Forest Therapy Elgin

05/06/2025

🌱Herb Walk
📍Waterworks Park, St Thomas
🙏 By Donation

In honour of Mental Health Week and Mothers Day weekend, let's honour Mother Earth and spend a mindful moment remembering why our relationship to her is so important.

Join herbalist, Forest Therapy Guide, forest gardener, and native plant enthusiast for a mindful walk and chat about herbalism, ethical foraging, elemental medicine, and so much more!

What does 'by donation' me? Simple, if you feel value in the herb walks and have the availability to contribute, please do. It helps me to keep scheduling events and keeping them by donation to ensure they are accessible to anyone. Food security and the knowledge and wisdom of plants and our environment should be available to everyone.

04/07/2025

What a great initiative! Come celebrate with the Kettle Creek ECO kids!

Please come and join us on Earth Day! The Kettle Creek Public School ECO class will be there planting our trees and shrubs, and hosting educational and fun centres.

11/05/2024

Heading to the Horton Christmas Market with seeds for winter sowing, a few plants, and even better gift than a Christmas cactus A NATIVE CACTUS that grows year round! Buy gift certificates for local mental health and wellness services and check out how to stay connected to outdoor events and the Elgin Pollinator Team.

Get Ready for a Festive Extravaganza!
This year’s market is set to be our best one yet, featuring:

🌲 Live Music All Day: We’re thrilled to welcome an incredible lineup of musicians including Muon Bluze, John Milles, Adam Blair, Terri Rowe, Connie Furtney and Griffin Noriega. With these talented performers, the market will be alive with festive sounds from start to finish.

🎅 Santa’s Visit: Santa Himself will be joining us at 1:30 p.m., ready to bring extra holiday cheer and photo opportunities for everyone.

🌰 Roasted Chestnuts & Seasonal Treats: Enjoy the warm, nostalgic taste of roasted chestnuts along with holiday inspired snacks and drinks to keep you cozy as you explore.

🎪Over 100 Unique Vendors: Browse an amazing variety of artisans, farmers, bakers, and crafters offering one-of-a-kind gifts and holiday treasures. There’s something special for everyone.

11/02/2024

🌲 FINAL COUNTDOWN FOR TICKETS🌲Time to settle after the excitement of back to school and all the halloween tricks & treats. Time for a break parents!

We invite you to go on a mindful experience with the whole family this fall! The excitement of the school year is cooling off and we are building up for a busy holiday season. Take a moment to pause for quality time and forRest.

The itinerary for your family afternoon retreat:

🍂 Introduction to Forest Bathing
🍂 Guided Forest Bathing Experience
🍂 Tea Party with a foraged plant
🍂 Tour of Little's Forest & Farm

Expect small group sizes (maximum 16 people)
Mindfulness activities
Appropriate for all ages
Relaxation

📅 Sunday November 3rd
⌚️ 1:00pm - 4:00pm
📍 Littles Forest & Farm (Hwy 3, St Thomas)
🔗 Book Now, Limited space. Link in bio.
📣 Share with your kids best buds!

10/30/2024

🌲 LIMITED SPACE LEFT, REGISTER NOW🌲Time to settle after the excitement of back to school and all the halloween tricks & treats. Time for a break parents!

We invite you to go on a mindful experience with the whole family this fall! The excitement of the school year is cooling off and we are building up for a busy holiday season. Take a moment to pause for quality time and forRest.

The itinerary for your family afternoon retreat:

🍂 Introduction to Forest Bathing
🍂 Guided Forest Bathing Experience
🍂 Tea Party with a foraged plant
🍂 Tour of Little's Forest & Farm

Expect small group sizes (maximum 16 people)
Mindfulness activities
Appropriate for all ages
Relaxation

📅 Sunday November 3rd
⌚️ 1:00pm - 4:00pm
📍 Littles Forest & Farm (Hwy 3, St Thomas)
🔗 Book Now, Limited space. Link in bio.
📣 Share with your kids best buds!

10/28/2024

🌲 FAMILY FOREST BATHING EXPERIENCE🌲Time to settle after the excitement of back to school and all the halloween tricks & treats. Time for a break parents!

We invite you to go on a mindful experience with the whole family this fall! The excitement of the school year is cooling off and we are building up for a busy holiday season. Take a moment to pause for quality time and forRest.

The itinerary for your family afternoon retreat:

🍂 Introduction to Forest Bathing
🍂 Guided Forest Bathing Experience
🍂 Tea Party with a foraged plant
🍂 Tour of Little's Forest & Farm

Expect small group sizes (maximum 16 people)
Mindfulness activities
Appropriate for all ages
Relaxation

📅 Sunday November 3rd
⌚️ 1:00pm - 4:00pm
📍 Littles Forest & Farm (Hwy 3, St Thomas)
🔗 Book Now, Limited space. Link in bio.
📣 Share with your kids best buds!

10/26/2024

🌲 FAMILY FOREST BATHING EXPERIENCE🌲We invite you to go on a mindful experience with the whole family this fall! The excitement of the school year is cooling off and we are building up for a busy holiday season. Take a moment to pause for quality time and forRest.

The itinerary for your family afternoon retreat:

🍂 Introduction to Forest Bathing
🍂 Guided Forest Bathing Experience
🍂 Tea Party with a foraged plant
🍂 Tour of Little's Forest & Farm

Expect small group sizes (maximum 16 people)
Mindfulness activities
Appropriate for all ages
Relaxation

📅 Sunday November 3rd
⌚️ 1:00pm - 4:00pm
📍 Littles Forest & Farm (Hwy 3, St Thomas)
🔗 Book Now, Limited space. Link in bio.
📣 Share with your kids best buds!

10/19/2024

Paw Paw Parade is here! I'm headed to The Horton Farmers Market this morning!

10/14/2024

🌲 MINDFUL FOREST IMMERSION🌲Feeling the stress of the holiday seasons fast approach? Need a moment to pause to rest and restore? This is one of the most stressful seasons for adults. Gift yourself first and join us at the final Mindful Forest Immersive Experience of 2024 at the Sparta Lavender Farm.

The itinerary for your afternoon retreat:

🍂 Introduction to the land & forest therapy
🍂 Guided Sensory Experience
🍂 Guided forest bathing walk
🍂 Invitations to engage with nature
🍂 Herbal Tea curated by local Herbalist
🍂 Snacks and special treats from the lavender fields
🍂 Time to wander the Lavender fields & shop

Expect small group sizes (maximum 16 people)
Mindfulness activities
Appropriate for adults
Relaxation

📅 Sunday October 27th
⌚️ 1:00pm - 4:00pm
📍 Sparta Lavender Farm
🔗 Register NOW, space is very limited!

Your guide is a certified Forest Therapy Guide, Reflexologist, Herbalist, Reiki Master/Teacher, and native plant enthusiast who has 15 years of experience working in mental health.

Sparta Lavender Farm is a family-owned and operated event space specializing in Lavender and carefully selected collaborations for magical events on the land.

The effects of a forest therapy session last up to 30 days, so we have booked one for almost every month throughout the year! Forest Therapy Sessions guide you in a meditative walk through the forest, inviting you to engage with nature through your natural senses for a deeper connection, and activation of your parasympathetic nervous system for deep relaxation. When we activate our parasympathetic nervous system we enter rest & digest, the state in which our body can heal.

10/14/2024

🍂 The Haudenoaunee Thanksgiving Address 🍂 Greetings to the Natural World, is one of the best reminders to everyone that what we do to the Web of Life, we do to ourselves.

Be thankful for all beings of this world. These words recited are teachings of respect, love, generosity, conservation, and enhance our spiritual ties to natural world.

Be thankful for all living things and live life in a good way.

Be reminded this Thanksgiving of the tragedies, the genocide of the people, the knowledge of this land, and the the culture this beautiful Thanksgiving Address comes from. Be thankful for what you have today, thankful for all living things, and make the conscious choice to live life in a better way for tomorrow.

10/13/2024

🍂 I'm a facilitator at The Golden Gateway 🍂 hosted by Pearce Williams Summer Camp and Retreat Center.

🗓️ October 15-18
🫰 FREE!!
💁‍♀️ People 55+
📍 Pearce Williams Camp & Retreat Center,
8009 Iona Rd, Fingal, ON N0L 1K0

You read that right, it's FREE!

I'm honoured to have been asked to host a Forest Therapy Walk on day 2 and an Herb Walk day 3.

See you there!

✨ Reach out for your next event! Connect@ashleyparkwellness.ca