About Yasei Shinrin Yoku
On the edge of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley where it meets the Monashee Mountains the Wildcraft Forest is home to the Sanctuary Forest Therapy Centre where twelve different kinds of forest therapy and wildcrafting practices are presented and taught through daily excursions, retreats, certification and immersion programs.
Four satellite Yasei Sanctuary Forests are also available, each representing different kinds of energies and environments for learning and practicing Yasei Shinrin Yoku and plant spirit medicine.
The Wildcraft Forest offers a unique approach to Shinrin Yoku which is Japanese for "Forest Bathing" and means "taking in the forest atmosphere". We offer Yasei Shinrin Yoku, which incorporates wildcrafting, and includes a tangible understanding and a full engagement with the wild sentient forest. Participants are introduced to the many spirit guides that dwell in the forest. Through the use of forest-based teas we explore the subconscious energies that connect the forest with the most ancient part of our soul.
An example of a Yasei Shinrin Yoku Guided Session might look like this. The session takes place within the gentle terrain of a Yasei Sanctuary Forest. There are meditation platforms and covered areas where presentations and discussions take place.
A typical session will travel participants on a slow quiet walk through the forest. Participants will stop and perform certain exercises and meditations linked to body, mind and spirit. The day will include a discussion within a sacred circle as well as a tea tasting and essential oil experience linked to the primary human “senses”. You can also join your Guide or Practitioner on various treatment excursions and forest retreats.
Yasei Shinrin Yoku
“Wild Forest Bathing in a Sanctuary Forest”
You can join us in the forest through challenges, memberships, personal coaching programs, destination retreats and immersion experiences. You can become a guide or practitioner; and if you’re starting out, you can drop-in or even participate in one of our online Yasei Shinrin Yoku challenges.
The Wildcraft Forest is a pioneer in wildcrafting and regenerative forest therapy and has been delivering nature-based education and conservation programs since 1981.
When we invest in the Forest and the Earth so that she remains strong and healthy then she will invest in us.
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The Six Pillars of Wild Intention
Join us online at Teachables for this seven week online course that connects participants from around the world with the wild forest atmosphere, as they begin to create a real relationship with nature.
This program will renew your interest with being outside and in nature. The methods that this course provides create mental clarity and confidence.
The direct engagement with wild forest bathing relieves chronic stress patterns, relaxes the mind, centers attention, and sharpens concentration.
Are you craving a more intentional relationship with nature?
Interested in tuning into the way the natural world seeks to work with us?
Ready to create a relationship of reciprocity so that you’re giving back to the earth?
The Earthing component increases body awareness, cognitive skills and builds muscle strength.
During the duration of the course, you'll expand your dwell time within nature which boosts metabolism and immunity, increases blood flow and helps to lower blood sugar levels.
This series is a unique set of teachings that strengthens intuitive skills, self esteem and relationships.
Join us in the forest!
Become a Yasei Shinrin Yoku Guide
Yasei Shinrin Yoku Guide Certification provides participants with an opportunity to set up an independent practice and provides planning support for guides to operate within a Yasei Sanctuary Forest and other nature-based settings. This series provides an understanding of wilderness therapies and forms of wildcrafting-based nutri-ecopsychology. Yasei Shinrin Yoku Guide Certification can assist with both career and self-employment endeavors especially suited for counseling, alternative healthcare, the spiritual arts, theology, energy work, education, food, nutrition and outdoor recreation.
This program is delivered through Wildcraft Forest School Distance Learning.
Primary Level Guide Certification
Become a Yasei Shinrin Yoku Practitioner
Practitioner Certification
Yasei Shinrin Yoku (Forest Therapy) Practitioner Certification provides training in Wild Forest Bathing and Wilderness Therapies with Sanctuary Forests it is presented in Camp Retreats or online through Distance Learning Certification.
Yasei Shinrin Yoku Practitioners Training provides participants with certification to perform our unique version of Forest Bathing which includes the delivery of a 12 Session Forest Therapy Program, which combines the healing abilities presented by the natural world with spiritual and environmental stewardship.
This program provides a comprehensive understanding of wilderness therapies, nutri-ecopsychology and aspects of building meaning and purpose. Upon completion of the camps, participants will be able to apply for a Yasei Shinrin Yoku Practitioner Certification, which can assist them in both career and self-employment endeavors especially suited for counseling, alternative healthcare, the spiritual arts, theology, energy work, education, food, nutrition and outdoor recreation.
Become a Yasei Shinrin Yoku Bodyworker
Bodywork & Spa Certification
Yasei Shinrin Yoku Bodywork & Spa Certification is a Clinical Forest Therapy program that is presented in Camp Retreats or online through Distance Learning Certification. Yasei Shinrin-Yoku Bodywork and Spa Certification provides bodywork practitioners and spas with enhanced opportunities that will compliment their independent practice. This certification introduces treatment methods that include massage oils, medicinal teas and essences within clinic or studio-based Yasei Shinrin-Yoku Bodywork programs.
Yasei Shinrin Yoku
At the Wildcraft Forest
1981 Highway 6 Lumby, British Columbia
Discovery Centre – 250.547.2001
Email: treks(at)uniserve.com
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The Wildcraft Forest School offers skills, insights and
inspiration for creating good stewardship and positive change.
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Yasei Shinrin Yoku
and Spiritual Stewardship
Nature is returning as a key element within the human spiritual experience. Don Elzer talks about how Yasei Shinrin Yoku delivers a practice where-by we create a working relationship with nature through stewardship.
Yasei Shinrin-Yoku means “Wild Forest Bathing” or taking in the “Wild Forest Atmosphere”. As a form of Forest Therapy the practice incorporates a spiritual approach when connecting with nature. It includes wildcrafting practices, and includes a tangible understanding of the sentient forest.
Yasei considers the expansion of our health, purpose and well-being as being directly related to the work that we do for the benefit of the forest – the practice considers that we and the forest are “one” and that through this presence the true natural balance of energy can be achieved that benefits both the individual and the natural world.
If we invest in the health and growth of the forest then the forest will invest in us – the medium of exchange is “life-force”.
