Forest Therapy
Experience a Forest Therapy experience or a Forest Therapy/Psychotherapy fusion session, both designed to help you slow down, reconnect with nature, and restore inner balance. These forest therapy sessions blend gentle, mindful nature immersion, grounding practices, and intuitive energy work to deepen your connection to yourself and the natural world.
What is Forest Therapy?
Forest Therapy—also known as Shinrin-Yoku or sylvotherapy—originated in Japan in the 1980s as a preventative healthcare practice that translates to “forest bathing.” Developed by Dr. Qing Li, a physician and researcher with the Japanese Society of Forest Medicine, this practice emerged in response to rising stress and burnout in modern urban life.
Unlike a nature walk or a hike, guided forest therapy invites you to slow down and connect with the forest through all of your senses - to become one with nature. It’s not about covering distance—it’s about deepening presence. While forest bathing typically refers to the general act of spending time in nature for wellbeing, guided forest therapy is a facilitated experience rooted in somatic awareness, mindfulness, sensory exploration, and relational connection to the natural world.
Scientific research shows that forest therapy can:
Lower cortisol and blood pressure
Support immune system function
Reduce anxiety and depression
Improve sleep and emotional regulation
Boost heart rate variability and overall wellbeing
In addition to these proven physiological benefits, guided forest therapy opens the door to energetic, emotional, and spiritual connection—offering space for intuitive insight, nervous system regulation, and a return to your most grounded, alive self.
Jen became certified as a Forest Therapy Practitioner in early 2025 and loves incorporating techniques she’s learned into her work. She has found a way to make it her own while honouring the original practices and customizing to the uniques needs of her clients.
Group Forest Therapy Experience
Join one of Jen’s upcoming group forest therapy sessions, book a private group experience tailored to your needs, or collaborate to bring this unique offering to your event. Whether you're seeking a supportive community space or a transformative nature-based experience for your group, Jen will guide participants on a journey of deep connection, healing, and renewal. Jen’s forest therapy sessions close in circle for participants to share reflections, insights, and experiences. This is a space for authentic expression and deep listening—where the wisdom of the forest and your personal journey are honoured in community.
Forest Therapy Session 1-1
Experience a personalized individual forest therapy session designed to support your unique needs, blending the healing power of nature with a holistic, embodied approach. With gentle guidance, you’ll reconnect with your body, mind, and spirit, fostering emotional release, clarity, and self-awareness in a peaceful natural setting. Through guided invitations, you’ll attune to nature’s rhythms, finding resonance within yourself and the world around you. This session offers an opportunity to move beyond thought into direct experience—where presence, stillness, and sensory awareness guide you from doing to being. As you align with the natural world, you’ll rediscover your inner wisdom and cultivate a sense of balance, restoration, and deep connection.
Forest Therapy/Psychotherapy Fusion Session 1-1
This session combines the restorative power of nature with deep emotional processing, offering a unique approach to healing. During this 2 hour guided session, we will blend mindful nature immersion, grounding practices, and intuitive energy work with the therapeutic tools of psychotherapy to support emotional release and increase self-awareness. This fusion session has been designed to support you to regulate your nervous system, reconnect with your intuition, release what is no longer serving you, inviting healing and restoring self-trust and inner balance. It’s a holistic, transformative experience that deepens your connection to yourself and the natural world, guiding you towards clarity and healing in both body and mind.
All forest therapy sessions are guided by Jen Reddish, a Registered Master Therapeutic Counsellor and certified Forest Therapy Practitioner.
With a grounded presence and deep respect for the wisdom of the land, Jen weaves her trauma-informed, body-based approach into each session—supporting nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, and reconnection to both inner and outer landscapes.
For Jen, the forest has always been a place of remembering—a space where the deeper truth of who we are can rise to the surface. Forest therapy is not about fixing or striving, but about slowing down enough to notice, to breathe, and to feel held by something greater than ourselves. This work is an invitation to return to the intelligence of the body, the clarity of the senses, and the support of the natural world. At its heart, Jen offers forest therapy as a pathway back to belonging.
What to Expect:
🌿 Guided Forest Therapy Walk – Slow, intentional movement to awaken your senses and deepen your awareness.
🌿 Stillness in nature - time to tune into your sensory experience and inner knowing, inviting connection to the forest and land and bringing you into deeper connection with your self energy.
🌿 Energy Clearing & Grounding – Release stagnant energy and create space for clarity, calm and self-trust.
🌿 Nature-Based Reflection Practices – Receive insights and guidance through mindful invitations and deep listening.
🌿 Nervous System Reset – Experience a sense of calm, balance, and renewal.
🌿 Personal Integration Time – Close with a reflections to deepen your awareness, integrate and honour your experience.