InTune With Nature

12/09/2025

Hanukah starts Sunday and Christmas is in 16 days... did you get all your holiday shopping done? Maybe gifting an experience is the way to go this year!

12/05/2025

The December full moon is known as the Cold Moon and that couldn't have been more appropriate for last night! It was a balmy 9 degrees (no wind though!) but 11 tough women still came out for the full moon forest bathing at Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington. We moved most of the program inside but still spent time outside - the consensus was that the moonlight and the snow made it a beautiful night! The shadows of the trees on the snow... the crunch of our shoes in the snow... the crackle and warmth of the bonfire... the shining light of the full moon. It was a perfect night to reflect on what we are grateful for from the past year, what intentions we want to set for the coming year, and what we don't want to bring with us into next year.

Dress warm and go outside!
Gayle Byck

11/21/2025

Gayle Byck

11/12/2025

Dress for the weather and join me at one of these public winter programs through the Cook County Forest Preserves!

Gayle Byck

11/10/2025

Join me for the December Full Moon - aka Cold Moon - forest bathing walk at Crabtree Nature Center on Thursday, December 4th, 6:30pm. Call Crabtree Nature Center at 847-381-6592 to register.

11/10/2025

Join me for a forest bathing walk at Crabtree Nature Center on Sunday, November 23rd, 1pm. Free but call Crabtree Nature Center at 847-381-6592 to register.

11/05/2025

I loved reading bout how Harvard doctors are experiencing and being trained in forest bathing!

Oh - and you can do this year-round, even in Chicago! Let me know if you'd like to try winter forest bathing!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/31/forest-bathing-nature-health/



Gayle Byck

I was skeptical of forest bathing. But then I tried it alongside eight Harvard doctors who looked to this practice with ancient roots to address modern ills.

10/07/2025

Tonight the super Harvest Moon is in the sky... well, it's somewhere behind the clouds!

The Harvest Moon symbolizes abundance, gratitude, and completion. It's a time to celebrate the fruits of our labor, physically and spiritually. As the days start getting shorter, this is also the beginning of a more introspective, contemplative time. Take time to appreciate what you have as well as release what doesn't work for you any more.

Oh, and don't forget to howl at the moon!

Gayle Byck

10/05/2025

Gayle Byck