12/05/2025
往下滑看中文 🌸 Last week, I wrapped up a training for a group of forest therapy guides-in-training (Cohort 139, Sakura). We gathered on Zoom for our final circle, and as I listened to their stories and remembered where each of them began six months ago, I felt so proud—and tender. Each journey was unique, and deeply meaningful in its own way.
In every training, I find myself repeating in one form or another “The simpler it seems, the more heart and hard work live beneath it.” It often comes up when trainees start piecing together the guiding tools, preparing for their practice walks—and realising just how much invisible preparation is needed. And in turn, how much invisible changed they’ve gone through themselves.
Serendipitously, one of my favourite accounts shared something over the weekend about growing pains, “Spring brings the arrival of new life and the joys of witnessing the Earth in rebirth... The Earth makes it look easy. All we see on the surface is her becoming, never betraying the unseen effort it requires.”
Indeed. The next time you find yourself on a guided forest therapy walk with an ANFT certified guide you might notice how simple and effortless it feels. And now, perhaps, you’ll also remember all the quiet layers underneath—the unlearning, the softening, the polishing—both Guides’ and Trainers’—that made the gift of simplicity possible! 😄
上週，我剛結束一屆ANFT森林療癒引導師的培訓（第139屆，Sakura）。我們最後一次在 Zoom 上集合聊天，聽着大家分享六個月來的成長故事，我真的很感動、也很驕傲。每個人的旅程都很獨特，很有意義。
在培訓裏，我常常會說一句話：“看起來越簡單，其實背後越多用心和努力。” 在大家開始準備實踐引導的時候——往往發現，引導看起來簡單，其實背後有很多細節，也才發現，自己也在悄悄變化着。
我喜歡的賬號 這週末也寫道： 春天讓大地重生，看起來很自然很輕鬆，但我們看不到的是她背後地裏經歷的過程和努力。
下次你參加一場ANFT 森林療癒體驗時，肯定會覺得一切都很輕盈很自然。但你現在也知道，這份“簡單”，是慢慢打磨出來的禮物 😉
🌟 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀🌟
I will be training 3 cohorts this year:
🌻Cohort #149 (Regal Birdflower)
Start / End: 21 May 2025 - 21 Nov 2025
Trainers: Youmin (Singapore) & Carla (Brazil)
🌳 Cohort #152 (Mossy Forest)
Start / End: 2 Jul 2025 - 2 Jan 2026
Trainers: Youmin (Singapore) & Makiko (Japan)
🌥️ Cohort #154 (Sky of Clouds)
Start / End: 4 Sep 2025 - 4 Mar 2026
Trainers: Youmin (Singapore) & Tam (USA)
