In-Person: Forest Bathing – Awakening the Senses | Sacred Earth Sangha
with Joanie Roney and Veronika Knobová
Sunday, June 25th, 2023 | 12:00pm* to 3:00pm
Location: Tuscan Garden in Snug Harbor, Staten Island
Registration is now closed
Forest therapy, also known as forest bathing, is a nature therapy based on the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku. It is an accessible method for reconnecting with nature, your body, senses, feelings, and emotions in ways that have been shown to improve your mental health and wellness.
Shinrin-Yoku forest therapy can help you to:
– Softly reduce stress and relieve anxiety
– Induce a gentle calm and clarity
– Increase creativity
– Refocus aspirations and refresh yourself
This in-person, guided walk with Joanie Roney will lead you through a series of meditative, mindful invitations, where you will start noticing through your senses the subtle beauty around and within you. The guided walk will be 12 PM to approx. 2 PM, with time afterward to share and connect.
Please plan your journey to arrive at Tuscan Garden in Snug Harbor, Staten Island, by 12 PM.
*Participants are invited to meet at 10:15 am at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in lower Manhattan to travel to Snug Harbor together via MTA bus (or bike!).
NOTE: Most SES gatherings are dāna-based. The registration fee for this event will be used to purchase tickets for participants through Snug Harbor.
Registration is now closed
Please contact ses@nyimc.org for late availability inquiries
If you have any questions, please contact registration@nyimc.org.
NYI’s Covid Protocol for In-Person Outdoors Events:
•All participants must RSVP in advance before attending the event.
•Wearing a mask is optional.
•For the health and safety of our staff, teachers, and community, please do not come onsite if you are feeling unwell.
•Please let us know if you won’t be joining us/
Teacher(s)
Joanie Roney
Joanie Roney is a Shinrin-Yoku United Forest Bathing Guide, Masters in environmental conservation, activist, clinical LCSW therapist, writer of fiction, non-fiction & plays, ANFT certified forest & nature therapy guide.
“Ever since a little child, I found my passions and serenity in the wild. It is my belief that as humans connect to nature, we attain a sense of gentle balance or equilibrium – like touching the softness of moss, feeling the grass under our feet, smelling the freshness of an ocean or pine needles, listening to the chirp of a bird, or the rustle of a leaf. As a Shinrin-Yoku forest therapy guide, I support and cultivate a safer space for individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Living in Brooklyn, NYC, I both guide walks in person and remotely, connecting people around the world to each others’ forest, beach, park, garden & to the forest within.”
Veronika Knobová
Veronika Knobová Perfume composer, certified ANFT forest therapy guide, traveller, photographer, jewellery maker, painter and gardener, I spend a lot of my time in the nature, either outside or in my indoor garden.
I love gingko trees and frangipani flowers, and the fragrances of all the different flowers and trees that I get to meet during my walks and travels.
I guide Shinrin-Yoku walks in Prague and around, as well as in other places in the world during my travels. I also propose remotely guided Forest Bathing Nature Therapy sessions and guided nature meditations.