AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
BEGINS WITH NATURE MINDFULNESS
RETREATS, WORKSHOPS & SUMMIT
with the award winning director of the film Love Thy Nature
Upcoming Events
Dates: Jan 30 – March 6, 2025
Rooted in the sacredness of nature, this 6-week course offers a holistic approach to personal healing while empowering you to contribute to the healing of our wounded natural world – in whatever small or big way calls to you. Registration is open now.
Dates: Jan 6 – 27, 2025
Looking to start your 2025 with more mindfulness? You’re warmly invited to join Mindfulness Teacher and Nature Therapy Guide Sylvie Rokab for this series of 45-minute gatherings, taking place over four Mondays in January. Each session includes a 20-min guided meditation, a brief talk, and time for questions and reflections (Q&R).
Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025
Does your heart ache with the fiery devastation of our communities, the challenges in your own life, or the wounding of our beloved Mother Earth? How might love help heal the edges within yourself, your relationships, and your connection to the world? What could unfold if you soften the heart and allowed (self) compassion to blossom? Join Sylvie Rokab at Ashland Oasis, an intimate natural refuge, for a nurturing gathering that uncovers, cultivates, and nourishes the love at the center of our being and the threads of connection weaving through our Earth community.
All Recordings Available Now
In April 2024, 38 inspiring leaders joined us to explore the power of compassion, connection, and collective healing for both ourselves and the Earth.
You can now sign up to access all of the recordings from this extraordinary online gathering, co-created with great care and intention with Wisdom for Life.
Jane Fonda, Paul Hawken, Marianne Williamson, Tara Brach, Taily Terena, Peter Coyote, Atossa Soltani, “V” (Eve Ensler), Michael Yellow Bird, Lynne Twist, Nina Simons, Valerie Mason-John, Louie Schwartzberg, Edison de Mello, and Daniel Siegel were just a few of our presenters.
Esalen Institute Workshop:
Revitalize Your Purpose With Forest Bathing
Aug 9-11, 2024
Join us in this deep partnership with nature at wondrous Big Sur, CA to dissolve the obstacles that stand in the way of your soul calling while renewing your sense of belonging, wonder, and purpose.
May 13–17, 2024
Join us in communing with nature at Esalen to dissolve the obstacles that stop you from manifesting your purpose – and (re)discover the beauty of your uniqueness, talents, and gifts that only you can offer to the world.
Friday, June 28, 2024
Santa Monica, CA
Debra Wilbur and Sylvie Rokab lead this evening gathering to reconnect with the more than human world. Through meditation, mindful invitations, and circle gatherings, participants will explore the thresholds between water and land, and day and night. Space is limited, so reserve your spot now.
Sunday, September 8, 2024
Santa Monica, CA
Join Sylvie Rokab at Ashland Oasis, an intimate natural refuge, for a transformative gathering designed to melt away the stresses of daily life, promote deep healing, and reconnect with the joy, wonder, and sacredness of nature.
RMERC: Inner Outer Nature Retreat
July 24-30, 2023
Join us at the RMERC Eco-Dharma Retreat Center at the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains to dissolve the veils that separate you from yourself, others, and nature.
Meet Your Guide
SYLVIE ROKAB
Film Director, Thought Leader, & Nature Therapy Guide
Sylvie is a certified Forest Bathing guide, mindfulness teacher, and Emmy nominated filmmaker with a passion to heal, inspire, motivate and transform. She leads workshops, retreats, and courses at institutions such as Esalen and 1440 Multiversity, guiding participants to experience the healing power of nature through Forest Bathing, mindfulness, and nature meditations.
Narrated by Liam Neeson, her film Love Thy Nature earned 27 awards and has helped viewers realize that the illusion of separation from the natural world is at the root cause of our dire human condition.
Through Sylvie’s teachings, participants don’t just connect with nature, they come to realize that they are nature – and that realization unleashes the potential for deep healing and personal transformation. As a result, they often take home a sense of belonging, joy, purpose, and a desire to help protect our spellbinding world.
CONNECT WITH NATURE
CONNECT WITH OTHERS
CONNECT WITH YOURSELF
EXPERIENCE BEING FULLY ALIVE
WHAT IS FOREST BATHING
Forest Bathing is the translation of Shinrin Yoku – the Japanese practice of mindfully communing with the forest – which studies have shown to improve physical, mental, and emotional health. Inspired by Shinrin Yoku, our Nature/Forest Bathing practice takes you to forests, mountains, or beaches to help you deepen your connection with the natural world, others, and yourself.
NATURE-INSPIRED MINDFULNESS
Nature Therapy
THE FOREST BATHING EXPERIENCE
On a forest bathing (or nature therapy) walk, your guide offers sensorial “invitations,” leading you to slow way down, cultivate a sense of presence, and explore relationships with other beings. As your senses awaken, nature reveals itself to you in astounding ways.
This nature-connection practice not only promotes healing, but also stimulates creativity, inspires wonder, and kindles realizations. Through council, each person can share their insights with the group – while others practice attentive, non-judgmental listening. A tea ceremony with harvested leaves from the land closes the experience in the spirit of gratitude.
Through this practice, most people feel a deeper bond with nature than they had ever felt before. While experiences are unique to each person, participants often share that their stress dissolves, emotions surface, confusion lifts, and ideas spring – taking home a renewed sense of joy, meaning and purpose.
THE MINDFULNESS EXPERIENCE
Our PROGRAMS guide you IN anchorING a mindfulness practice
On a meditation walk, sit, or movement, your guide offers you tools to help you release stories about the past or worries about the future. Instead, you take a journey into the infinity of the present moment. You discover a world of feelings and sensations, in constant motion like a river.
When in nature, your mindfulness practice deepens to new realms – as a universe of events evokes wondrous intimacy: the melodic whistle of a bird lands in your ears like a love song; the scent of moist soil awakens your nostrils with delight; a breeze caressing your face fills you with warmth.
Our events guide you how to anchor a mindfulness practice – which studies have shown to decrease anxiety, reduce reactivity, improve well being, and heighten a sense of connection and belonging to yourself, others, and the world.
Past Events
Date: January 9, 2025
The beginning of a new year is a time of great possibility. This FREE webinar, led by Sylvie Rokab, offers an opportunity to listen deeply and connect to what leads you toward healing, transformation, and purpose in 2025.
CUSTOM WORKSHOPS
Whether you would like to schedule a private nature therapy walk or an organization team building weekend, contact us to discuss how we can fit your needs.
Contact us to arrange a custom event
PAST WORKSHOPS & JOURNEYS
May 13-17, 2024
Esalen Institute
Nature-Mindfulness & Forest Bathing Experiences
Apr 16-22, 2024
The Heart of Nature Summit
An extraordinary online gathering featuring 38 inspiring leaders.
July 24-30, 2023
RMERC: Inner Outer Nature Retreat
Dissolve the veils that separate you from yourself, others, and nature.
July 21-23rd, 2023
Esalen: Revitalize Purpose through Forest Bathing
(Re)discover the beauty of your uniqueness, talents, and gifts that only you can offer to the world.
Oct 30th-Nov 5th, 2022
Belize
A Mindfulness and Forest Bathing expedition in partnership with Holbrook Travel
Oct 7-9th, 2022
Ojai, CA
A Forest Bathing Weekend for Women
Sept 26-30th, 2022
Esalen Institute – Big Sur, CA
Nature Therapy to Unleash Creativity
Aug 5-7th, 2022
Canyon Ranch
Weekend workshop to deepen relationship with self, heal the heart, and cultivate joy and wonder.
April 22-24th, 2022
Esalen Institute, CA
Nature Therapy from Self to World, an Earth Day Workshop.
Feb & Mar 2022
Spirit Rock, CA
Virtual Mindfulness Class Series – MMTCP Practicum
Oct 11-15th
Esalen Institute, CA
Forest Bathing for Homecoming and Belonging
June 11-13th 2021
Esalen Institute Weekend Workshop
Revitalize your purpose. A forest bathing event.
Sept 23rd 2020, 4pm ET /1pm PT
Heal Covid Burnout
A forest bathing virtual event Guided by Sylvie Rokab
in partnership with Holbrook Travel
Aug 30 – Sep 1st, 2019
Santa Cruz, CA – 1440 Multiversity
Forest Bathing weekend workshop in this secluded
retreat surrounded by old redwood trees.
May 10-12th, 2019
Big Sur, CA – Esalen Institute
Forest Bathing weekend workshop in this iconic
human potential retreat center.
Feb 9-16th, 2019
Costa Rica – Forest Bathing Expedition
Powerful nature medicine – at the most biologically
intense place on earth – to reset one’s life anew.
June 23rd, Aug 12th, and Sept 30th, 2018
Malibu, CA – Circle X Ranch / Grotto
Immersion in the Santa Monica mountains with spectacular views.
Apr 22-25th 2018
Big Sur, CA – Esalen Institute
Esalen Film Festival featured a screening event of Love Thy Nature followed by a forest bathing journey.
Mar 28th, 2018
Boca Raton, FL – Yamato Scrubs
Bathed by a golden sunset hue, participants explored this rich native scrub habitat in South Florida.
How It Works
1.
Choose experience
- Forest Bathing Workshop
- Nature Expedition
- Sylvie’s Talk or Workshop
2.
Email our team with questions or schedule a discovery call.
3.
Connect more deeply to yourself, others, and nature than you ever thought possible.
