Held Outside Nature Connection Experiences

Feel calmer, more relaxed and more able to enjoy the awes and wonders of nature! Held Outside provides nature connection experiences to help you slow down and develop your senses and skills for tuning in with nature. These evidence-informed experiences include nature and forest therapy (also known as forest bathing and Shinrin Yoku), simple nature journaling, wild tending, events and rituals. Held Outside is based on Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi land (Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia) and offers programs to adults, families and children.

Location

Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic GardensAnd other various locations,Buderim,Queensland,4556

Tours

Reconnecting with Nature

A chance to slow down, come together and share in the simple pleasures and gentle, restorative qualities of nature. Proudly presented as a part of Sunshine Coast Councils Healthy Sunshine Coast program 2025. Drawing on the principles of nature therapy, these sessions will encourage participants to explore and connect with nature at the Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens. Activities include grounding in present awareness, wanders through the gardens, opportunities for interacting with other participants, and small adventures in creativity. I arrived feeling ... stress and fatigue and had a racing mind filled with everything I needed to do throughout the week. I left feeling relaxed, rejuvenated, revitalised and centered. A growing body of research shows that spending time in nature is beneficial to our mental, physical and social wellbeing. Even more, spending time in nature mindfully or in the practice of nature/forest therapy can increase those benefits and develop within participants a stronger relationship with nature, sometimes termed connection to country. While enhancing individual health and resiliency, this quality of nature connection can also support intrinsic pro-environmental behaviours.

Price

$5 - $10

Information

Proudly presented as a part of Sunshine Coast Councils Healthy Sunshine Coast program 2025.

Nature Connection Walk at Alex Forest

1.5 hour walking workshop of nature connection with forest bathing therapy, including: - Orientation to Alexandra Forest Conservation Park, acknowledgement of country and sensory grounding - Guided sequence of relational forest therapy practices by ANFT certified guide - Forest tea ritual

Nature Connection session at Foote Sanctuary

2.5 hour workshop of nature connection with forest bathing therapy, including: - Orientation to Foote Sanctuary, acknowledgement of country and sensory grounding - Guided sequence of relational forest therapy practices by ANFT certified guide - Vegan, gluten free snack and forest tea ritual - group size will have a maximum of 8 (for a private event see Private group events)

Sunshine Coast Nature & Forest Bathing private walking tours

Make the most of your time outside by experiencing the Sunshine Coast's most beautiful parks with a forest bathing guide, and boost your health too! Being out in nature feels good, and the science backs it up. Nature and forest bathing is a practice of slowing down, awakening your senses and reconnecting with nature. Experience the nature and forest bathing in some of the Sunshine Coast's most stunning and iconic wilderness areas. Forest bathing draws on a sequence of evidence-based activities to support us to slow down, become more present and comfortable outside and explore or deepen your own relationship with nature. We walk, we talk and we explore, some of the time together and some of the time solo, but always with nature.

Nature & Forest Bathing, Mooloolah River National Park

Deepen your nature connection with nature bathing along a flat trail through the protected coastal wallum heathland at Mooloolah River National Park Nature bathing draws on a sequence of evidence-based activities to support us to slow down, become more present and comfortable outside and explore or deepen your own relationship with nature. We'll wander, share, sit and get to know the beings that call this place home in a group of up to 12.

Nature & Forest Bathing, Mount Beerburrum

Deepen your nature connection with forest bathing along an accessible trail with views to the Glass House Mountains. Forest bathing draws on a sequence of evidence-based activities to support us to slow down, become more present and comfortable outside and explore or deepen your own relationship with nature. We'll wander, share, sit and get to know the beings that call this place home in a group of up to 12 (ages 7+ welcome).