Flexible nature-based health & well-being quality training
How does FTHub Blended Forest Bathing Guide Training work?
You can apply now for this training and switch anytime to the Forest Therapy Practitioner Blended training, simply paying the difference. You can also change to a Summer School fully immersive experience and receive a special rate. Contact us at adm@foresttherapyhub.com.
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ONLINE SECTIONFTHub Forest Bathing Guide Training
- No start or end dates
- 20-30 minutes a day
- 24-week access
IN-PERSON SECTIONFTHub 3-day Immersive Training in Nature
- Portugal, Azores Islands
- 17/10/2025
- 3 days
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ONLINE SECTION
FTHub Forest Bathing Guide Training
- No start or end dates
- 20-30 minutes a day
- 24-week access
IN-PERSON SECTION
FTHub 3-day Immersive Training in Nature
- Portugal, Azores Islands
- 17/10/2025
- 3 DAYS
LIVE ONLINE
Forest Bathing Guide
Unique
This unique and cutting-edge 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)
Estimated time to complete the online section
- No start or end dates
- 20-30 minutes a day
- 24-week access to the full course
- Language: English
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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), each lasting 1 hour, and 20 mentoring sessions with group dynamics, each lasting 30 minutes. It also includes 12 Forest Bathing Walks live online guided by FTHub trainers, each lasting 90 minutes.
- 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.
Online section calendar
You can choose to attend the classes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
| CET (Berlin, Warsaw…) | 2 to 3 pm | 6 to 7 pm | 1 to 2 am |
| UK, Ireland, Portugal | 1 to 2 pm | 5 to 6 pm | 12 to 1 am |
| Latvia, Lithuania | 3 to 4 pm | 7 to 8 pm | 2 to 3 am |
| EST (New York, Toronto…) | 8 to 9 am | 12 to 1 pm | 7 to 8 pm |
| PST (Los Angeles…) | 5 to 6 am | 9 to 10 am | 4 to 5 pm |
| Apr-Sep | Oct-Mar | ||||
| HKT (Hong Kong…) | 7 to 8 am | 8 to 9 pm | 8 to 9 am | 9 to 10 pm | – |
| AET (Sydney…) | 9 to 10 am | 10 to 11 pm | 11 am to 12 pm | 11 pm to 12 am | – |
| IST (New Delhi…) | 5:30 to 6:30 pm | 9:30 to 10:30 pm | 5:30 to 6:30 am | 6:30 to 7:30 pm | 10:30 to 11:30 pm |
You can choose to attend the Mentoring Sessions on specific Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
| CET (Berlin, Warsaw…) | 2 to 2:30 pm | 6 to 6:30 pm | 1 to 1:30 am |
| UK, Ireland, Portugal | 1 to 1:30 pm | 5 to 5:30 pm | 12 to 12:30 am |
| Latvia, Lithuania | 3 to 3:30 pm | 7 to 7:30 pm | 2 to 2:30 am |
| EST (New York, Toronto…) | 8 to 8:30 am | 12 to 12:30 pm | 7 to 7:30 pm |
| PST (Los Angeles…) | 5 to 5:30 am | 9 to 9:30 am | 4 to 4:30 pm |
| Apr-Sep | Oct-Mar | ||||
| HKT (Hong Kong…) | 7 to 7:30 am | 8 to 8:30 pm | 8 to 8:30 am | 9 to 9:30 pm | – |
| AET (Sydney…) | 9 to 9:30 am | 10 to 10:30 pm | 11 am to 11:30 pm | 11 pm to 11:30 am | – |
| IST (New Delhi…) | 5:30 to 6 pm | 9:30 to 10 pm | 5:30 to 6 am | 6:30 to 7 pm | 10:30 to 11 pm |
Each session includes a 1-hour Forest Bathing Walk and a 30-minute mentoring session afterwards.
| CET (Berlin, Warsaw, Copenhagen…) | 10 to 11:30 pm | 4 to 5:30 pm | 6 to 7:30 pm |
| UK, Ireland, Portugal | 9 to 10:30 am | 3 to 4:30 pm | 5 to 6:30 pm |
| Latvia, Lithuania | 11 am to 12:30 pm | 5 to 6:30 pm | 7 to 8:30 pm |
| EST (New York, Toronto…) | 4 to 5:30 am | 10 to 11:30 pm | 12 to 1:30 pm |
| PST (Los Angeles…) | 1 to 2:30 am | 7 to 8:30 am | 9 to 10:30 am |
| Apr-Sep | Oct-Mar | ||||
| HKT (Hong Kong…) | 4 to 5:30 pm | 10 to 11:30 pm | – | 5 to 6:30 pm | – |
| AET (Sydney…) | 6 to 7:30 pm | – | – | 8 to 9:30 pm | 4 to 5:30 am |
| IST (New Delhi…) | 1:30 to 3 pm | 7:30 to 9 pm | 9:30 to 11 pm | 2:30 to 4 pm | 10:30 pm to 12 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-PERSON
FTHub 3-day
Immersive Training in Nature
Growth
Sharpen your practice and learn while experiencing nature connectedness with FTHub trainers and colleagues.
Network
Strengthen your network with colleagues from the Green Healthcare and Well-being sectors.
Portugal, Azores Islands
- START OF IMMERSION: 17/10/2025
- END OF IMMERSION: 19/10/2025
- 3x8 HOURS OF IMMERSION
- Language: English
Travel, accommodation, meals or other expenses are not included in the cost.
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Manuela Renzi
Italy
The José do Canto Forest-Garden is more than just a botanical garden. Besides a selection of different plants from various regions of the world, you can also admire some endemic plants, a special church and a truly impressive waterfall. The entrance to the park is located south of the Furnas Lagoon in São Miguel Island, Azores.
In this forest environment, you’ll be immersed in nature, enjoying the quiet gardens and dense mountainous vegetation surrounding the peaceful area.
The garden was planted in the 19th century, on the old Lagoa Seca volcano site. Its paths are flanked by beautiful camellia plants, many of them centenary, which bloom from January to May and constitute one of the best collections of old camellias.
You will be sharing the place with a group of special trees such as a monumental holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia), tulip trees and a giant redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) possibly the largest in the entire territory and classified as of Public Interest by the Forestry Services since 1970.
Meeting point: at 9:30 am at the entrance of the Garden.
Unless otherwise specified, all immersions start on Friday at 10:00 (10 am) and end on Sunday at 13:00 (1 pm). If you have to arrive a little later or leave a little earlier, we understand, just let us know.
Offering mountain views, the World’s Nests Furnas Pods Village provides fully equipped modern and comfortable accommodations. World’s Nests Furnas Pods Village has, for all guests, a patio, garden views, a seating area, cable flat-screen TV, a fully equipped kitchenette with a microwave and a fridge, and a private bathroom. Free bikes are also available. Get ready for unique and memorable experiences in the iconic village of Furnas.
EUR 78 per night per person in a shared bungalow, including breakfast.
Prices may be subject to change.
For information and reservations, contact Ana at info@misty-islands.com.
For other meals, there is the option of various restaurants in the vicinity or using the kitchen in the bungalow.
∙ World’s Nests Furnas Pods Village: Canada das Pedras, 9675–056 Furnas, São Miguel, Açores
∙ José do Canto Forest-Garden: Mata-Jardim José do Canto, Margem Sul da Lagoa das Furnas, 9675-090 Furnas, São Miguel, Açores
Entrance to the garden, where the activities will take place, costs Euro 4 per day.
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1910 €
Select your preferred payment option from the choices below. At checkout, you will either be prompted to pay the full amount or the first installment, as detailed below.
Pay in 3 instalments: 1970 €
Pay in full: 1910 €
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAY IN FULL
· Single payment now: EUR 1,910 / USD 2,054
PAY IN 3 INSTALMENTS
· Incurs a surcharge: EUR 60 / USD 65
· Total with surcharge: EUR 1,970 / USD 2,119
· First payment now: EUR 810 / USD 871
· Future payments: two payments of EUR 580 / USD 624 over two months (EUR 1,160 / USD 1,248)
PAYMENT DATES AND METHOD
Monthly payments are due on the same date as the first payment and will be charged automatically using the card details provided for the first payment.
With this Forest Bathing 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 Forest Bathing 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 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.
1910 €
Select your preferred payment option from the choices below. At checkout, you will either be prompted to pay the full amount or the first installment, as detailed below.
Pay in 3 instalments: 1970 €
Pay in full: 1910 €
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAY IN FULL
· Single payment now: EUR 1,910 / USD 2,054
PAY IN 3 INSTALMENTS
· Incurs a surcharge: EUR 60 / USD 65
· Total with surcharge: EUR 1,970 / USD 2,119
· First payment now: EUR 810 / USD 871
· Future payments: two payments of EUR 580 / USD 624 over two months (EUR 1,160 / USD 1,248)
PAYMENT DATES AND METHOD
Monthly payments are due on the same date as the first payment and will be charged automatically using the card details provided for the first payment.
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
Canada
Sharon Toma
B.S. Biology | PhD Botany | UW-Madison
USA
Jessica Jurcak
Trainer
USA
Leticia Ortega
PhD cum laude in Biology | LL.B. | BBA | B.Sc.Bio | B.Sc.Env
Spain
Rita Nunes da Ponte
B.A. ChemE | Art-Psychotherapist
Portugal
Inga Dreimane
Project Manager
Latvia
Erika DiPasquale
Hub Seedlings Director
USA
Susan Andrien
Trainer
USA
Sang Ok Kim
Trainer
Hong Kong
Yawei Wei
Trainer
Canada/China
Vaishnavi
Trainer
India
Marta Grabowska
Trainer
Poland
Alex Gesse
Executive Director
Spain
Rocío Ferraro
Communications Director
Argentina
Pedro Trindade
Trainer
Portugal
Manuela Renzi
Training Director
Italy
Pietro Ostano
Trainer
Italy
Lectures
Lifetime access to exclusive masterclasses led by renowned international experts from different fields on specific contents related to nature, health and well-being. Check the Lectures calendar here.
Dr Kirsten McEwan
PhD Psych | Research Psychologist, Univ. of Derby
United Kingdom
Nevin Harper
PhD | RCC | Nature-based Therapist
Canada
Kari Krogh
PhD Psychology
Canada
David Roland
PhD | Clinical Psychology | Author, speaker
Australia
Xavier Roget Padrosa
Advisor, Parks Network Diputació Barcelona
Spain
Mayte Serrat
Physiotherapist, psychologist | CIM Project | Fibrowalk Therapy, Vall d'Hebron Hospital
Spain
Antoni Sanz
Ass. Prof. Univ. Autònoma Barcelona
Spain
Daniela Silva-Rodríguez Bonazzi
Horticultural Therapist
Peru
Lis Leão
PhD | Senior Researcher | Full Prof. Health Sci. | Hosp. Israelita A. Einstein
Brazil
Dr María Guadalupe Garibay Chávez
MSc Psych | PhD Psych | Res. Prof. Univ. Guadalajara
Mexico
Carlos A. Faerron
Assoc. Dir. Planetary Health Alliance
Costa Rica
Rosanna Ginocchio
PhD | Full Prof. Pontificia Univ. Católica Chile
Chile
Why train with the Forest Bathing Programme in 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.
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Which are the profiles that participate in this training to become a Forest Bathing guide?
- Health professionals searching for the most up-to-date scientific knowledge, based on which to prescribe nature in an informed way.
- Mental health professionals aspiring 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.
1910 €
Select your preferred payment option from the choices below. At checkout, you will either be prompted to pay the full amount or the first installment, as detailed below.
Pay in 3 instalments: 1970 €
Pay in full: 1910 €
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAY IN FULL
· Single payment now: EUR 1,910 / USD 2,054
PAY IN 3 INSTALMENTS
· Incurs a surcharge: EUR 60 / USD 65
· Total with surcharge: EUR 1,970 / USD 2,119
· First payment now: EUR 810 / USD 871
· Future payments: two payments of EUR 580 / USD 624 over two months (EUR 1,160 / USD 1,248)
PAYMENT DATES AND METHOD
Monthly payments are due on the same date as the first payment and will be charged automatically using the card details provided for the first payment.
