We invite you to experience the deep nature connection of Shinrin-Yoku, Japanese forest therapy (also called Forest Bathing), in the Hambidge forest with Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Lady Eve of Singing Pines Forest Bathing. On this 3 hour walk you will peel the layers of stress away and support healing by experiencing the medicine of the forest. We’ll do a series of relaxing and engaging activities to tap into our senses, deepen nature connection, hone intuition and connect with the natural world around us. This walk covers a total distance of about 1 mile on Hambidge trails.

Wear closed-toe hiking boots or shoes. Dress in layers, wearing a loose-fitting long-sleeved shirt, long pants (shorts are NOT recommended). Hat or headscarf is optional. Don't forget sunscreen.

Bring a bag chair or a pad to sit on the ground, water, a snack, any medicines you might require, including an Epi-pen if you have severe allergic reactions, and a walking stick if needed.

The fee for this Ramble is $40 per person.
Note: We will plan to walk under most weather conditions, except major rain or thunderstorms.

Eve Payor (aka Lady Eve) is a musician, artist, dendrophile, and the owner of Singing Pines. Eve grew up in Atlanta and spent summers in Appalachia basking in the aroma of the forest and playing in mountain streams. She is a certified forest bathing guide by the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, and enjoys sharing her passion for soundscape and sensory learning. As an active Zazen practitioner, she incorporates meditation and subtle awareness throughout her endeavors. Her artistic advocacy focuses on the connection between music, environment, accessibility and wellness. In 2016 she began to lead an ongoing series of soundwalks, which gives the public opportunities to experience natural surroundings through listening techniques, meditative breathing, and contemplative focus. In recent years, the soundwalk program has grown into an artist residency called the ACA Soundscape Field Station at Canaveral National Seashore, and an accessibility program for blind and partially sighted youth called Young Sound Seekers, sponsored by the National Park Service. These programs highlight the growing importance of environmental sound (soundscape) on the quality of health for all living creatures. As a musician and soundscape artist, she uses field recordings, electronic music, spoken word, and classical oboe in her compositions and collaborations. She has performed at the Mutek Mexico Festival, 800 East Atlanta Art Collective, been a curator at Vancouver’s alternative performance festival: Signal & Noise, and produced her Pan Ambient event series with Seattle’s Decibel Festival. In 2016, she produced an interactive gallery exhibition called Watercolors in Sound at Atlantic Center for the Arts showcasing a sound/video/photography installation of field recordings from the New Smyrna Beach soundwalks. Eve has been a featured artist-in-residence at Hambidge Center in North Georgia, Serenbe AIR in Chattahoochee Hills Georgia, and a featured artist at Timucua Arts Foundation Orlando, and the Atlanta Science Festival.

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Hambidge has miles of hiking trails among an incredible biodiversity of meadows, streams, waterfalls, native plants and wildflowers, and a cove forest. Nature Rambles take place throughout the year. Led by experts in fields like botany, biology, ecology, geology, history, art, music and more, each Ramble is a fascinating lesson about our natural world.