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  • Saturday, July 13, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Watercolor Nature Immersion with Nadine Mazzola

    Join Nadine Mazzola, Artist and Certified Forest Therapy Guide, as she guides you step-by-step through creating a series of watercolors exploring themes inspired by nature using washes and other watercolor techniques, and letting your unique creative flow emerge. The emphasis will be on noticing the essence of what you want to paint and learning how to suggest that in a simple way through our brush strokes. Students will be choosing their own subjects from the Fruitlands landscape, including tress, wildflowers, landscape views, or even creating abstract compositions inspired by the landscape. All materials are provided and no experience necessary for this class. All levels of experience are welcome. (If you have your own materials and would like to bring them, you are welcome to but Nadine will also have enough materials for all).

    This workshop is perfect for adults and teens. The date is July 13 beginning at 10 am. Nadine Mazzola (she/her) is an artist, educator, certified forest therapy guide, and author of the multi-award-winning book, Forest Bathing with Your Dog. She has shared her signature, holistic, heart-centered style of teaching with hundreds of students, from those with no art experience to professional artists. She is known for creating a supportive environment within each class for learning, exploring, creating and nurturing a sense of play and joy. Nadine’s favorite color is yellow because of the joy it brings her. A cancer survivor, Nadine often works with groups affected by cancer. She is a senior trainer for the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy since 2016, and an expressive arts teacher at the Virginia Thurston Healing Garden since 2017. Nadine brings a depth of life experience bridging Nature, expressive arts, and somatics.

    Trustees members $48, nonmembers $60. Register at www.thetrustees.org

  • Sunday, January 14, 8:30 am – 10:00 am – Forest Bathing in the Conservatory

    If you’re not into forest bathing in the snow, try an indoor equivalent at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill on January 14. Relax and refresh through mindfulness practices, sensory awareness, and nature. A guided experience in the Orangerie where you will walk around the conservatory and stop and sit together. We will focus on our senses to develop an immediate connection with the plants. This is a very relaxed, slow, and mindful way of walking. The walk should last about 1.5 hours and we will finish with a Shinrin Yoku tea and a small snack. The conservatories are warm so you can dress in comfortable clothing. Instructor Nadine Mazzola is an award winning author, Certified Forest Therapy Guide and founder/director of New England Nature and Forest Therapy Consulting based in Massachusetts. She is also a trainer, mentor and advisor for the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT). Nadine’s training includes special knowledge in guiding people of all ages in Shinrin-Yoku, “Forest Bathing,” walks and the body of scientific knowledge demonstrating the benefits of spending time in nature as a wellness practice and an effective way to manage stress. She has come to know the healing and support that nature can offer us through her own personal wellness journey.

    Also an artist, she facilitates Expressive Arts classes at the Virginia Thurston Healing Garden, often incorporating elements of forest therapy throughout. She works with a wide variety of populations including the corporate business world, wellness professionals, people affected by cancer, students, special needs and seniors. Nadine is available for consulting, private or group forest bathing half-day and full-day workshops, and speaking engagements.

    $30 for NEBG members, $40 for nonmembers. Register at www.nebg.org

  • Saturday, September 16, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Immersive Watercolor Workshop with Nadine Mazzola

    Explore wind, water and sky with watercolor at the Ropes Mansion Garden on September 16 from 2 – 3:30. Immerse yourself in the inner and outer process of creation and make art in dialogue with nature. Instructor Nadine Mazzola will guide participants in weaving together mindfulness, reflection and the act of painting, encouraging each person’s own unique expression. Through playful experimentation, we will explore and celebrate creativity in the natural world and ourselves. All materials are provided and no experience is necessary for this class. Ages 10 and up welcome. Free. Register at https://my.pem.org/17575/20955

    Nadine Mazzola is a forest therapy guide, expressive arts teacher and author of the award-winning book Forest Bathing with Your Dog. She has worked with conservation, educational and health organizations, speaking on forest bathing and conducting workshops around New England. She also leads team wellness retreats and advises businesses on how to incorporate nature into their wellness programs. Mazzola is a senior trainer and advisor for the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy and has appeared on PBS, ABC and in The Boston Globe and Boston Magazine. Learn more on her website, nenft.com.

  • Friday, August 19, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Healing with Nature: Forest Bathing

    Immerse yourself in “forest bathing” — a well-known Japanese practice (shinrin-yoku) for managing stress and connecting to nature — during this half-day retreat with Certified Forest Therapy Guide Nadine Mazzola on Friday, August 19 from 9:30 – 12:30.  Co-sponsored with the Virginia Thurston Healing Garden, Harvard, MA. $5 of your registration fee will be a tax-deductible donation to the Healing Garden. The session will be held again on Saturday, September 10. Tower Hill member price $25, nonmembers $30. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.