Amanda Yik Claimed

Amanda Yik is the Founder of Shinrin Yoku Hong Kong, a pioneer in advocating for nature and wellbeing in Hong Kong by promoting the practices of Forest Bathing and Nature Therapy. She introduced the now popular practice of Shinrin Yoku, also known as Forest Bathing, to Hong Kong in 2017 and has continued to contribute towards elevating this practice to a widely known holistic wellbeing modality. Amanda is the first Asia-based Trainer with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides & Programs (ANFT), an award-winning and the most experienced trilingual Certified Forest Therapy Guide in Hong Kong. Amanda is also an ICF Certified Professional Coach for Transformation, and a Work that Reconnects facilitator. 

Since 2017, Amanda has been offering regular public sessions and serving a wide spectrum of clients, including the corporate sector, NGOs, universities and educational institutions. She has been a Guest Lecturer at the School of Public Health, Department of Social Work and Social Administration and General Education at the University of Hong Kong, General Education of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the School of Social Science at Baptist University. Blending her on-the-ground work with her new-found research interest, she has been exploring how the practice of Relational Forest Therapy can alleviate the mental health crisis of our times, and cultivate inner qualities in the human species that will foster sustainability and regeneration for all beings. Her published articles include “Forest Therapy and Mental Health Promotion”, Hong Kong Journal of Mental Health and “How Forest Therapy Fosters Inner Development - The Missing Piece in Sustainability”, The Journal of the International Association of Adventure and Nature Based Therapies.

As a Trainer of emerging forest therapy guides, Amanda has trained over 150 guides based across the world including the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China. She sees being a trainer as opportunities to plant seeds of love and regeneration across the world.

Having navigated numerous career transitions and critical illness, Amanda shares her story of healing and guiding experience generously with the local and international media, having been featured on NatGeo, BAZAAR, Vogue, Cathay Pacific magazine, among diverse media platforms. As an active advocate of the practice, she has also spoken at local and international conferences especially on the application of forest therapy in urban cities, and you can often find her sharing on social media about Relational Forest Therapy.

About Shinrin Yoku Hong Kong

Shinrin Yoku Hong Kong is a pioneer in advocating for nature and wellbeing in Hong Kong by promoting the practices of Forest Bathing and Nature Therapy. We introduced the now popular
practice of Shinrin Yoku, also known as Forest Bathing, to Hong Kong in 2017 and has continued to contribute towards elevating this practice to a widely known holistic wellbeing modality.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw a surge in the need for a simple and powerful tool for the public to manage mental health and emotional wellbeing, and our effort to promote
spending time in nature as a self-care and self-development practice has benefited many.

Apart from offering regular open-to-all Forest Bathing and Nature Therapy sessions, we collaborate with numerous cross-sector organisations to bring the healing benefits of being in
nature to a wider audience. Our clients include the corporate sector, NGOs, universities and other educational institutions. To date, we have offered over 400 guided Forest Bathing
experiences, Nature Therapy sessions, workshops and talks in Hong Kong and overseas.

We also provide customised training programs to organisations who are interested in bringing Forest Bathing and Nature Therapy into their service porfolio.

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