7-Day Training + 4 Month Online
Portugal, Vouzela – Quinta das Lamas July 2026
7 Day In Person
- Cohort Estrada Nacional 228, 3670-270 Vouzela
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- July 23, 2026
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- July 29, 2026
4 Months Online
- August 17, 2026
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- November 30, 2026
- Enrollment Open
7-day In-person Training
In this training, you will learn:
- Be guided on Forest Therapy walks by your trainers
- Learn how to guide ANFT’s Standard Sequence – A Powerful approach to nature connection
- Guide your first Forest Therapy walk
- Sequencing forest therapy invitations for maximum impact and benefit
- The heart-centered Way of the Guide approach
- The Language for Relational Forest Therapy to help create powerful connections with self and nature
- Somatic techniques for embodied awareness
- Start developing and deepening your relationship with the land
- Trail awareness and safety -how to choose a forest therapy trail
- Facilitation skills that promote an open environment for group sharing
- Competency standards: what a Forest Therapy Guide should know and be able to do
- Practical exercises and explorations to consolidate your learning
About the Venue
Quinta das Lamas
- Venue Website Link
Quinta das Lamas is an 18th Century farmhouse. It is located within the Vouga Eco Trail and it is a 10 min walk from the town of Vouzela, also known as the heart of the center of Portugal. It is part of the Lafões – Viseu district in the region of the Beira Alta in Portugal.
It is remote enough to still be home to the quintessential Portuguese way of living of simplicity, friendliness and unparalleled hospitality.
Privately owned since the turn of the 18th century, this 30 hectare pristine property is in a process of regenerative foresting. We will have the entire venue to ourselves.
The landscape is full of water streams and springs and old Chestnut and Oak trees and some Beach and Acacia trees as well. Many rocks and mosses to play and be in relationship with.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Quinta das Lamas.
Lodging
Main House – 18th Century Manor House
There are nine rooms in the main house. Prices vary according to single or double occupancy. Please see below.
Oak Tree Cottage
This cottage has two rooms that can be single occupancy or double occupancy. Both rooms have ensuite bathrooms.
Small kitchenette and inside and outside sitting area.
Old Cellar Cottage
This cottage has two rooms that can be single occupancy or double occupancy. One room has ensuite bathroom, the other as its own private bathroom outside the room.
Small kitchenette and inside and outside sitting area.
Per Person Accommodation fee (includes lodging/meals)
Main House:
Single Room with shared bathroom: 825 Euros
Double Room with shared bathroom: 675 Euros
Triple Room: with shared bathroom: 585 Euros
Oak Tree Cottage
Single room with ensuite bathroom: 1035 Euros
Double room with ensuite bathroom: 735 Euros
Old Cellar Cottage
Single room with ensuite bathroom: 1035 Euros
Single room with bathroom: 885 Euros
For detailed information about the accommodation, please email Geeta: geeta47geeta@gmail.com
Meals
All meals are Included with accommodation costs.
Full-Service non-vegetarian meals with vegetarian and vegan options will be prepared and served fresh by the One of Us Kitchen team. Assorted herbal and other teas, coffee, water, and snacks are available throughout the day.
Transportation
Fly to:
Oporto International Airport – Francisco Sá Carneiro
From the airport to Quinta das Lamas in Vouzela:
Easiest option is by car rental or by taxi/Uber – Approximate price: 60/75Euros
Private Shuttle:
Our Team is ready to organise a private shuttle from Oporto to Vouzela if we have enough participants asking for it. Please connect with Geeta: geeta47geeta@gmail.com
Schedule Details for the 7 Day in Person Training
Arrival
ARRIVAL
July 23rd, 2026
Start date: Thursday, July 23rd, 2026
Check in starts at 4:00 pm
Orientation circle at 7:00 pm
Departure
DEPARTURE
July 29th, 2026
End date: Wednesday, July 29th 2026
Check out at 11:00 am
Program ends by 1:00 pm
General Notes
Wi-Fi is available for free.
Accommodation Deposit & Cancellation Policy
- 46 days or more prior to the start of the immersion, you may request a full refund of your accommodations and meals minus a $50 administrative fee
- 45 days or less prior to the start of the immersion, refunds are no longer possible unless your rooming reservation is refilled, in which case you may request a refund minus a $100 administrative fee
Please connect with Geeta for payment plans for payment of accommodation that includes sleeping and food. geeta47geeta@gmail.com
4 Month Online
In this second part of the training, 4 months online you will:
- Consolidate the learning from the 7 day in person training
- Guide your practice walks
- Debrief your practice walks with the training team and your cohort colleagues
- Sequencing forest therapy invitations for maximum impact and benefit
- Getting to know your bioregion, its history, watershed, awarenesses and more
- Nature and forest therapy scientific research and knowledge
- Learn how to develop your guiding practice
- Continue to deepen your relationship with the land
- Practical exercises and explorations to deepen your guiding skills
The training is designed in a way that will gently guide you through all the steps and processes to integrate and deepen the learning in your head and in your body. Upon completion of this course you will be able to succesfully guide forest therapy walks within the framework of ANFT’s guide certification training.
Schedule for LIVE Online calls for 4 month training
Tuition
The tuition for the complete program that includes the 7 day in person training and the 4 month online program is 3600 (USD).
Payment plans are available on registration.
IMPORTANT: This price does not include lodging, meals nor transportation to the 7 day in person training.
Other costs to your training include payment for Wilderness First Aid training, which is required for Certification, and is provided by third parties. Prices range from $100 to $300.
Tuition figures are subject to change.
Training Team
- Katarina Čuk
- Geeta is a certified Forest Therapy Guide based in Portugal and the founder of the company Renature where she creates and facilitates restorative programs that promote wellbeing and health through Forest Therapy, nature connection practices, clean eating and self-care. She works all over the world with various populations that range from the general public, corporate senior and junior teams, schools, families, mental health populations and individuals recovering from situations of excess stress and resulting depression and anxiety. Her passion is to bring human beings back to nature and support the reconnection to the restorative potency of the natural world. She is trained in Forest Therapy, Embodied Mindfulness and Conscious Resting, Council and Active Meditation Techniques, and in the field of Healthcare as a Pharmacist. She holds a Masters in Business Management and is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.
- Katarina Čuk
- Katarina Cuk Owl is the first certified Forest Therapy Guide in Slovenia, EU, author of the book Our Timeless Nature, Forest Selfness guide and a certified meditation guide. Her Slovene surname Cuk means ‘little owl – athene noctua’ in English. Living really close to nature from childhood, she has always sought comfort, support and inspiration in the forest. A few years after moving to the city as a student of translation sciences, she realized she longs for that deep connection again - to re-connect to her-self. At a major career shift she decided to work in nature, for nature, with nature, got educated in different areas needed, wrote a book about our connection to nature, and started to promote the importance of returning back to nature for support, and helped people do that through workshops, articles and meditation in nature. She joined the team of Forest Selfness green tourism program as a guide in 2014, through it met Amos Clifford in 2016 and immediately knew ANFT is the embodiment of work she feels has to be done in the world. She did her training in Cohort 10 in California in 2017. Currently she combines her work in sustainable tourism and Forest Therapy Guiding.