The River Flows Through

by Fred Wasiak

“As a guide, I learned that my role is not to lead from the front,
but to walk beside, to create space, to offer invitations, to trust that each person will discover what they need in relationship with the more than human world.

Today, I leave this training with profound gratitude.

The river continues to flow through the forest, through the communities that I serve, through the people I have guided through my own life.

And perhaps that is the greatest lesson of all: we are not separate from nature, we are nature, we are part of the river, and the river flows through us all.”

An excerpt from The River Flows Through, a Soul Walk by Fred Wasiak, Certified Forest Therapy Guide and The Forest Therapy School Graduate from the Brandywine 2026 Cohort

This Soul Walk Project was created by Fred Wasiak, FTS Certified Forest Therapy Guide.