FOREST BATHING

A Quiet Return to the Forest

Located in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, near Traverse City MI

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Why Book Forest Bathing

To slow what has been moving too fast.
Aim to reconnect with the natural world in a meaningful way. You’d like to experience Sleeping Bear Dunes beyond the overlooks and viewpoints. To feel grounded, restored, and quietly present.

What You’ll Experience

  • A guided forest walk rooted in awareness and sensory connection.

  • Gentle invitations to engage your senses

  • Quiet pauses beneath canopy and along the trail

  • An experience not about distance or achievement. It’s about attention.

Tour Details

Duration: Woven into our Forest Hike

Difficulty: Easy

Group Size: Private tours available


What to Bring: Comfortable shoes, water

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Shinrin-yoku, absorb the forest with your senses.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Forest bathing, or Shinrin-yoku, is a guided practice of immersing yourself in the forest through your senses. Rather than hiking for distance, the focus is on slowing down and experiencing the natural environment.

  • Forest bathing is a slower, more intentional experience than a traditional hike. While we do walk along forested trails, the focus is on presence rather than distance. Book a private tour, you set the distance and time.

  • Forest bathing is now thoughtfully integrated into our Forest Hike, allowing the experience to unfold naturally within the landscape.

  • No experience is needed. Your guide offers gentle invitations to notice and engage with the natural surroundings. There is no pressure to participate in any specific way.

A perspective in the art, music, and offerings of nature.

Read more about each experience by selecting a tour type below:

Group of people with binoculars observing on a pebble-covered beach next to water and dunes under a clear blue sky.

DUNE

A dirt walking trail winding through a lush green forest with tall trees and vibrant foliage.

FOREST

PLOVER

Person in red hoodie standing on beach with arms outstretched towards the turquoise waters of Lake Michigan in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

SHORE

Woman jumping in air on sand dune with trees in background under clear blue sky

HIGHLIGHTS

A white tour bus parked on the side of a road with green hills, cliffs, and a body of water in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

STEP-ON GUIDE

A sandy beach with green grass and small bushes, leading to calm blue Lake Michigan water under a partly cloudy sky with white clouds.

The original wilderness guides in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation by SB2r due to inclement weather (lightning/blizzard) will receive a 100% refund.

4% Credit Card Recovery Fee for all client cancellations - zero costs to reschedule.

Client cancellations within 24 hours of tour time will not be refunded.

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