2024 Remote/Hybrid Forest Therapy Guide Training
Wild Turkey
Cohort
136
September 12, 2024
to
March 12, 2025
Enrollment Open / Inscripción abierta
In this training, you will learn:
- Learn how to guide ANFT's Standard Sequence - A Powerful approach to nature connection
- Sequencing forest therapy invitations for maximum impact and benefit
- The heart-centered Way of the Guide approach
- The Language of Invitation to help create powerful connections with self and nature
- Somatic techniques for embodied awareness
- The pedagogy and fundamentals of nature connection
- Nature and forest therapy research and knowledge
- Trail awareness and safety -how to choose a forest therapy trail
- Getting to know your bioregion, its history, watershed, awarenesses and more
- Facilitation skills that promote an open environment for group sharing
- Expressive arts activities for forest therapy
- Competency standards: what a Forest Therapy Guide should know and be able to do
- Tips for successfully promoting your forest therapy offerings
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 body. Upon completion of this course you will be able to succesfully guide forest therapy walks within the framework of ANFT's guide certification training.
6 months training +
4 day immersion
Remote Live Calls +
In Person Immersion
US$ 495 (Travel expenses, lodging and meals not incl.)
In this training, you will learn:
- Learn how to guide ANFT's Standard Sequence - A Powerful approach to nature connection
- Sequencing forest therapy invitations for maximum impact and benefit
- The heart-centered Way of the Guide approach
- The Language of Invitation to help create powerful connections with self and nature
- Somatic techniques for embodied awareness
- The pedagogy and fundamentals of nature connection
- Nature and forest therapy research and knowledge
- Trail awareness and safety -how to choose a forest therapy trail
- Getting to know your bioregion, its history, watershed, awarenesses and more
- Facilitation skills that promote an open environment for group sharing
- Expressive arts activities for forest therapy
- Competency standards: what a Forest Therapy Guide should know and be able to do
- Tips for successfully promoting your forest therapy offerings
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 body. Upon completion of this course you will be able to succesfully guide forest therapy walks within the framework of ANFT's guide certification training.
Matrícula / Tuition
The tuition for the six month core guide training program is $3350 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 March 1, 2022 and are subject to change.
Formadores / Trainers
Entrenadores
Ken Ouendag completed training with the ANFT in 2017 to become Vancouver's first Certified Forest Therapy Guide. He founded Nature Connected Forest Therapy Walks in 2017, offering public and private walks and retreats that are inspired by the Japanese tradition of shinrin-yoku (also known as “forest bathing”). He also assists with ANFT guide trainings and serves as a mentor, supporting forest therapy guides-in-training. His guided walks invite people to explore new ways of connecting with nature, while opening the door to the healing properties of forests and other natural environments. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ken was drawn to the West Coast of Canada by its lush forests and calming scenery. Since moving to British Columbia in 2009, he has undergone numerous outdoor educator and guiding courses. In addition to his work in forest therapy, he offers recreation therapy programming to older adults living in long-term care.
Stana ha trabajado para la Autoridad de Conservación de la Región de Cataraquí (CRCA por sus siglas en inglés) durante más de veinte años como Educadora Principal en Conservación. Inspirada por la Educación de la Tierra, la Guía de Coyote para la conexión con la naturaleza y las escuelas forestales, su objetivo es conectar a las personas con la naturaleza con su cabeza, corazón y manos. A través de la CRCA, Stana trae experiencias de caminatas de Terapia de Bosque a la comunidad, organizaciones públicas y privadas y continúa operando el programa piloto para niños y jóvenes en edad de escuela primaria y secundaria. La CRCA fue la primera autoridad de conservación en Ontario en ofrecer Terapia de Bosque, que ahora se está extendiendo rápidamente a otras CA. Stana recibió su licenciatura de la Universidad de Waterloo en 1998, en el programa cooperativo de estudios aplicados con honores de historia. Obtuvo su Licenciatura en Educación en Queen's en 1999 del Programa de Educación Especializada al Aire Libre y Experiencial. Su trabajo relacionado con la Terapia de Bosque continúa abriendo su corazón y profundizando su relación con todos los seres.
