Shinrin Yoku Forest Bathing

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Event Summary

Research confirms the health benefits of time spent in nature, everything from improving mental health to lowering your blood pressure and fighting cancer. Explore the ancient healing path of Shinrin Yoku, or Japanese forest bathing, with Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller, Integrative Medicine physician. This gentle, mindful walk will invite you to use your senses to enhance your well-being in the naturally healing environment of Jester Park.  Breathe, relax, see, listen, touch, smell, taste, share and engage.  Be ready to discover the refreshing and often emotionally moving medicine of the forest.   

Beginning on Monday, March 13th, an interior portion of park road at Jester Park is being closed for two months for construction work connected with the Jester Park Nature Center. The section being closed spans between the Hickory Ridge trailhead just past the Youth Campground to the south edge of Discovery Pond.   To access shelter #5 you should enter the park through the back (north side) entrance. Coming in from the south on NW 121st St., turn left onto NW 118th Ave. and follow the curve as it turns into NW 128th St. At the end of this road you will find the back entrance to Jester Park.

Note:  Wear comfortable clothes and walking shoes appropriate for the weather, layers are best!  This is not a strenuous hike the distance covered will be no more than a mile at a very slow pace.  

Registration deadline is June 1, 2017    Pre-registration is required. 

Fee: $15.00/per person age 12 and older.  

Cancellation Policy: If the reservation is cancelled before the registration deadline the individual will be issued a full refund. If the reservation is cancelled after the registration deadline, the individual will be refunded payment  only if the  assigned space is re-reserved by another person.  The refund shall be the amount of registration less a $10 cancellation fee.  If assigned space is not re-reserved, no refund will be given. 
 

Biography of Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller, M.D., FACOG, FABOIM:

Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller, M.D is an OB-Gyn and integrative medicine physician at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. She completed Dr. Andrew Weil’s integrative medicine fellowship at the University of Arizona, and continues the study of herbal medicine with Dr. Tieraona Low Dog.  In 2015, she became the first medical doctor in Iowa to be fellowship trained and board certified in integrative medicine.  She is the author of an award-winning children’s book called “A Friend Like John, Understanding Autism,” and speaks regularly to groups on the subject of autism, cancer, integrative medicine, and nature therapy. Her passions include outdoor adventure and leading workshops on improving wellness through the natural means of nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, mind-body practices, and nature therapy.  Dr. Bartlett Hackenmiller has been quoted in Prevention Magazine (October 2016) and the American Airlines American Way Magazine (December 2016) on the subject of nature therapy, and is slated to be the subject of a feature article in Prevention Magazine in Spring of 2017.    Des Moines Sunday Register did a feature article on  Suzanne and Japanese Forest Bathing on Feb 19, 2017.

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Cost

Adults - $15.00

Child - $15.00

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Programs

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