✨🌲 Closing Ceremony with Nature as Kin
May
16

✨🌲 Closing Ceremony with Nature as Kin

A slowing down to remember our intrinsic relationship with the other than human world. Join us on the Cowee Contemplative trail behind the Cowee School for a meandering stroll with pauses for contemplation and co-creation with nature. Together we will be tending our inner and outer landscapes through presence, curiosity, and sensory exploration as a coming home to our inherent belonging and goodness. May the wise words of Robin Wall Kimmerer be a guidepost for our time together- “all flourishing is mutual.”

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Sunset Forest Bathing with Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust at Satulah Mountain Preserve
Sep
16

Sunset Forest Bathing with Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust at Satulah Mountain Preserve

When: September 16th, 5:30pm - 8:00pm 

Where: Satulah Mountain, meet at Peggy Crosby Center, 348 South 5th St. Highlands, NC 28741

Join Highlands‑Cashiers Land Trust for  a deeply restorative Forest Bathingexperience on Satulah Mountain, guided by Madison Traviss, a certified forest therapy expert. This gentle, slow-paced walk invites you to unplug and immerse yourself in the forest using your senses.

Madison will offer mindful “invitations”—brief pauses to notice and connect—ending with a peaceful tea ceremony as dusk settles.

These practices are backed by science: forest bathing helps reduce stress, lower blood pressure, boost immune function, and enhance mood and focus.

The walk covers a modest path with gentle elevation—no hiking experience required, just curiosity and a willingness to slow down. Please bring comfortable shoes, layers for the evening chill, and water. Join us for this sunset journey into stillness, senses, and forest connection—a soulful way to end the day atop Satulah Mountain.

Registration is required due to limited spots. Free & Open to all. 

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Land of the Noonday Sun Forest Bathing
Feb
6

Land of the Noonday Sun Forest Bathing

We invite you to join us for an afternoon at Fern Gully where we'll spend time along the Nantahala (translates to Land of the Noonday Sun) river, connecting to ourselves, each other, and the more than human wold through relational forest bathing.

Registration includes fireside tea and snacks.

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