ROMANCE IN THE FOREST: NATURE’S WAY TO
RELATIONSHIP ENHANCEMENT –
A FOREST BATHING EXPERIENCE
Forest Therapy is a guided, mindful, immersion in a forest environment to enhance physical, mental, social well-being, and connectedness to nature.
Unlike hiking or exercise-focused nature walks, forest therapy emphasizes presence, sensory awareness, and relaxation rather than destination or speed.
Over a few months or years, a gradual erosion of connectedness can create a growing distance and diminish the trust and loving feelings in romantic relationships.
This event invites you to rekindle trust and reset the spark within your relationship through a guided experiential, sensory journey in a forest environment.
According to the science behind forest bathing and forest therapy, which has been researched in numerous parts of the world in the past decades…
Mental/Physical Benefits can include:
- Stress & anxiety reduction; lowering of stress hormones
- Reduction of mental fatigue, and improved attentiveness & moods
- Better ability to engage in present moment, thereby reducing an overly stressed mind’s tendency to focus mostly on past or future
- Enhanced immune response due to increase of natural killer cells, and lowering blood pressure
- Developing a deeper relationship with nature which leads to new healthy habits and a lifestyle that includes more time in nature to sustain the increased overall wellbeing resulting from the forest therapy series.
What We Will Do:
In this gently guided forest bathing event, consisting of a sensory immersion while BEING in nature, time will also be provided for reflection, sharing, and creativity.
Examples of activities that WE WILL DO include:
- Making observations of cycles of decay and renewal in forest
- Sharing (optional) observations and insights as it relates to us, personally.
- Feel the contrasts of textures in forest
- Observe contrasting shades and colors
- Find a spot to sit, reflect and make a short journal entry
- Listen to sounds, near and far
- Create something from natural elements around us
- Share and learn ways to increase sensory input in daily life
- Create a web of sharing (as in picture), showing the interconnectedness of all beings and nature
This series is gently guided, with specific sensory-enhancing activities, by forest therapist and therapeutic counsellor Isabelle St-Jean, RSW, RTC.
Fee for the event: $ 150.00 per couple.
For more info and/or to register, please email: isabelle@alpineclinic.ca
or call Alpine Counselling Clinic: 604 732-3930 for free 15 minutes consult.
When: September 12th, 2026 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Where: Pacific Spirit Park, Vancouver
(Off West 16 Ave. North Entrance Parking)
Can be claimed on your extended benefits as a Registered Social Worker appointment.
