Somatic Work In Partnership With Nature: Exploring somatics through forest therapy

What can Forest Therapy bring to somatic work? It's like coming home. The practice of forest therapy supports somatic work in a unique and special way for use in a wide variety of applications. They are two methodologies that create a robust and holistic partnership.

About this webinar

About this event 

What you’ll get:

An informative presentation followed by a rich Q+A session about social media, and the best ways to use it in your guiding business.

This webinar covers

1. the basics of 4 of the most common social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
2. Get the lowdown on what they are and how to use them, to content ideas and best practices.
3. Learn do’s and don’ts, and explore a set of resources to help you get started.

Who this is for:

1. Guides who are looking to delve into the world of social media. It can be a great resource to build your business, and get participants on your walks depending on your niche.
2. Get dialed in to which social media channels are right for you, based on your ideal target.

"Tam and Nadine have crafted a business strategy course for guides based on the organic practice of guiding. Refreshingly, they encourage participants to take questions around business development to the land. Their nature wander exercises create a path for exploring one’s intentions on the macro scale at the outset of the course and focus in on the micro scale of their business near the finish." —Todd Lynch, Forest Therapy Guide

• Worksheets and Templates: We have over a dozen worksheets and templates geared specifically for guides that you can print or use online with archivable versions. Some Examples include:
  • Contract & Agreement Templates
  • Invoice Templates
  • Income & Expense Tracking Tools
  • Email Template for contacting potential partnerships
  • Goal Planning Workbooks
  • Marketing Workbook for exploring your niche, brand, style, mission, and values
  • Networking Workbook for exploring who, what, how and when you want to guide
  • Website Planning Workbook to help guide you through the various steps of creating a website from navigating technical details to writing content and getting organized with your key information.
• Self-Directed Guided Nature Explorations to support your own visioning. Just as we do in our guiding, we have an ethic of partnering with nature in the creating our businesses, as we weave our guiding practices into the tamed world. Our signature 8-part nature exploration series designed to support your path of building your guiding practices. These themes are designed to weave together your practice development on a personal level and with your business and marketing decisions. 
  • Wander #1 Connecting To Your Path
  • Wander #2 Journeying
  • Wander #3 Weaving Relationships
  • Wander #4: Discernment
  • Wander #5: Expression
  • Wander #6: Earth
  • Wander#7: Reflections
  • Wander#8: Looking Ahead and Resting
• Videos: Dozens of videos where Nadine and Tam share mindset moments that keep you grounded and personal stories from their own experience.
• Over 80 Lessons: We are very proud of our course library and all the materials we have assembled for guides. Using care and creativity we have put time and effort as well as heart and soul into this course library specifically tailored for guides.
• Expert Guest Content: Included within the online materials are recorded webinars from experts in several areas that bring another layer of more in depth expertise. 
• Self Care and Celebration: Tools for tending yourself, your practice and our relationships.
• Permanent Access: Purchase of this self-directed course library or the live mentored sessions with the online course library, gives you access to the course library permanently. Come back whenever you need to, to revisit materials, see new additions, etc. 

"Tam and Nadine have put together an incredibly rich collection of materials in a very engaging way." —Johanna Schussler, Forest Therapy Guide

Your Way - Your Pace:

Our goal has always been to keep focus on planning a guiding practice that is authentic to your way of being. We believe in honoring the way and speed that you want to move through the material. Creating a practice happens over time and because of that we have designed the resources to be there over time, from planning and visioning into launching and thru maintaining and fine tuning what you've built.

Ease of Use:

True to the way we are guides, this self-directed version of our program is invitational and allows you to do things in an order that best suits you. Find answers as you need them.

• Follow your curiosity: You can dive into any part of the course at any time.
• Powerful search: You can also use the powerful search function to target lessons with the topics and keywords you are looking for at the click of a button.
• "Trail map" guide: You can use our course "trail map" to guide you through everything A to Z.

Uniquely Designed for Trained Guides:

Our comprehensive, self-directed course library is made specifically for guides. The course begins with a trail map to guide you through everything A to Z, and then importantly spends some time with setting intentions and mindset. 

Preview Modules and Lessons:

Arrival

• Check-in is between 5-6pm on Sunday, July 12th, 2026.

• Dinner is at 6pm.

• Programming begins with an Orientation circle on Monday evening at 7 pm.

Departure

• Programming ends by 12pm on Thursday, July 16th, 2026.

• If you are booking flights, please make sure your departing flight leaves no earlier than 4pm to give yourself enough time to commute to airport without leaving the program early.

Arrival

• Check-in is between 5-6pm on Tuesday, April 15th, 2025.

• Dinner is at 6pm.

• Programming begins with an Orientation circle on Tuesday evening at 7 pm.

Departure

• Programming ends by 12pm on Saturday, April 19th, 2025.

• If you are booking flights, please make sure your departing flight leaves no earlier than 4pm to give yourself enough time to commute to airport without leaving the program early.

We do the training in one call (about 60-90 min) and you are welcome to text/voice-text with any follow-up questions that bubble up or situations that arise. On our call, we’ll discuss…

Introduction to "Forest Bathing" and Other Gentle Practices for Outdoor Mindfulness with Nadine Mazzola

Guided forest bathing is a gentle and relaxing practice that restores our connection with ourselves and the landscape around us. Take time out for yourself in this very special opportunity to connect with others and experience forest bathing together in a group led by certified forest therapy guide and award-winning author, Nadine Mazzola. Awaken the delight and awe of nature within you. Each class in this four-week series will consist of a series of gentle activities that allow participants to use their five senses to engage with nature. Space is limited.

One-day workshop—hosted by New England Botanic Garden—provides mental health clinicians and healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills, and firsthand experience to incorporate a wide variety of nature-based tools and mindful nature-based techniques into both personal self-care and professional practice.

Accreditation Available Credit:  6.50 Participation

One-day workshop—hosted by New England Botanic Garden—provides mental health clinicians and healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills, and firsthand experience to incorporate a wide variety of nature-based tools and mindful nature-based techniques into both personal self-care and professional practice.

Accreditation Available Credit:  6.50 Participation

One-day workshop—hosted by New England Botanic Garden—provides mental health clinicians and healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills, and firsthand experience to incorporate a wide variety of nature-based tools and mindful nature-based techniques into both personal self-care and professional practice.

Accreditation Available Credit:  6.50 Participation

One-day workshop—hosted by New England Botanic Garden—provides mental health clinicians and healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills, and firsthand experience to incorporate a wide variety of nature-based tools and mindful nature-based techniques into both personal self-care and professional practice.

Accreditation Available Credit:  6.50 Participation