When you begin your journey, you will take a core training course that lasts 6 months. Your group or cohort of up to 30 trainees from different areas, countries or even continents, allows you to learn from each other and connect with your trainers via remote technologies like Zoom.
Our aim is simple: to train competent guides. However, many participants report that this training profoundly affects many aspects of their lives.
The training is designed in a way that will gently guide you through all the steps and processes to integrate and deepen the learning in your head and in your bodies so that by the end you will be able to succesfully guide and hold a forest therapy walk within the framework of ANFT.
You will be supported in live calls by some of the worlds most experienced forest therapy guides and trainers from different parts of the world.
ANFT also has a Forest Therapy Facebook Group, a private group for ANFT trained guides from throughout the world. This group is a remarkable and very active resource for exchanging information and supporting ongoing learning. ANFT certified guides can now be found in over 60 countries.
When you complete the core six-month training you will be an ANFT-Certified Forest Therapy Guide. This certification is valid for two years, or until you complete a four-day immersion. This must be completed sometime within two years after you complete the six month core training course. This will move your certification from provisional to permanent status. To see the list of available immersions click here.
When you begin your journey, you will take a core training course that lasts 6 months. Your group or cohort of up to 30 trainees from different areas, countries or even continents, allows you to learn from each other and connect with your trainers via remote technologies like Zoom.
Our aim is simple: to train competent guides. However, many participants report that this training profoundly affects many aspects of their lives.
The training is designed in a way that will gently guide you through all the steps and processes to integrate and deepen the learning in your head and in your bodies so that by the end you will be able to succesfully guide and hold a forest therapy walk within the framework of ANFT.
You will be supported in live calls by some of the worlds most experienced forest therapy guides and trainers from different parts of the world.
ANFT also has a Forest Therapy Facebook Group, a private group for ANFT trained guides from throughout the world. This group is a remarkable and very active resource for exchanging information and supporting ongoing learning. ANFT certified guides can now be found in over 60 countries.
When you complete the core six-month training you will be an ANFT-Certified Forest Therapy Guide. This certification is valid for two years, or until you complete a four-day immersion. This must be completed sometime within two years after you complete the six month core training course. This will move your certification from provisional to permanent status. To see the list of available immersions click here.
The tuition for the six month core guide training program is $2995 USD.
The tuition for the four-day immersion is $495. Wait to pay until you are ready to register for a specific immersion. You will have two years from the completion of your core guide training to do the immersion. This price does not include lodging, meals nor transportation.
Other costs include payment for Wilderness First Aid training, which is required for Certification, and is provided by third parties. Prices range from $100 to $300.
Tuition figures are current as of January 1, 2021 and are subject to change.
Nadine Mazzola es guía, entrenadora, mentora de ANFT y fundadora de New England Nature and Forest Therapy Consulting con sede en Acton, MA. También escribió el libro "Forest Bathing with Your Dog", que ganó una medalla de bronce en la categoría "Mejor primer libro - No ficción" de los Premios de Libros de Editores Independientes de 2020. El libro combina la práctica de la terapia forestal con nuestra práctica de pasear a nuestros perros y eleva la profundidad de ambos. Nadine ha estado guiando caminatas de terapia de bosque desde 2015. Ha aparecido en PBS Windows to the Wild, ABC’sChronicle y en Boston Globe y Boston Magazine. Nadine tiene experiencia en negocios y marketing y anteriormente fue una jugadora de billar de bolsillo profesional mundial que compitió en el Women's Professional Billiard Tour. Además, como artista, facilita clases de artes expresivas que a menudo incorporan elementos de la terapia forestal en todas partes.
Tam Willey es guía, capacitadora, mentora de ANFT y fundadora de Toadstool Walks con sede en Boston, Massachusetts. Tam ha dirigido la Terapia de Bosque desde 2017 en colaboración con The Arnold Arboretum de la Universidad de Harvard, The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Mass Audubon, Peabody Essex Museum, Lesley University Holistic Psychology and Wellness, Boston University School Of Theology, y más. Tam diseña y lleva a cabo retiros de inmersión con The Venture Out Project y ha sido mentora y ha servido a jóvenes LGBTQ a través de varios programas en Boston durante la última década. Tam es una apasionada de las formas en que la Terapia de Bosque puede apoyar y ampliar las relaciones mediante el intercambio y el testimonio en comunidad con el mundo natural o más que humano de una manera que respalde nuestro recuerdo de que no estamos simplemente en relación con la naturaleza, sino que somos naturaleza.