PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Join certified guide Kathleen Schoenberg for forest bathing.

 

Start your Sunday with a one-hour guided, stroll on the nature trail at Arrowhead on Sunday, Oct. 29, beginning at 11 am. 

 

The walk will be less than a mile and includes several breaks for meditation and mindful activities. 

 

Tickets are available at berkshirehistory.org: $25 for Berkshire County Historical Society members, and $30 for non-members. 

 

This event is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

 

According to a press release, A forest bathing session is a two-hour, guided program designed to encourage mindfulness and facilitate the participant's deep connection with nature.  Participants have a wide range of experiences – they might find themselves feeling the textures of the trees and rocks, breathing in the scents of the forest, or lying under a canopy while being guided to activate their senses.   

 

choenberg is a graduate of The Forest Therapy School with experience leading both one-on-one and group walks.

 

"Melville was inspired by the landscapes of the Berkshires," said Schoenberg.  "He once wrote, ‘Nature is not so much her ever-sweet interpreter, as the mere supplier of that cunning alphabet, whereby selecting and combining as he pleases, each man reads his own peculiar lesson according to his own peculiar mind and mood.'  In many ways this describes Forest Bathing - participants give to and receive from the forest, and each participant will take away something completely different."