Forest Bathing Studio — High Park
High Park is Toronto’s wild heart — the landscape that shaped Blooming Caravan and continues to ground the Forest Bathing Studio. Among its oak savannahs, woodlands, lively ponds, and playing fields, we find space to breathe, notice, and belong in the living world.
Mindful Mornings in High Park
Wednesdays 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Meet outside the Grenadier Café (main doors), 180 Colborne Lodge Drive, Toronto, ON M6S 2V3.
TTC High Park Station 10 – 12 min walk | Free parking at the Café
$12 + HST per session
Season Pass — $24 + HST
Includes access to every Mindful Morning through December 17, 2025 — a full season for the cost of two sessions.
✨ Bring a guest who is new to the Forest Bathing Studio for free!
Each week we gather in the nearby Black Oak Savannah for a gentle, guided forest-bathing walk. Morning in High Park is a time of quiet wonder — soft light through the oaks, fresh air, and the park slowly waking. These walks invite you to slow your pace, awaken your senses, and notice what’s alive around you.
We follow familiar paths and sometimes wander down toward Grenadier Pond, greeting the day as it unfolds — red-tailed hawks overhead, dew on the meadow, the rhythm of the city still hushed.
Each session concludes with a warm drink and a small local snack, shared in community.
Also: explore the Nature Journaling Club — a beautiful companion to forest bathing.
“One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?”
Special Morning Gatherings
Our Mindful Mornings in High Park community also comes together for a few special dates each season.
November 26 — Talk to a Stranger Week
Join our regular Mindful Morning walk — free of charge — as part of Talk to a Stranger Week, a national campaign led by GenWell, a Canadian non-profit movement dedicated to fostering human connection, in partnership with Nature and Forest Therapy of Canada (NFTC/SINC).
Registration required.
December 17 — Winter Solstice Celebration
A closing circle of reflection, light, and gratitude as we mark the turning of the season.
Registration required.
Night Magic: Dusk Walks in High Park (New)
December 4, 11 & 18, 2025
Thursdays, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Meet and end at the well-lit High Park north entrance (Bloor Street West and High Park Avenue).
TTC: High Park Station (1-minute walk).
$12 + HST per session
Season Pass — $24 + HST
Includes all three Dusk Walks — a full series for the cost of two evenings.
As daylight fades, Night Magic Dusk Walks invite you to explore High Park in low light — a chance to step out of the pre-holiday rush and into the slower, shifting rhythms of the living world. Guided by Emma Rooney, Certified Forest Therapy Guide, these gentle twilight sessions open space for curiosity, creativity, and connection with the park’s non-human residents as they move into their evening patterns.
We’ll move slowly along nearby trails and edge areas — never far from the road or open spaces — using all our senses as the moon rises and the familiar transforms. Flashlights or headlamps are optional; our focus will be on noticing how sound, scent, and imagination guide us in the dark.
Each walk concludes around our felt campfire, sharing a warm drink, story, and a sense of belonging in the quiet glow of evening.
Optional reading: Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark by Leigh Ann Henion — a luminous exploration of night-time nature that complements this experience.