In-person event
Forest Bathing and Dreamscapes in Ropes Mansion Garden
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In-person event
Location: Ropes Mansion Garden, 318 Essex St, Salem, MA
Free
Art supplies and seating will be provided. You are welcome to bring a water bottle.
If we need to cancel due to inclement weather, we will contact registrants by 9 am on the day of the event.
Slow down, unplug and awaken your senses with a guided immersive experience that combines rest and wandering. First, enjoy a forest bathing session interspersed with facilitated group moments and solo time. Then, using watercolors and paper, let your garden observations inspire waking "dreamscapes" and see what colors, shapes, and patterns emerge. All prompts and levels of participation are optional and open to interpretation.
About the Collaborator
Tam Willey (they/them) is a queer, gender-expansive nature therapy guide and educator based in Boston, Massachusetts. They explore themes of belonging and attention through story and nature immersion experiences, facilitating a culture of reciprocity and relational kinship. Willey’s guiding practice is informed by their background as a local handyperson, children’s woodworking instructor, custodian, skateboarder, musician, artist, mentor and outdoor adventurer. As a community advocate, they serve and uplift LGBTQ+ youth and adults through BAGLY (Boston's Alliance of LGBTQ Youth), The Theater Offensive’s True Colors Out Youth Theater, Black and Pink, The Venture Out Project and Wild Mountain Retreats. Willey guides community programs in partnership with The Arnold Arboretum (Harvard University), Speak For The Trees, The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Boston Harbor Now, Mass Audubon, local universities and more. Learn more at ToadstoolWalks.com
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