Discovery Retreats
USA, New Hampshire – The Woodbound Inn – October 2025
- October 5, 2025
- to
- October 8, 2025
- Registration Open
An opportunity to disconnect and relax and experience the magic of Forest Bathing.
The Discovery Forest Bathing Retreats are serene and immersive experiences designed to reconnect individuals with nature over the course of three days and two nights. Set in beautiful nature locations, these retreats offer participants the opportunity to engage in the Japanese practice of “shinrin-yoku” or forest bathing.
A 3 day in-person gathering, guests are guided by experienced certified Forest Bathing Guides and encouraged to slow down, and absorb the healing benefits of the natural environment. The retreats provide a restorative escape from the hustle and bustle of daily life, promoting mental and physical wellness through the simple act of being present in nature and sharing with a like-minded group of people.
In this retreat, you will:
- Get a hands on experience of what you learned
- Get to know trainers personally
- Get to know other guides and connect
- Learn from shared experiences with other guides
- Deepen into the practice
- Get the opportunity to ask specific questions that might come up
Once you complete this four-day immersion, your certification will be moved from provisional to permanent. You have two years after you complete the six month core training course to complete an immersion. It will help to give you a sense of the community of guides that has grown and is active throughout the world.
About the Venue
The Woodbound Inn
Located in the heart of the Monadnock Region in Southern New Hampshire, Woodbound Inn is a beautiful family-owned property with a warm and cozy atmosphere and delicious restaurant and lounge. Just 1 hour from Manchester Airport and 1 hour and 45 minutes from Boston Airport, its 76 acres are surrounded by eastern hemlock, white pine, beech, birch, and oak forest, and a private lake beach. With both cabins on the lakefront, and quaint Inn and hotel-style rooms, Woodbound sits just by Lake Contoocook with a spectacular view of Mount Monadnock. The land is just 15 minutes from Monadnock State Park and 20 minutes from Miller State Park and Rhododendron State Park. During free time participants can also enjoy the lake, swim or rent a kayak. If you have your own kayak you are welcome to bring it.
Lodging
Woodbound Inn accommodations include 3 nights accommodation and meals (starting with dinner on Sunday, October 5th and ending with breakfast on Wednesday, October 8th.)
RATES TBD SOON
Option 2: Queen Double – upgrade fee if the other half of the room is not booked
Option 3: Main Inn Twin Double – upgrade fee if the other half of the room is not booked
Option 4: Rustic Private Lakeview Cabin –
Option 5: Shared Rustic Lakeview Cabin – upgrade fee if the other half of the room is not booked
Meals
Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free can be accommodated. The Woodbound Inn kitchen may not be able to accommodate all dietary needs such as special food needs or restrictions. Please email service@woodbound.com to inquire about your specific situation.
Food costs and taxes are included in the total fee.
Transportation
Airports
Manchester Regional Airport, Manchester, NH
- Travel time by car to Woodbound Inn is approximately 1 hour
- Directions: Woodbound Inn to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport – Google Maps
Boston Logan Airport
- Travel time by car to Woodbound Inn is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes
- Directions: Woodbound Inn to Logan Airport (BOS), Boston, MA – Google Maps
Distance by car from other major cities:
1 hour and 50 minutes – Hartford, CT
3 hours and 15 minutes – Augusta, ME
4 hours – New York City, NY
Schedule Details
Arrival
5pm Check-in and Arriving
6pm Dinner
7pm Orientation Circle
Departure
Programming ends by noon (12pm)
If you are booking flights, please make sure your departing flight leaves no earlier than 5pm to give yourself enough time to commute to airport without leaving the program early. *Consider arriving a day early or staying a day after if you want more time to explore the NH Monadnock region.
General Notes
Internet Access
Wifi is available in the main inn and edgewood buildings. There is no internet, phone or TV in the lakeside cabins.
Refund Policy for Accommodations
31 days or more prior to the start of the retreat, you may request a full refund of your accommodations and meals minus a $50 administrative fee–
30 days or less prior to the start of the retreat, refunds are no longer possible unless your rooming reservation is refilled, in which case you may request a refund minus a $100 administrative fee
Accessibility Note:
There are no elevators at this venue and some guestrooms are on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
Tuition
The tuition for the retreat is $395 (USD).
Retreat tuition does not include transportation, lodging or camping fees and food. These expenses are separate from the program costs for the three-day retreat and vary depending on the venue.
Tuition figures are subject to change.
Trainers
- Nadine Mazzola
- Nadine Mazzola is a guide, trainer, mentor with ANFT and founder of New England Nature and Forest Therapy Consulting based in Acton, MA. She also wrote the book “Forest Bathing with Your Dog”, which won a bronze medal in the “Best First Book - Non-Fiction” category from the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards. The book combines the practice of forest therapy with our practice of walking our dogs and elevates the depth of both. Nadine has been guiding forest therapy walks since 2015. She has been featured on PBS Windows to the Wild, ABC’sChronicle and in the Boston Globe and Boston Magazine. Nadine has a business and marketing background and was formerly a world professional pocket billiards player competing on the Women's Professional Billiard Tour. Also, an artist, she facilitates expressive arts classes often incorporating elements of forest therapy throughout.
- Tam Wiley
- Tam Willey (they/them) is a certified forest therapy guide, trainer and mentor with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy and founder of Toadstool Walks, a guiding practice based in Boston, Massachusetts. Tam trained with ANFT in 2017 as part of cohort 15 and began mentoring and training new guides shortly after. Tam is co-founder of Acorn Programs, a business and practice development program for guides seeking support in bridging the gap from training to building a guiding practice. Tam has been self-employed since 2005 and brings over 15 years of experience with marketing, promotion, website management, administrative organization, content creation, bookkeeping, tax-filing, and overall personal professionalism. Tam’s guiding practice is informed by their background as a local handy person, children’s woodworking instructor, custodian, skateboarder, musician, artist, mentor, and their queer and gender expansive lived experience, serving and uplifting LGBTQ Folks through BAGLY, The Theater Offensive’s True Colors, Black and Pink, and The Venture Out Project. Tam has guided forest therapy in collaboration with The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Mass Audubon, Peabody Essex Museum, Speak For The Trees, Boston Harbor Now and more.