Connecting with nature
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Nature Being Australia
Nature Being offers guided forest bathing and forest therapy experiences designed for anyone seeking a meaningful nature and wellness escape. These gentle, restorative experiences invite you to slow down, breathe deeply, and reconnect with yourself and the natural world.
Inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku or forest bathing, each experience offers a calming way to enjoy nature, restore balance, and support overall wellbeing through mindful time outdoors.
Forest bathing is a gentle nature retreat, that helps you feel calmer, clearer, and more grounded. This is a chance to step away from the demands of daily life and simply be.
About Forest Bathing
What is Forest Bathing?
Forest bathing also known as Forest therapy in Australia, are gentle, science-informed wellbeing practice’s that invite you to slow down and immerse your senses in the natural world.
This is not hiking or fitness. It is a guided, nature experience designed to support relaxation, mental clarity, and nature connection.
These guided sensory invitations and pauses offer participants opportunities to engage with the natural world, themselves and others.
Who is it for?
Forest bathing is suitable for all age groups, and can be especially supportive for:
Anyone seeking a wellness experience of gentle self care in nature
Anyone seeking connection with nature
Stressed or busy professionals
Carers and helpers
Anyone in midlife or life transition
Burn-out or overwhelm recovery
Nature lovers
What are the benefits?
Participants often experience:
Slowing down
Deep relaxation and restored sense of calm
Reduced stress and anxiety
Improved immunity
reduced mental fatigue
increased focus
increase in nature connection
Research shows mindful time in nature supports overall mental and physical wellbeing.
Forest Bathing sessions take place in the serene bushland and coastal forests of Sydney’s Royal National Park.
Forest Bathing, Carrington Trail, Royal National Park, Sydney
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The Carrington walk follows a gentle pathway through native gums and into the area of Fig Tree flat. This walk offers views of beautiful old growth trees amidst an expansive grassy area with good views of the Port Hacking River.
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Forest Bathing, Yenabilli Trail, Royal National Park, Sydney
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The Yenabilli walk is a low to moderate level of fitness, which includes a gentle incline. The Walk follows a sand stone ridge, with large stands of eucalypts and causaurinas. The location affords a 270 degree view of the Port Hacking river.
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Arrive 10 minutes before commencement of the walk, which starts at 10am
FREE EVENT, Mother’s Day, Introduction to Forest Bathing, Royal National Park, Sydney
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This is a gentle invitation for you.
On Mothers Day, come and join other Mothers for a relaxed Forest Therapy gathering in nature.
We’ll walk slowly, breathe deeply, and take time to notice the beauty around us and within us. No experience needed. No expectations. Just space to slow down and reconnect.
If you’ve been needing a pause… this is it.
Come as you are.
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Limited spaces, bookings essential. Arrive 15 minutes before commencement of walk.
Nature Connection Guided Walk, Bundeena, Royal National Park, Sydney
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Are you up for a slow travel experience? Embodying nature based wellbeing practices, in the idyllic township of Bundeena, Royal National Park, Sydney.
This is a moderate walk with some stairs and inclines - perfect for those looking to increase their step count slowly without strenuous activity.
This walk offers a gentle yet immersive journey through;
Quiet forest trails and secluded bush paths
Coastal heathlands and old growth eucalyptus forests
The stunning Balconies of Bundeena - a 180deg clifftop view over the Tasman Sea, perfect for spotting whales, dolphins or seals (season permitting June to November)
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Join us for a gentle and enriching guided walk in the stunning coastal village of Bundeena, just a scenic ferry ride from Cronulla. This guided walk is an opportunity to slow down, connect with nature, and explore the hidden beauty of the Royal National Park.
Connecting with nature
Most of us live in urban environments filled with constant noise and distractions. Urban living can overload our senses, drains our attention and leaves us less able to focus, and therefore we become mentally fatigued, and or disconnected.
Forest bathing is a simple yet powerful way to experience relaxation in nature, support mental wellbeing and regulate the nervous system. Research shows that immersive time in natural environments can reduce stress hormones, improve mood, enhance clarity, and support overall health.
Nature Being translates this growing science of nature connection and health into accessible, guided wellness experiences for everyday people.
Guided forest bathing is a unique way to restore our senses, our focus and our attention.
This experience teaches us, often forgotten, yet simple ways to reconnect, emerging calmer, more grounded, and deeply replenished.