Forest Bathing Studio Experiences
Guided Forest Therapy — Wherever You Are
Been here before? Meet in High Park | Join Online
Guided by Emma Rooney, Certified Forest Therapy Guide (ANFT) and member of Nature and Forest Therapy of Canada (NFTC), the Forest Bathing Studio offers year-round opportunities to slow down, notice, and reconnect with the living world.
Through gentle invitations, sensory exploration, and community sharing, each session invites calm, curiosity, and belonging — whether you join us online or under the trees in Toronto’s High Park.
Featured in The Globe and Mail.
“Nature is everywhere. If the sun rises where you are, if there’s a cloud or there’s a tree, we can take advantage of this — even if it’s surrounded by cement.”
Weekly Gatherings
Two gentle ways to practise forest bathing each week — in person or online. Come to one or both; every session stands alone yet deepens your connection over time.
Mindful Mornings in High Park, Toronto
Wednesdays, 8:00–9:00 a.m.
Meet outside the Grenadier Café (main doors)
TTC: High Park Station (10–12 min walk) · Free parking at the Café
Begin your day among the oaks and birdsong. These guided walks follow a slower rhythm — time to notice, breathe, and feel at home in the natural world.
Find out for yourself why High Park is the #1 destination for forest bathing in Toronto.
Forest Bathing Studio Online
Wednesdays, 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
Join from wherever you are — your window, your garden, or a quiet corner of home.
Each guided session offers a calm pause in the middle of the week — a chance to tune into your senses, find stillness, and share gentle reflection in community.
A weekly online gathering welcoming participants from across Canada and beyond — our circle even stretches all the way to Germany.
This Season in the Studio
As the seasons turn, the Forest Bathing Studio offers new ways to notice and connect.
Talk to a Stranger Week — November 24 to 30
Our regular Mindful Mornings in High Park and Forest Bathing Studio Online sessions join the national Talk to a Stranger Week campaign — an invitation to pause, share a simple hello, and celebrate the power of connection.
These sessions are free to attend during the campaign week.
Learn more through Nature and Forest Therapy of Canada (NFTC) .
Dusk Walks — Night Magic in High Park
Thursdays, December 4 • 11 • 18 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Experience the forest after dark in this special trio of twilight walks before the holidays. As day gives way to night, we’ll wander slowly into the soft glow of evening — a safe, dreamy hour to experience the hush and wonder of nature.
About the Forest Bathing Studio
Forest Bathing Studio in High Park — oak leaves, oak art, and oak kinship.
Photo by Wendy Lee, 2025.
The Forest Bathing Studio began in 2020 as a simple idea — to create a steady, nature-connected community when the world felt apart. Guided by Emma Rooney, Certified Forest Therapy Guide (ANFT) and member of Nature and Forest Therapy of Canada, the Studio now gathers year-round — online and under the trees of Toronto’s High Park — to nurture connection, belonging, and care.
Emma has been part of the High Park community since 2009, when she first worked at the High Park Children’s Garden. The park’s diversity — from woodland trails to ponds, community gardens, and the remnants of the rare Black Oak Savannah — continues to shape her practice and her belief that care for land and care for people are inseparable.
The Forest Bathing Studio also celebrates urban and nearby nature — the everyday landscapes where most of us live our lives. A patch of sky, a courtyard tree, a local park, or even a potted plant can become a doorway to presence and wonder.
Here, forest bathing is not a special event but an ongoing practice — a way of being at home in the world. Whether joining from a window, a backyard, or a forest path, participants discover that nature is everywhere, and that when we pay attention, we are never truly alone.
Full details about current in-person and online gatherings can be found on the High Park and Online Studio pages.
Full details about current in-person and online gatherings can be found on the High Park and Online Studio pages.
Also: explore the Nature Journaling Club — a beautiful companion to forest bathing.
Voices from the Studio
“This has been a tough year and I almost feel like a butterfly—out of my cocoon and spreading my wings in a long-forgotten but beautiful world. Since taking part in these weekly sessions with you, I have tossed out the news, the TV, and most of the computer stuff, and have been spending hours in my garden. My whole headspace has changed, and I feel happy, relaxed, and accepting... All good stuff.”
“I often get overwhelmed by sadness about the things that are going on in the world. But forest bathing takes me from that point of despair to a point where I see that nature can revive itself, can take care of itself. I can feel that connection with the natural world and know that there’s hope”
From High Park to homes across the country, we meet in the same forest of light, breath, and belonging.