ANFT Guide Immersion
with Christine Hoyer and Tam Willey
September 24 - 28, 2025
This immersion is for Nature and Forest Therapy Guides-in-Training through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. An immersion is an opportunity to be guided by ANFT trainers and to practice guiding with others. Those who have completed at least 4 months of the six-month remote Forest Therapy Guide Training are eligible to apply. Completion of this Immersion and the six-month Guide Training fulfills ANFT requirements for full Guide Certification.
This is an opportunity to be guided, practice guiding,
learn and share together,
and deepen into the practice of Nature and Forest Therapy.
Schedule
Check in will be at 4 pm on Wednesday September 24, 2025 and the program will end by 2 p.m. on Sunday September 28, 2025. Meals will be vegetarian with a vegan option offered at each meal. (Vegetarian may include organic eggs and some organic dairy). All meals are mostly gluten-free. Meals include Wednesday supper through Sunday lunch. Teas, coffee & snacks provided throughout. Cabins (but not Cabinettes) have equipped kitchenettes if you have "special" foods you want to bring.
About Christine & Tam
Christine Hoyer is a guide, mentor, apprentice trainer and trail consultant with ANFT and she runs Mindful Meanders based in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. She was drawn to Nature and Forest Therapy as a way to deepen her own authentic connection to the natural world and holding that space for others to openly experience natures gifts and benefits has become just as important. She also facilitates meditation sessions and teaches the art of tai chi/qigong out in nature. Her passion lies in the belief that everyone has the capacity to awaken, re-awaken, explore and expand their own connection with the more-than-human-world by simply being present and tuning in to what is being offered. www.mindful-meanders.com
Tam Willey is a guide, trainer, mentor with ANFT and founder of Toadstool Walks based in Boston, Massachusetts. Tam has been guiding Forest Therapy since 2017 in collaboration with various organizations in the Boston area. Tam designs and runs immersion retreats with The Venture Out Project and has been mentoring and serving LGBTQ Youth thru various programs in Boston for the last decade. Tam is passionate about the ways that Forest Therapy can support and broaden relationships through sharing and bearing witness in community with the natural or more-than-human world in a way that supports our remembering that we are not simply in relationship with nature but rather that we are nature. www.toadstoolwalks.com
Registration for Sept 24-28, 2025 ANFT Guide Immersion
THOSE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING SHOULD FIRST APPLY ON THE ANFT website HERE: USA, Tennessee - Well Being Retreat Center - September, 2025 | Association of Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT) and then, after receiving enrollment confirmation from ANFT, arrange for Accommodations (lodging, meals and snacks) with Well Being Retreat Center using the online form below. Accommodations for this 4-night training range from $500 to $920, depending on the lodging selected.
After registering with ANFT for this event, arrange for Accommodations (lodging, meals and snacks) with Well Being Retreat Center using the online form below.
Well Being Retreat Center's Policies for Accommodations are here.
If you have any questions about the program content or structure, please contact Christine at mindfulmeanders@gmail.com or phone 314-703-8611
If you have questions about facilities or accommodations,
email Heather at: Registration@wellbeingfoundation.org
or call Patty at: Tel: 423-626-9000; Text: 408-510-0660
Please register with Well Being Retreat Center for accommodations (lodging and meals) using the form below:
After you "Preview Your Submission," scroll again to bottom of page to "Continue to Payment." (The Payment screen takes a few seconds to appear.) Your registration is complete when payment is made.