Forest Therapy Guide Certification
Fall Online Training Retreat
October 15 – November 23, 2025
NEW LEARNING FORMAT!
FOREST THERAPY GUIDE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
ONLINE TRAINING RETREAT
A thoughtfully designed journey that offers you intentional time and sacred space to reconnect, realign, and renew—all from the comfort of your home and nearby nature.
This immersive program is more than a certification; it's a gift to yourself—an invitation to slow down, step away from the noise, and into the present moment.
Through guided nature connection practices and instructional sessions, you’ll cultivate the tools and wisdom to hold space for others as a forest therapy guide, while honoring your own path to healing and wholeness.
To support your learning journey, optional meditation and gentle yoga practices will be offered weekly.
3.5 Days of Retreat Training + 6-week practicum
Program dates: Wednesday, October 15 – Sunday, November 23
Online retreat: Wednesday, October 15 – Saturday, October 18
Practicum period: Monday, October 20 – Sunday, November 23
Practicum meet-ups: Thursdays @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm ET
Embodiment practices (optional): Mondays @ 7:00 pm ET – 8:00 pm ET
Culminates in special Graduation and Certification Presentation: Sunday, November 23 @7pm
Location: Live Online via Zoom
Tuition: $1895
Class size is limited.
Payment plans available through Klarna and Afterpay at checkout.
We offer a limited number of partial scholarships. If you are in need of scholarship assistance, please fill out the application here and we’ll get back to you shortly. Thank you.
The Curriculum
Whether you are taking this course for personal growth or to share the life-changing benefits of forest therapy with others, the curriculum is thoughtfully designed to give you a deeper understanding of the emerging field of forest therapy. You’ll walk away with the skills and confidence to guide participants in meaningful and restorative forest bathing experiences.
You will learn…
What it means to be a forest therapy guide
The history of forest therapy and forest bathing
The holistic benefits of the practice along with the science to back it up
Mindfulness in nature and embodiment practices
How to offer guided nature meditations
The importance of the senses in connecting to nature and ourselves
A reliable and trusted walk sequence for guiding your clients
How to craft nature-based invitations for client engagement
How to personally style a forest bathing walk
Group facilitation and effective communication skills
The psycho-spiritual dimension of the human-nature connection
Your training takes place 100% online
with no in-person requirement
You will receive…
10 modules with instructor-led classes
weekly nature connection practices
6-week mentored practicum
3 forest therapy walks
meditation + gentle yoga (optional)
mentoring calls
resource library
community
Lifetime access for FTS Certified Forest Therapy Guides
Our 7-week Online Training Retreat is a 3.5 day online retreat mirrored after our in-person retreats. You’ll experience comfortably-paced content delivery and guided walks, followed by a 6-week mentored practicum.
All classes and walks take place virtually via Zoom.
During the weekly ‘live meetups,’ you will have the opportunity to join in discussion with our highly qualified instructors and your peers, bringing life to the online course materials.
You will also experience 3 virtual forest therapy walks during the program—2 instructor-led walks and 1 student-led walk where you will get hands-on practice.
During the 6-week practicum you'll have access to your instructors via Q&A group mentor calls. You are welcome to join optional weekly meditation and yoga sessions.
Once certified, you’ll receive The Forest Therapy School’s collection of 100 invitations for use on your walks, a resource library of books, articles, websites, films, poetry, research studies, etc. to deepen your knowledge, as well as a fully customizable slide presentation to share with your community to grow your guiding practice.
In addition, you will receive an invitation to join our virtual community of Certified Forest Therapy Guides where you can connect, be inspired, and receive ongoing support.
As an FTS Certified Forest Therapy Guide, you receive lifetime access to our training guidebook, which means as we add to the program, you will have access to all the new training content.
Meet Your Instructor:
Regan Stacey
Owner and Lead Instructor of The Forest Therapy School
Regan Stacey is an artist, writer, and mindfulness meditation teacher who brings humans and nature together for personal, collective, and planetary well-being. The forest has long been a partner in her life — through joy, curiosity, and life’s most difficult challenges. As a cancer survivor, she came to understand the healing power of nature through a deeper understanding of our interconnectedness. Now she, in turn, shares what she has learned: how to awaken the forest within.
She is dedicated to the work of reconnecting humans to nature and is highly credentialed as your instructor. She is qualified to teach mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) through Brown University and is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher through the Greater Good Science Center and Sounds True, with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach (MMTCP). She trained with Gil Fronsdal, Kirsten Rudestam, and Susie Harrington in Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy and is certified through the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and through the Association for Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs, where she completed her certification as a forest therapy guide.
My heart is so full and I am so grateful that I said yes to this course. I looked at many options and was hesitant about an online class. You have provided so many wonderful tools and guidance. The skills I bring in and have learned in this course all came together and I am so grateful!!! — Diann Sheldon
Class space is limited.
Tuition: $1895
Payment plans available through Klarna and Afterpay at checkout.
We offer a limited number of partial scholarships. If you are in need of scholarship assistance, please fill out the application here and we’ll get back to you shortly. Thank you.
We offer 27 CE credits through the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching.
NBHWC Approved Course CE Number: CEA-000003-1
“The content of this course was enlightening and informative. What was most transformative though was the intentional focus on opening heart space. It has been a wonderful experience, and I look forward to sharing it with others. I highly recommend this course to anyone who yearns to connect more deeply with creation and who wants to help others to do the same.”
— Laura Hamrick, United Methodist Minister and Retreat Leader