Forest Bathing Studio
A Place to Connect With Your Senses and Nature Nearby.
“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.”
Weekly Programs
Mindful Mornings in High Park, Toronto
Every Wednesday at 8:00 am to 9:00 am
Find out for yourself why High Park is the #1 destination for forest bathing in Toronto.
Live Online
Wednesdays at 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST
Community Forest Bathing Events
With Certified Forest Therapy Guide Emma Rooney
Toronto Gone Wild
Urban Forest Bathing
Museum of Toronto
Ready to slow down and experience the serenity of nature amidst the city’s hustle?
May 5, 2024
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
401 Richmond, Toronto
Tickets $25
Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to go on a forest bathing adventure atop the 401 Richmond building, followed by a private viewing of Toronto Gone Wild, Museum of Toronto’s latest exhibit.
Mosaic & Delmanor Northtown
Hoggs Hollow Forest Bathing
Friday, May 24th, 2024
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Meet at 5 Old York Mills Road (outside TTC station)
Free community event
Toronto Botanical Garden
Summer Forest Bathing
Join us at the start of summer for a unique forest bathing walk on-site at the Toronto Botanical Garden (TBG).
Sunday, June 23, 2024*
1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Toronto Botanical Garden (777 Lawrence Avenue East)
Tickets $50
*Fall session on Sunday, October 20, 2024.
Baycrest@Home
Forest Bathing at Home
Baycrest@Home offers a unique combination of activities, stimulation, and education so older adults stay active and connected at home. Members have unlimited access to nearly 40 hours of live programming a week, including Forest Bathing at Home with Emma.
Upcoming sessions:
May 15 and 27, 2024
About Forest Bathing
What to Expect From a Forest Bathing Studio Experience:
The Forest Bathing Studio is your community, your place to come alive through nature 365 days a year. Step away with us for just an hour a week as we connect to the natural world, enlivening all five senses and experiencing nature more fully—and harvesting the many benefits of doing so on a regular basis.
The Forest Bathing Studio is all about practising. We aren’t just talking about nature, we’re experiencing nature with our entire beings and building our relationships with the world within us and around us.
Led by certified forest therapy guide Emma Rooney, each hour-long forest bathing practice session, whether online or in person, offers you:
A brief introduction to one aspect of how nature impacts our well-being
A guided nature visualization
A supported invitation to explore your immediate surroundings with new eyes
A piece of poetry, music, or art and
A moment to share what you’re noticing with our supportive forest bathing community.
Meet Your Guide:
Emma Rooney is a community programmer, environmentalist, health and wellness advocate, gardener, and foodie. She is the proprietor of Blooming Caravan, a mobile business that brings Creative Companionship—therapeutic gardening, seasonal cooking, and storytelling—to older adults in the comfort of their homes. She also works as a horticultural therapy practitioner, offering nature connection programs in long-term care and to various community groups. Her hands-on approach is informed by an ethic of caring for the land and people and by hours spent wandering High Park, dreaming up possibilities. Emma is a certified forest therapy guide with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy and a proud member of Nature and Forest Therapy of Canada.
