- START OF IMMERSION: 01/11/2024
- END OF IMMERSION: 03/11/2024
- 3-DAY IMMERSION
390 €
The 3-day In-person Training is exclusively for:
- FTHub Guides and Practitioners in training or already certified, regardless of the year of certification.
- Those applying for a Pack.
- FTHub Certified Nature Connection Facilitation Specialist, currently in training or already certified, with an additional enrolment in one mini-course.
- Those that have already enrolled in 3 mini-courses.
With this training you will:
- Sharpen your profile as a Guide or Practitioner.
- Gain irreplaceable bonds with your trainers and colleagues.
- Incorporate group management techniques to support the experience of participants.
- Master the art of communication in Nature Connection Activities.
- Grasp theoretical knowledge through games and exercises.
- Build the future of the practice alongside your peers.
- Dive into group design and co-guiding of Forest Bathing walks.
- Learn the Art of Play for Forest Bathing.
All immersions start on Friday at 10:00 (10 am) and end on Sunday at 13:00 (1 pm) (unless otherwise specified). If you have to arrive a little later or leave a little earlier, we understand, just let us know. Travel, accommodation, meals or other expenses are not included in the cost.
Trainers:
Sang Ok Kim
Hong Kong
Where
The training immersion will take place in a remote private Chinese garden on Lantau Island (Hong Kong). Created in the 1960s, it is located in a valley on a terrace with a stream flowing through, with its own manmade lake and classical Chinese Nine-Turn Bridge.
The garden features various unique indoor and outdoor spaces, and elements representative of the classic Chinese “Jiangnan” style garden (such as bungalows with Buddhist motifs, Chinese writings and ceramic painting).
It is a special spot of serenity and natural energy. The training here will surely be a one-of-a-kind-experience as this garden is not accessible to the general public.
We will also be spending some time training in south Lantau, surrounded by water and mountains, open fields and beaches where water buffalos and cows roam around freely and peacefully in nature.
Chinese Garden address: Lung Tsai, Lantau Island (map).
Meeting points:
∙ #1 The Humble Room (G/F, 19 Chung Hau Street, Mui Wo) (map).
∙ #2 On the second day we’ll meet at Mui Wo Ferry Pier (Lantau Island) (map).
∙ Sang Ok will be waiting at the meeting point from 9 am to 9:30 am.
Accommodation
Choose the accommodation of your choice and book your room on their website.
Silvermine Beach Resort
∙ Map here.
∙ Booking and contacts directly on their website.
∙ Tel: (+852) 6810 0111
∙ Only single occupancy available (standard): 680-800 HKD (80-100 EUR) per night (single, incl. tax, no breakfast included).
∙ Please confirm directly with them for their latest rates.
∙ Distance to meeting point #1: 200 m (2 min walk).
∙ Distance to meeting point #2: 800 m (10 min walk).
HKPA Jockey Club Silvermine Bay Camp
∙ Map here.
∙ Tel: (+852) 2984 7847
∙ Contact: camp@hkpa.hk or Facebook.
∙ Only single occupancy available (standard): 680-800 HKD (80-100 EUR) per night (single, incl. tax, no breakfast included).
∙ Please confirm directly with them on Facebook for their latest rates.
∙ Distance to meeting point #1: 500 m (5 min walk).
∙ Distance to meeting point #2: 1.8 km (20 min walk).
Meals
You can book your breakfast and dinners at the accommodations.
1. Vegetarian lunch option available at the immersion Chinese garden (150 HKD, per meal including coffee or tea). Please confirm this option with Sang Ok by email until Oct 27th.
2. Healthy lunch and dinner options are available at local Chinese cafes or a vegetarian meal at Pause Cafe (100-150 HKD, per meal including a light dish and a drink) in south Lantau.
How to Get There
To get to Mui Wo, take the ferry from Pier 6 at Central (Hong Kong) to South Lantau/Mui Wo. Either take the slow (50 min) or fast (30 min) ferry. Ferry timetable & pricing, here.
Once at Miu Wo pier, we get to the Chinese garden by bus (1-hour ride, 20 HKD) or by taxi (30-min ride, 60 HKD per person, per ride). No reservation is required but inform Sang Ok if you will share the taxi with the group.
Please note that there is an entrance fee to the garden (day 2) of 250 HKD per person.
