You are nature. Remember.
Forest therapy at Just Love Forest is an educational, guided practice that cultivates ecological awareness, conservation ethics, and human–land relationship through facilitated sensory learning, reflective dialogue, and direct engagement with the living forest.
Forest therapy is a nature immersion practice inspired by the Japanese tradition of Shinrin-yoku, often translated as “forest bathing.” At Just Love Forest, forest therapy is not recreational hiking or exercise. It is a facilitated learning experience centered on attention, perception, and relationship with the living forest.
All forest therapy experiences at Just Love Forest are intentionally guided and conversation-oriented. Participants are invited into a shared inquiry about how humans perceive, relate to, and are shaped by the natural world. Through gentle instruction, reflective dialogue, and sensory-based invitations, participants learn practical ways to engage their senses, regulate the nervous system, and cultivate presence in relationship with land, ecology, and self.
Located within driving distance of Atlanta, Nashville, Huntsville, Chattanooga, and Birmingham, Just Love Forest offers guided forest therapy experiences for individuals, couples, and small groups seeking rest, reconnection, and embodied learning in nature. Each gathering is designed as an educational experience that integrates observation, reflection, and facilitated discussion, rather than unstructured outdoor activity.
As certified forest therapy guides, we create intentional learning frameworks known as invitations. These invitations guide participants to slow their pace, notice subtle ecological patterns, and engage in direct sensory relationship with the forest through sight, sound, touch, scent, and mindful presence. The purpose of these invitations is to teach skills of attention, awareness, and relational listening that participants can carry into daily life beyond the forest.
Many people spend time outdoors without fully arriving. Even while walking or hiking, attention often remains oriented toward devices, productivity, or internal distraction. Forest therapy offers a different approach. Each session unfolds slowly and responsively, shaped by real-time ecological conditions such as light, weather, seasonal change, birdsong, water movement, and plant life. Invitations are not scripted in advance; they arise through guided partnership with the land, modeling an adaptive, responsive way of learning from nature.
Every participant’s experience is unique, and there is no prescribed outcome. Forest therapy teaches that the forest meets each person where they are, offering opportunities for grounding, clarity, emotional processing, or quiet presence. Participants are supported in noticing and reflecting on these experiences through guided conversation and shared learning.
Your guides, Bala and Brandon, are certified by the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides, an international organization that establishes professional standards for guided forest therapy and Shinrin-yoku practices. Their training emphasizes safety, accessibility, trauma-informed facilitation, and ethical relationship with land as a living teacher and partner.
Forest therapy at Just Love Forest is offered through guided group sessions, seasonal educational gatherings, and private or small-group experiences. We also welcome inquiries from organizations, educational groups, and intentional communities seeking customized, facilitated forest therapy experiences grounded in ecological awareness and relational learning.
For private sessions or small group inquiries, please contact bala@justloveforest.com.
For those interested in the history, research, and scientific studies informing forest therapy and Shinrin-yoku, additional educational resources are available through our site.
