BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230530T133000Z DTEND:20230530T144500Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Forest Bathing & Native Tree History DESCRIPTION:We'll begin each Tuesday morning with a short walk to interesting trees in the park and learn identification characteristics & history in Tennessee. Around 9:00 we'll talk about Forest Bathing\, learn a few yoga poses\, or mindfulness to begin a sensory permeated walk through the forest of Bledsoe Creek to experience a stress reducing interaction with nature - And to be outside. The practice of Forest Bathing originated in 1980's Japan when tech workers were beginning to develop illnesses related to a stressful environment. Twenty minutes 2 or 3 times weekly of shinrin-yoku or "forest bathing" gives you the feeling of "bathing" in the atmosphere of your surroundings and breathing in the oxygen and tree wood oils. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:We'\;ll begin each Tuesday morning with a short walk to interesting trees in the park and learn identification characteristics &\; history in Tennessee. Around 9:00 we'\;ll talk about Forest Bathing\, learn a few yoga poses\, or mindfulness to begin a sensory permeated walk through the forest of Bledsoe Creek to experience a stress reducing interaction with nature - And to be outside. The practice of Forest Bathing originated in 1980'\;s Japan when tech workers were beginning to develop illnesses related to a stressful environment. Twenty minutes 2 or 3 times weekly of shinrin-yoku or "\;forest bathing"\; gives you the feeling of "\;bathing"\; in the atmosphere of your surroundings and breathing in the oxygen and tree wood oils. LOCATION:Bledsoe Creek State Park Admin Building 400 Zieglers Fort Rd Gallatin\, TN. UID:e.629.35415 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260917T130432Z URL:https://members.gallatintn.org/events/details/forest-bathing-native-tree-history-05-30-2023-35415 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR