KATE BAST | nature + forest therapy guide
Forest Bathing at American Players Theater!
Sat, Sep 21
|American Players Theater
Stay after the afternoon's performance, or arrive early for the night's plays! Find a great perspective, and understand what Shakespeare meant with "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin…" (Troilus and Cressida). Advance registration required.
Time & Location
Sep 21, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
American Players Theater, 5950 Golf Course Rd, Spring Green, WI 53588, USA
About the event
A DAY IN THE WOODS, A PLAY IN THE WOODS
Meets at west side of the box office. 5:30pm promptly.
Note: Once you register, you also will receive a discount code for tickets to that day's performances, or another performance before 2024 end!
Enjoy Shinrin-Yoku, a guided nature connection and forest therapy walk, before or after the plays. Known as “forest bathing,” the practice helps you slow down, calm the mind, open and activate your senses, and helps you just be in the present moment, while immersed in and with nature. You will connect with the beautiful APT land, its hilltop prairie or its quiet oak savannah. And, you'll still have time to enjoy your picnic before the shows!
Wear clothing you're comfortable wearing when sitting on the ground, and closed-toe shoes, as we have a moderately steep hill to climb on the prairie trail. Dress in layers for the weather, which may mean a rain coat or bundling up! This event follows APT's weather policy.
Your field guide to the senses is Kate Bast, certified nature and forest therapy guide, who leads you on these slow-going, silent walks, and shares of-the-moment invitations (or prompts) to help you connect with APT’s beautiful setting and sense of place, yourself and the storied web of interbeing, and what unfolds before you on the stage. Impermanence ‘tis the thing, a wonder to behold, revealed, just this once, and perhaps, never again.
As we amble the trails up the moderately steep hill to the prairie, we will lean into the felt sense of the experience, noticing what we notice. You'll come to understand what forest bathing is, how nature is a balm for our health and wellbeing – the benefits are myriad – and walk away feeling calm yet reinvigorated and ready to focus on the play and the nuances within. And how it helps us more deeply enjoy life, beauty, art.
Kate is founder of Shinrin-Yoku Madison, based in Wisconsin. You may recognize her name from the masthead of BRAVA and Wisconsin Trails magazines, among others, where she served as editor-in-chief.
Attend a forest bathing walk with Kate, and after registration you will receive a discount code for that day’s play – or another, on a day that suits you best.
Please be sure to fill out these required participation forms:
See you in the woods and on the prairie!