Guided Forest Bathing with Mother Earth
Saturday, May 11, 1:00-3:00pm
Get outside and show yourself and Mother Earth some love through a special guided walk inspired by After Glow: Frederic Church and the Landscape and Memory. Fru Molnar, trained and certified forest bathing guide, will lead the way through Olana’s landscape, helping you connect with nature through a slow-paced, easeful sensory exploration. Based on the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku ("forest bathing"), this program will offer optional invitations to connect with nature and yourself. This program is part of Living through Landscape, a series of workshops that examine how new conceptions of life and death can be gained by spending time in our regional environment.
Fru Molnar (she/her) is the founder of Forest Baths (est. 2021), a lifelong student of the trees, and a Certified Forest Therapy Guide with the ANFT (Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides). Based in Peekskill, NY (Lenapehoking), she guides immersive nature therapy experiences throughout forests and parks of the lower Hudson Valley in partnership with all the "more-than-human" beings on this land, in service to nature and for the wellbeing of all. She is also an avid hiker and guardian of two rescue pets, who are her own personal nature therapy guides.
Advance registration required. $5 for Columbia and Greene County residents, $10 for members, $15 for non-members. For more information, please contact education@olana.org or call (518) 751-6938.