About Tangletree Forest Therapy
reconnecting
reconnecting
reconnecting
Tangletree forest therapy invites you to disconnect from the technical world and reconnect with our natural world.
Simply we take you for a slow, silent, mindful walk in nature.
These guided sessions are not hikes, or long in duration and we do not allow dogs or small children on our sessions, even though we love them.
Tangletree forest therapy invites you to disconnect from the technical world and reconnect with our natural world.
Simply we take you for a slow, silent, mindful walk in nature.
These guided sessions are not hikes, or long in duration and we do not allow dogs or small children on our sessions, even though we love them.
The focus is on YOU.
Through gifting this time to yourselves with only the natural interruptions of nature you can start re-balancing yourself.
Using different techniques we will invite you to:
- relax and breathe,
- try and activate your parasympathetic system,
- explore both your senses and the environment, and
- slow down both your body and mind
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reconnecting
reconnecting
You will be guided through different gentle breathing techniques to help activate your parasympathetic system.
We then invite you to try and focus on each sense during our guiding session.
There are no right or wrong ways to do this everything we ask you to do is either a suggestion or invitation. There is nothing that we ask that we don't
You will be guided through different gentle breathing techniques to help activate your parasympathetic system.
We then invite you to try and focus on each sense during our guiding session.
There are no right or wrong ways to do this everything we ask you to do is either a suggestion or invitation. There is nothing that we ask that we don't do ourselves.
Each sense except for taste is involved in some way through the session. There is no set order as we always see what our surroundings offer us.
Although we ask you to be silent we will at various times invite people to share what they may have experienced, or recalled or noticed.
Towards the end of the session you will be guided to a quiet space under a canopy of the trees. There we will invite you to allow yourselves to relax further in whatever position is most comfortable for you. We will then guide you through a mindfulness and meditative activity.
RE-BALANCING & SUPPORTING RECOVERY
RE-BALANCING & SUPPORTING RECOVERY
RE-BALANCING & SUPPORTING RECOVERY
By reconnecting with nature through activating our parasympathetic system and slowing both body and mind down.
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By inviting our senses to join us through our slow, silent mindful walk we start to re-focus on our natural environment around us.
We start re-balancing and supporting our immune system by using the unseen healing power of nat
By reconnecting with nature through activating our parasympathetic system and slowing both body and mind down.
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By inviting our senses to join us through our slow, silent mindful walk we start to re-focus on our natural environment around us.
We start re-balancing and supporting our immune system by using the unseen healing power of nature.
Forest therapy is not a cure for illnesses but has been found to help support our natural defenses and can complement traditional medicine.
(click on the forest bathing tab)
There is a wide body of scientific evidence supporting the benefits of forest therapy.
(please look at some of the studies mentioned in the science and good read section).
LOCATIONS, times & dates
RE-BALANCING & SUPPORTING RECOVERY
RE-BALANCING & SUPPORTING RECOVERY
City of Loveland, Northern Colorado has given us permission to use several of their beautiful locations.
Sessions start at 10:00 unless stated.
2025 schedule (weather permitting)
Viestenz-Smith Mountain Park
Friday 15th August
Thursday 4th September
Monday 22nd September
Wednesday 1st October
Monday 13th October
Oxbow Natural Area
Mon
City of Loveland, Northern Colorado has given us permission to use several of their beautiful locations.
Sessions start at 10:00 unless stated.
2025 schedule (weather permitting)
Viestenz-Smith Mountain Park
Friday 15th August
Thursday 4th September
Monday 22nd September
Wednesday 1st October
Monday 13th October
Oxbow Natural Area
Monday 18th August
Friday 19th September
Friday 24th October
North Lake Park
Friday 29th August
Moray Wildlife Reserve
Monday 8th September
Friday 10th October
Seven Lakes Park
Monday 29th September
Who we are.
Viv
Viv
Viv
I was an only child of older parents so spent more time outside in nature than inside. I felt that I belonged to and in nature and am still happiest and at peace outside.
Whilst playing outdoor sports I learned how to breathe and use mindfulness in nature to help me calm myself during stressful situations. As a physiologist I understand ho
I was an only child of older parents so spent more time outside in nature than inside. I felt that I belonged to and in nature and am still happiest and at peace outside.
Whilst playing outdoor sports I learned how to breathe and use mindfulness in nature to help me calm myself during stressful situations. As a physiologist I understand how nature affects us.
Throughout my life all my best experiences happened in nature and it felt like a natural progression to become a forest bathing+ guide and encourage others into nature therapy.
Viv
Viv
Beth
Viv
Beth
As a child, I always felt a deep connection with trees. I trained as a biologist with an emphasis on plants, and my desire to share an understanding of the natural world led me from postgraduate research to becoming a secondary school science teacher for over 15 years.
After leaving the classroom, I trained as a forest bathing guide+ and
As a child, I always felt a deep connection with trees. I trained as a biologist with an emphasis on plants, and my desire to share an understanding of the natural world led me from postgraduate research to becoming a secondary school science teacher for over 15 years.
After leaving the classroom, I trained as a forest bathing guide+ and now I use my knowledge and skills as an educator and scientist to help others experience the transformative power of forest therapy.
Start with self-care.