12 & 13 September 2026
International Forest Bathing & Soundwalk Weekend
Listen to the Living World
Across the world, people will come together for a weekend of Forest Bathing and Soundwalks, slowing down, awakening the senses and listening more deeply to the places around them.
Join a guided walk in your community and discover what becomes possible when we pause, pay attention and reconnect with the living world.
One weekend. A world of listening.
Find a Walk Near You
On 12 and 13 September, guides and communities around the world will come together to lead local Forest Bathing experiences and Soundwalks in forests, parks, neighbourhoods and other places where we can slow down, listen and reconnect.
Explore the map or browse the listings below to find an experience near you.
Every walk on the map is also listed below.
What is the International Forest Bathing & Soundwalk Weekend?
The International Forest Bathing & Soundwalk Weekend is a global collaboration bringing together Forest Bathing, Soundwalks and communities around the world.
On 12 and 13 September 2026, local experiences will become part of one shared international invitation to slow down, step outside, listen more deeply and reconnect with the places around us.
Forest Bathing and Soundwalks are distinct practices, but both invite us to move more slowly, pay attention through our senses and become more present to the world we are part of.
For one weekend, people in many different places will be listening together.
What is Forest Bathing?
Forest Bathing is a practice of slowing down and experiencing nature through the senses.
Rather than focusing on reaching a destination or learning facts about the landscape, a guided Forest Therapy experience creates opportunities to notice what is happening around us, and to deepen our relationship with the natural environment.
ANFT guides support participants through sensory invitations that encourage presence, curiosity and meaningful contact with nature. The guide is not the therapist. In the ANFT approach, the relationship between the participant and the natural world is at the centre of the experience.
The Forest is the Therapist. The Guide Opens the Doors.
What is a Soundwalk?
A Soundwalk is an invitation to listen with fresh ears.
As you move slowly through a place, you begin to notice what is already there: the rustle of leaves, birdsong, footsteps, wind, water, distant voices or the quiet between sounds.
There is no right or wrong way to listen. The invitation is simply to slow down, become present and experience your surroundings through listening. A familiar place can sound completely different when we stop to hear it.
Walk. Listen. Connect.
ANFT + Quiet Parks International
The International Forest Bathing & Soundwalk Weekend brings together organisations whose work invites people into deeper attention and relationship with the natural world.
Association of Nature and Forest Therapy
Founded in 2012, the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs supports planetary health by nurturing heart-centred relationships between people and the More-Than-Human World of Nature.
Through Relational Forest Therapy, ANFT trains guides to support people in slowing down, awakening their senses and entering into meaningful relationship with the natural world.
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Quiet Parks International
Quiet Parks International is a non-profit organisation committed to saving quiet for the benefit of all life.
Its work encourages people to experience, value and protect quiet places, and its Soundwalk Project invites communities around the world to slow down, step outside and listen more deeply to their surroundings.
Discover Quiet Parks InternationalContinue Your Connection with the Living World
Sometimes a single experience changes the way we notice the world around us.
If the International Forest Bathing & Soundwalk Weekend has made you curious about Forest Therapy or nature connection, there are many ways to continue exploring.
Discover Forest Therapy
Learn more about Forest Therapy, the ANFT approach and what can happen when we slow down and enter into deeper relationship with the natural world.
Discover Forest TherapyFind an ANFT Guide
The Weekend lasts two days, but guided Forest Therapy experiences happen throughout the year. Find an ANFT Certified Forest Therapy Guide and continue exploring.
Find a GuideBecome a Forest Therapy Guide
If you feel called to take the next step, discover ANFT’s Forest Therapy Guide Certification and learn how to support others in building deeper relationships with nature.
Explore Guide TrainingKeep Listening
The weekend may end, but the invitation remains.
Slow down.
Notice what is here.
Listen to the living world.