04/26/2025
RAIN POSTPONEMENT:
Local friends: After a beautiful warm sunny weather week, we have a 95% chance of rain tomorrow. While needed and welcome, we will POSTPONE our Forest Therapy walk to NEXT Saturday May 3rd.
See below for more information or connect with Cornelia directly.
Save the date!
Come join NCMC for a Forest Therapy Walk with Cornelia Santschi, ANFT Certified Forest Therapy Guide, in Newark’s beautiful Branch Brook Park on Saturday, MAY 3, 2025 from 10 am to 12:00 pm.
This event is free and all are welcome! Donations for NCMC accepted.
What is Forest Therapy?
Forest Therapy is a practice that supports health and wellness through guided immersion in forests and other environments to promote the well-being of both people and the land. It is inspired by Shinrin-yoku, the Japanese practice of “Forest Bathing.” In Forest Bathing, people spend time in forested areas to enhance health, wellness, and happiness. In Forest Therapy, people are guided through a clearly defined sequence of invitations to slow down, allow the senses to open, and experience the environment to deepen the reciprocal relationship between participants and the forest. This supports the wholeness and well-being of both.
These Slow Walks in the Forest are typically one- to two-kilometers long and fit for all ages and physical conditions. Invitations are open-ended. There is no expectation for what participants should experience or receive. Rather, participants spend time in silence, listening and feeling with a quiet and accepting presence. They become reconnected with their senses and their innate creative potential is tapped, which allows the imagination to awaken.
Newark Center for Meditative Culture is a New Jersey 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Your donations allow us to continue delivering transformative programs to the greater Newark community and beyond.
