Forest Therapy as a team building experience
Forest Therapy offers a unique and powerful way to strengthen your team's spirit, boost creativity, and improve overall wellbeing. In just 90 minutes, your team will experience the transformative effects of nature through Forest Bathing, a practice that fosters deeper connection, mental clarity, and relaxation.
Through immersion in nature, your team will benefit from:
Increased Creativity and Collaboration: Forest Therapy helps break down mental barriers, allowing creative energy to flow freely and encouraging open collaboration.
Enhanced Mental Clarity: Studies by Dr. Qing Li, a leading expert in forest therapy, have shown that spending time in nature improves focus, cognitive function, and emotional resilience.
Strengthened Immune System: Forest Bathing has been scientifically proven to boost the immune system by increasing the activity of natural killer cells, which help fight off infections and illness.
Stress Reduction and Relaxation: Nature exposure helps lower cortisol levels, reducing stress and promoting a state of calm and relaxation.
New Perspectives and Insight: The calming environment of the forest allows teams to step back and gain fresh perspectives on challenges, encouraging innovation and problem-solving.
Long-Term Wellbeing: The lasting benefits of Forest Therapy include improved mental health, increased energy, and a more resilient, balanced mindset for your team.
As part of our mission to turn screen time into green time, we aim to provide organizations with a meaningful way to support their employees’ emotional and physical health. With more than a third of the UK workforce reporting anxiety, depression, or stress (according to PwC), it’s becoming increasingly important for companies to prioritize the wellbeing of their employees. Forest Therapy offers a natural solution to combat these challenges, helping your team thrive in both their personal and professional lives.
What happens on the day?
During our guided Forest Therapy sessions, participants are taken on a seemingly simple journey which will have a powerful effect
The team will meet a certified Forest Bathing guide near a forest and learn the basics of Forest Therapy
As the next step, they will walk slowly in the forest practicing mindfulness and immersing in nature
Walking in the forest will help the team to clear their minds and feel at peace by encouraging them to step away from their stresses and devices. There is real science behind these mood shifts, and there’s a chemical basis for the calming feeling people get from being among the trees.
The guide will lead the team on a gentle walk through the forest and offer “invitations” to activities that heighten the sensory awareness.
Each Forest Therapy session is unique, depending on the stress level and general mood of the team
The guide will propose different activities to connect the team to each other and to nature
Being part of a team while forest bathing enhances the benefits and bonds the team. They will go through this special experience together.
At the end of the session everyone in the group will feel not only more relaxed and happy, but also more energised and ready to take on the day ahead.