Why train with the Forest Therapy Hub?
A Method and Model endorsed by international leading experts:
Bring out your best with inspiring leaders in the field
Integrate applicable techniques from day one
International Environment
How does FTHub training work?
1. GET YOUR CERTIFICATE WITH
FTHub LIVE ONLINE TRAINING
2. ENHANCE YOUR TRAINING WITH
FTHub 3-DAY IN-PERSON IMMERSIVE TRAINING
Attending FTHub 3-day In-person Immersive Training in Nature is not a mandatory requirement to obtain the Certification.
Live online training
FTHub CERTIFIED Forest Bathing Guide
Registrations will remain open until the monthly admission quotas are filled.
Unique and cutting-edge
This unique and cutting-edge Guide training helps you apply scientific knowledge in nature, health and well-being in a practical way.
Connection
Carry out group work with other guides with the support of the trainers.
12 weeks (96 hours)
- 20-30 minutes a day
- LANGUAGE: English
At your own pace
Attend as many live sessions as you want, choosing from the available times.
How many live sessions does the training consist of?
- The training consists of 12 sessions of live online classes (10 modules of the manual) and 12 sessions with group dynamics, each lasting 1 hour. It also includes 8 Forest Bathing Walks live online guided by FTHub trainers, lasting 2 hours.
- Choose from the available class session schedules: the same content (module) is offered 2 to 3 times per week at different times. The group dynamics are always different.
- The 24-week access cycle allows you to attend the same content session (module) several times, enriching your training with the experience and cultural adaptations of the trainers. Each content is delivered by 2 to 4 trainers.
Training calendar
| CET (Berlin, Warsaw…) | 2 pm to 3 pm | 6 pm to 7 pm | 1 am to 2 am |
| UK, Ireland, Portugal | 1 pm to 2 pm | 5 pm to 6 pm | 12 am to 1 am |
| Latvia, Lithuania | 3 pm to 4 pm | 7 pm to 8 pm | 2 am to 3 am |
| EST (New York, Toronto…) | 8 am to 9 am | 12 pm to 1 pm | 7 pm to 8 pm |
| PST (Los Angeles…) | 5 am to 6 am | 9 am to 10 am | 4 pm to 5 pm |
| Apr-Sep | Oct-Mar | ||||
| HKT (Hong Kong…) | 7 am to 8 am | 8 pm to 9 pm | 8 am to 9 am | 9 pm to 10 pm | – |
| AET (Sydney…) | 9 am to 10 am | 10 pm to 11 pm | 11 am to 12 pm | 11 pm to 12 am | – |
| IST (New Delhi…) | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm | 5:30 am to 6:30 am | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm |
| CET (Berlin, Warsaw…) | 2 pm to 3 pm | 6 pm to 7 pm | 1 am to 2 am |
| UK, Ireland, Portugal | 1 pm to 2 pm | 5 pm to 6 pm | 12 am to 1 am |
| Latvia, Lithuania | 3 pm to 4 pm | 7 pm to 8 pm | 2 am to 3 am |
| EST (New York, Toronto…) | 8 am to 9 am | 12 pm to 1 pm | 7 pm to 8 pm |
| PST (Los Angeles…) | 5 am to 6 am | 9 am to 10 am | 4 pm to 5 pm |
| Apr-Sep | Oct-Mar | ||||
| HKT (Hong Kong…) | 7 am to 8 am | 8 pm to 9 pm | 8 am to 9 am | 9 pm to 10 pm | – |
| AET (Sydney…) | 9 am to 10 am | 10 pm to 11 pm | 11 am to 12 pm | 11 pm to 12 am | – |
| IST (New Delhi…) | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm | 5:30 am to 6:30 am | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm |
| CET (Berlin, Warsaw, Copenhagen…) | 10 am to 12 pm | 4 pm to 6 pm | 6 pm to 8 pm |
| UK, Ireland, Portugal | 9 am to 11 am | 3 pm to 5 pm | 5 pm to 7 pm |
| Latvia, Lithuania | 11 am to 1 pm | 5 pm to 7 pm | 7 pm to 9 pm |
| EST (New York, Toronto…) | 4 am to 6 am | 10 am to 12 pm | 12 pm to 2 pm |
| PST (Los Angeles…) | 1 am to 3 am | 7 am to 9 am | 9 am to 11 am |
| Apr-Sep | Oct-Mar | ||||
| HKT (Hong Kong…) | 4 pm to 6 pm | 10 pm to 12 am | – | 5 pm to 7 pm | – |
| AET (Sydney…) | 6 pm to 8 pm | – | – | 8 pm to 10 pm | 4 am to 6 am |
| IST (New Delhi…) | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm | 10:30 pm to 12:30 am |
Resources
- Chat with trainers.
- 10 training modules.
- 12 hours of pre-recorded training videos by trainers and experts.
- Lifetime access to upgrade Lectures led by international experts.
- "Mental Health First Aid" course (included in the programme).
- 70 on-demand videos.
- Self-guided practical exercises and tasks (practice).
- Downloadable materials.
- Estimated time to complete the programme: 12 weeks (96 hours).
- 24 weeks of access to the live sessions.
In addition, you will optionally have access to:
In-person training
FTHub 3-day In-person Immersive Training in Nature, with FTHub trainers (in English, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Portuguese, Korean or Chinese).
Find available immersions and prices.
Individual tutorials
FTHub Mentor, with the mentor of your choice (in English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese and Polish).
Know your mentors, tutorials and prices.
With this training you will be able to:
- Advise on the integration of nature connection practices in daily life, to stimulate the development of healthy lifestyles.
- Design and implement Nature-based Well-being Plans.
- Learn practical tools to design Nature Connection Activities and plan them in several sequences.
- Integrate key skills using the FTHub Method and the Liquid Interactions Model to promote nature connectedness under the theoretical principles of human-nature interactions, scientific evidence and the conceptual framework of Planetary Health.
- Develop new skills in your professional work and stay at the forefront of complementary therapeutic health practices.
- Design organisational and emotional well-being and nature-based ecotourism experiences workshops to further your services offer.
With this training you will learn:
Programme contents
FTHub Certified Forest Bathing Guide Online Training combines theoretical content with practical experiences. The contents are distributed in 10 modules of 4 units each. Each unit has an estimated reading time of 4-6 minutes, with videos, additional content and exercises to further the understanding and integration of the content.
- Principles of health and their practical application.
- Planetary Health: principles of health and its conditioning factors.
- Path selection criteria in diverse natural environments, such as marine environments and rivers, forests, deserts and urban parks.
- Risk analysis to create a safe environment for the participants.
- Group management techniques and facilitation of dynamics that support the experience of the participants.
- Methods and skills to communicate effectively with the participants.
- Bodily components of connection.
- Practical skills for an optimal bodily experience of connection with the environment.
- Theoretical framework of the FTHub Walk Activities Sequences.
- FTHub Walk Activities Sequences.
- The Liquid Interactions Model: theoretical inspiration.
- The Liquid Interactions Model: structure, science and themes to design nature connection activities.
- From theory and science to practice: how to apply the theoretical foundations to the design of nature-based activities.
- Conceptualise and design Nature-based Well-being Plans.
- Integrate health and well-being practices under social prescribing and nature prescription.
- Fundamentals of Forest Medicine: practical integration of the main benefits of nature in human health.
- Scientific foundations and techniques to enhance your nature connectedness and support that of your participants.
- Expressive arts: practical application in Forest Bathing.
- Fundamental elements of organisational and emotional well-being nature-based experiences.
- Knowledge about ecosystems and diversity, and their impact on well-being.
Programme Bibliography
More than 300 references and scientific articles on which the FTHub Certified Forest Bathing Guide Online Training is based.
Practice
- Self-guided exercises: these serve as practical tools to integrate into your professional practice, and as a self-reflective practice to internalise concepts.
- Guide two Forest Bathing Walks: to support the integration of techniques and the development of skills for the practical application of scientific evidence in health, well-being and nature connectedness.
- Design of a Nature-based Well-being Plan: integrate the theoretical knowledge and the steps needed to design a nature-based well-being plan and implement it as a healthcare workshop or retreat for tourism.
It is a certification requirement to have completed a training in:
- “First Aid” or “Wilderness First Aid” (not included in the training fee).
- “Mental Health First Aid” (included in the training fee).
- You do not need to take these courses beforehand but can take them during your FTHub training.
Bring out your best with inspiring leaders in the field in an international environment
An interdisciplinary and multicultural team of the most experienced trainers and leading international experts in specific areas of knowledge, with whom you will learn Forest Bathing and Forest Therapy techniques and methodology inherent to the FTHub Method and the Liquid Interactions Model.
Nevin Harper
PhD | RCC | Nature-based Therapist
Leticia Ortega
PhD cum laude in Biology | LL.B. | BBA | B.Sc.Bio | B.Sc.Env
Rita Nunes da Ponte
B.A. ChemE | Art-Psychotherapist
Caitlin Keddie
Trainer
Vivian Winterhoff
Trainer
Erika DiPasquale
Trainer
Susan Andrien
Trainer
Sang Ok Kim
Trainer
Vaishnavi
Trainer
Marta Grabowska
Trainer
Alex Gesse
Executive Director
Marta Ayats
Training Manager
Pedro Trindade
Training Manager
Pietro Ostano
Trainer
Inga Dreimane
Trainer
Lecturers
Dr Kirsten McEwan
PhD Psych | Research Psychologist, Univ. of Derby
Nevin Harper
PhD | RCC | Nature-based Therapist
Tanya Ginwala
M.A. Psych | Experiential educator | Adventure and Nature-based Therapist
Dr Gerhard Tucek
FH-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag.
Daniela Silva-Rodríguez Bonazzi
Horticultural Therapist
Dr María Guadalupe Garibay Chávez
MSc Psych | PhD Psych | Research Prof., Univ. of Guadalajara
- Forest Bathing with children and young people: how sensory play and creativity can improve nature connection.
- Assessing client readiness and ecological identity for Forest Therapy Intervention.
- Emotional regulation in nature.
- Widening accessibility: can Forest Bathing be adapted for the hard to reach?
- Forest Bathing for people in a vulnerable condition.
- Gardening for sensorial stimulation.
- Others…
Why train in Forest Bathing with the Forest Therapy Hub?
Benefit from an international environment with students and trainers from around the world.
The programme aims to integrate new skills to improve both your professional and personal development.
Participate in a quality training programme developed by international experts, adapted to each cultural context and in your language.
Consolidate skills to guide in diverse natural environments, such as marine environments and rivers, forests, deserts and urban parks.
Trainers with experience in specific areas: psychology, social intervention, ecotherapy, ecology, forestry and tourism, among other areas.
What our students say
Which are the profiles that participate in this training?
- Health professionals searching for the most up-to-date scientific knowledge, based on which to prescribe nature in an informed way.
- Mental health professionals, who aspire to incorporate techniques and skills into their clinical practice by offering an integrative proposal in an alternative environment.
- Ecotourism guides, well-being professionals (mindfulness, yoga, etc.) and forest school leaders who wish to integrate new practices into their offerings.
- Educators, social workers and occupational therapists seeking new therapeutic environments that enhance healthy human bonds, promote inclusion and increase functional independence, among others.
- Environmental activists and educators who wish to promote pro-environmental attitudes through an emotional connection with the natural environment.
- People passionate about nature who seek to professionally share the benefits of nature connection.
- Also, people who seek new professional paths with varied goals.
