“There is no wifi in the forest but I promise you’ll find a better connection.”
– Ralph Smart
Join us in expanding connection during our $5 community gatherings!
On this page you’ll find an overview of our $5 community gatherings, hosted at least once per season on a pop-up basis. When you’re ready to sign up, head to our Calendar + Booking page to explore upcoming opportunities. We hope to see you soon!
Community Sit Spot Gatherings:
We are excited to bring back our $5 Community Sit Spot Gatherings in 2025! These experiences focus on coming together and enjoying the peace of the forest by our powers of observation, and include: an opening circle to introduce ourselves, a brief sensory meditation led by our guide Katie, 20-30 minutes to enjoy a solo “sit spot” invitation in the forest, which is a core forest bathing invitation for reducing stress and reconnecting to nature, and a closing community circle with an opportunity to share what we each noticed in our unique nature experiences. These offerings are hosted on a pop-up basis at least once per season, helping us explore accessibility and making our nature-based wellness experiences available to more people. We hope you can join us!
Single Experience: $5
Classes hosted in various forests around Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Community Forest Gatherings:
Nurture your self-care practice and deepen your connection to nature by bringing the hobbies you love into the forest, alongside others in community. We often have conversations with people who share that they would like to go spend time relaxing in wild places but are too uncomfortable to go enjoy those places alone. These new monthly gatherings are an opportunity to bring your favorite book, your recent art project, your journal, your hammock, or another activity that you love out to a quiet spot in a deeper forest setting, while in the security of a group of people. If you’re craving social time, we’ll have conversation cards available to help you build community with anyone else craving the same. And if you’re craving some time to explore in nature, we’ll have a deck of forest bathing invitations available for you to use. These offerings are hosted on a pop-up basis (at least once per season), and include a beginner level community hike into the forest, an opening circle to introduce ourselves and get settled, time relaxing in the forest with your chosen activity, and a community hike back out.
Single Experience: $5
Classes hosted in various forests around Grand Rapids, Michigan.
