout the walk to share our noticing and practice deep listening. Our guide, Sarah Champion from Forest Therapy Nashville, is available for any accommodations that ensure you feel comfortable and safe throughout our walk. Come dressed comfortably with shoes you don't mind getting dirty and a water bottle if you wish.  

For more information and to register, please contact katherine@southeastpark.org. Space is limited. A $10 donation is suggested.

For this activity, participants will meet using the provided coordinates or link below, as this is the location for the newly established Crossings Trailhead (located near Wirtgen Corp). There will be no restroom facility onsite. Expect to see three yellow flags and six orange cones indicating the parking area in a gravel lot.

Crossings Trailhead at Mill Ridge Park
Located at Dana Way & Crossings Blvd, Nashville, TN 37013
GPS: (36.035121, -86.636099)
https://goo.gl/maps/B7YxZtY579CHSv1j7

Check online for weather updates. Contact us for accessibility needs.

"Of the Moment, Be. At the Moment, Live. The Art of Remaining in the Present, Learn" -Yoda.

We couldn't help ourselves. Celebrate Star Wars Day (May the 4th) a different way with a guided nature connection walk. Not a Star Wars fan? No worries. This is really just an excuse to make a pun and connect with ourselves, nature, and the present moment. But truly, may the forest be with you... and with us all!

Forest bathing invites participants to slow down, engage their senses, and connect with nature and the present moment in a new way. Participants will be guided in a small area and move slowly through sensory invitations. This type of nature immersion has been shown to improve physical and mental health.

Meet promptly at 4pm at the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center. Ticket required.

This forest bathing experience will be guided by Sarah Champion of Forest Therapy Nashville, an experienced certified Forest Therapy Guide via the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. Walk is not a nature identification experience nor a hike and is accessible to all levels of fitness. Twenty percent of revenue is donated back to Shelby Park.

Cost: $21 per person

Purchase Tickets via eventbrite

Join me for an abridged Forest Therapy walk at through the gardens and woods at Cheekwood. This hour and a half gathering is a great way to introduce yourself to forest bathing!

Sign up via Cheekwood

(scroll to Slow-it-Down Sundays - Calm on the Carell Trail: Forest Bathing)

$15 + General Admission (includes daytime admission to gardens)

Cheekwood Members: $12

Join me for a standard Forest Therapy Walk at Shelby Bottoms Park. We will meet at the entrance near the Nature Center at promptly 2:00. Over the next 2 to 2 1/2 hours I will guide the group in a series of invitations that have us engaging all of our senses while wandering through nature. I will send an email with further details at least 24 hours before the walk. See you outside!

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Cost: sliding scale $10-$30

Join me for an abridged Forest Therapy walk at through the gardens and woods at Cheekwood. This hour and a half gathering is a great way to introduce yourself to forest bathing!

Sign up via Cheekwood

(scroll to Slow-it-Down Sundays - Calm on the Carell Trail: Forest Bathing)

$15 + General Admission (includes daytime admission to gardens)

Cheekwood Members: $12

What better way to celebrate the Earth than by "bathing" in all it has to share? Forest bathing invites participants to slow down, engage their senses, and connect with nature and the present moment in a new way. Participants will be guided in a small area and move slowly through sensory invitations. This type of nature immersion has been shown to improve physical and mental health.

Meet promptly at 10am at Shelby Park (exact meeting point will be emailed). Ticket required.

This forest bathing experience will be guided by Sarah Champion of Forest Therapy Nashville, an experienced certified Forest Therapy Guide via the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. Walk is not a nature identification experience nor a hike and is accessible to all levels of fitness. Twenty percent of revenue is donated back to Shelby Park.

Cost: $21 per person

Purchase Tickets via eventbrite

Join me for an abridged Forest Therapy walk at through the gardens and woods at Cheekwood. This hour and a half gathering is a great way to introduce yourself to forest bathing!

Sign up via Cheekwood

(scroll to Slow-it-Down Sundays - Calm on the Carell Trail: Forest Bathing)

$15 + General Admission (includes daytime admission to gardens)

Cheekwood Members: $12

Join me for an abridged Forest Therapy walk at through the gardens and woods at Cheekwood. This hour and a half gathering is a great way to introduce yourself to forest bathing!

Sign up via Cheekwood

(scroll to Slow-it-Down Sundays - Calm on the Carell Trail: Forest Bathing)

$15 + General Admission (includes daytime admission to gardens)

Cheekwood Members: $12

Join me for an abridged Forest Therapy walk at through the gardens and woods at Cheekwood. This hour and a half gathering is a great way to introduce yourself to forest bathing!

Sign up via Cheekwood

(scroll to Slow-it-Down Sundays - Calm on the Carell Trail: Forest Bathing)

$15 + General Admission (includes daytime admission to gardens)

Cheekwood Members: $12

Connect with your senses and with nature as we celebrate the coming Spring in Shelby Park! The Spring Equinox is the time of year when the sun shines the same amount of time that it is dark. It is the threshold of the next season, the tipping point into longer days and shorter nights. Let us connect with the balance of this time and the coming Spring. Forest bathing invites participants to slow down, engage their senses, and connect with nature and the present moment in a new way. Participants will be guided in a small area and move slowly through sensory invitations. This type of nature immersion has been shown to improve physical and mental health.

Meet promptly at 2pm at the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center! Ticket required.

This forest bathing experience will be guided by Sarah Champion of Forest Therapy Nashville, an experienced certified Forest Therapy Guide via the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. Walk is not a nature identification experience nor a hike and is accessible to all levels of fitness. Twenty percent of revenue is donated back to Shelby Park.

Cost: $21 per person

Purchase Tickets via eventbrite