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Category
SHSM
Duration
Half-Day
Grade
Grade 11, Grade 12
On-a-Roll In Your Schoolyard
Yes
Season
Year-Round
Program Outline
Forest therapy is an emerging practice in preventative health care that utilizes intentional experiences in a living forest to generate health benefits. The practice also supports clearer intuition, increased energy, and an increased capacity to communicate with the land and its species. On a short guided hike through the Ganaraska Forest, students will complete a number of place-based reflective exercises that will allow them to connect to the landscape on a deeper level. The students will be challenged to use this understanding to create an artefact that encapsulates their experiences in the forest.