Rooted in nature. Grounded in science. Designed to transform lives—starting with your own.
Start with a 7-day in-person training at Woodbound Inn in New Hampshire, then continue with 4 months of online integration. The same full ANFT certification — designed for those who value hands-on immersion from the start. Cohort 166 is led by Nadine Mazzola and Caitlin C. Williams.
BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY →Modern life moves fast. Screens replace presence. Stress becomes the norm.
Many people feel a quiet but persistent sense of disconnection— from nature, from others, and from themselves.
At ANFT, we believe this disconnection is not just personal—it's collective. And it can be healed.
Forest therapy is a guided, relational practice that restores connection—between people, place, and the living world around them. As a certified guide, you'll learn how to create spaces where transformation can unfold naturally.
Cultivate deep sensory awareness and learn to facilitate slow, attentive experiences in natural settings.
Develop facilitation skills that foster meaningful relationships between people and the living world.
Guide evidence-based practices shown to lower cortisol, blood pressure, and anxiety through nature immersion.
Experience profound shifts in how you relate to yourself, others, and the more-than-human world.
ANFT pioneered Relational Forest Therapy™ and has been training Forest Therapy guides for over a decade. The work of each guide we train sends positive ripples into their communities and landscapes.
7-day in-person training at Woodbound Inn (June 13–19, 2026) followed by 4 months of online integration (July 7 – October 20, 2026).
June 13–19, 2026. Standard Sequence, Way of the Guide, Language for Relational Forest Therapy, trail safety. You guide your first forest therapy walk.
July 7 – October 20, 2026. Practice walks with trainer debriefs, bioregion study, research, deepening of guiding skills.
Holding space, crafting invitations, somatic techniques for embodied awareness, expressive arts.
Provisional certification after the program; permanent certification after immersion completion.
Here's a realistic projection of how quickly Forest Therapy work can recoup your investment.
Estimates based on average industry rates. Your actual results depend on your market, marketing efforts, and pricing decisions.
Senior ANFT trainer and founder of New England Nature and Forest Therapy Consulting. Nadine trained with ANFT in 2015 (Cohort 4) and has been training and mentoring new guides for 10 years. She wrote the award-winning book "Forest Bathing with Your Dog" and has been featured on PBS Windows to the Wild, ABC's Chronicle, the Boston Globe and Boston Magazine.
Caitlin brings more than two decades of experience in nature mentoring, wildlife tracking, wilderness survival and naturalist skills. She is Adjunct Faculty at Weaving Earth: Center for Relational Education and has been a mentor and guide with ANFT since the very first training in 2014.
Across the world, our graduates describe this training not just as learning—but as a profound shift in how they relate to themselves, others, and the living world.
This training has fundamentally changed the way I see and experience nature—and consequently how I see myself and all beings. As a Child & Family therapist, it gave me the knowledge, tools and confidence to support my clients in ways I never could before.
A beautiful course, rife with meaning, and something that has changed me in both complex and subtle ways. Rediscovery of the lost parts of yourself isn't always electric—sometimes it's quiet and soothing… a river you always knew you were made of and can just jump back in again.
I come from a technical background—IT, Project Management, Process Engineering. This course allowed me to slow my pace and change my way of thinking. Our instructors guided us through a lot of material with a gentleness and kindness that totally amazed me.
I noticed a healing taking place around belonging. Spending time in the forest feels like coming home—I've been feeling a sense of belonging around work, and around what I consider are my unique talents and gifts.
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We intentionally keep our cohorts small to preserve depth, quality, and personal attention. The in-person training begins June 13, 2026 at Woodbound Inn — spots are limited.
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This is more than a certification. It's an invitation to reconnect, to serve, and to be part of a growing global movement.
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