Forest Bathing Studio Experiences
Guided Forest Therapy — Wherever You Are, Year-Round
Been here before? Meet in High Park | Join Online
The Forest Bathing Studio, guided by Emma Rooney, Certified Forest Therapy Guide (ANFT), PaRx Nature Connector, and member of Nature and Forest Therapy of Canada (NFTC), offers year-round opportunities to slow down, notice, and reconnect with the living world.
Through gentle invitations, sensory exploration, and community sharing, each session fosters calm, curiosity, and belonging—whether you join us online or under the trees of Toronto's High Park
Featured in The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Botanical Garden's Trellis magazine.
“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.
Weekly forest bathing walks in High Park, moving at an unhurried pace and attuning to seasonal change to begin the day with presence and ease.
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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.
Weekly online forest bathing gatherings you can join from anywhere, offering guided invitations, shared reflection, and steady community through the seasons.
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 during the early days of the pandemic, inspired by 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 in the black oak savannah 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 City of Toronto's High Park Children's Garden. The park's remarkable diversity—from woodland trails and ponds to community gardens and the restored 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 neighbourhood 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.
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.