Guide Training Immersion 4-Days
USA, New Hampshire – Woodbound Inn – June, 2026
- June 7, 2026
- to
- June 11, 2026
- Enrollment Open
An opportunity to connect with other guides from other cohorts and learn from the shared experiences.
If you have completed at least module 4 and submitted the corresponding assignments, of the six-month remote Forest Therapy Guide Training you’re eligible to apply. Completion of this immersion and the six-month training fulfills the requirements for full Certification. When space is available, ANFT-trained guides who have completed training in any past cohort can also participate. Please note that priority goes to students who need to take the immersion to get fully certified. Therefore, when you apply, you’ll be put on a waitlist until three weeks before the start of the immersion.
A 4 day in-person gathering, with 1 or 2 trainers, and people from different cohorts where you will have the opportunity to apply what you learned, experience in-person forest therapy walks and simply connect and share experiences and stories with other guides.
In this immersion, 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
PRICING for 4 nights of lodging from Sunday, June 7th until Thursday, June 11th, with all meals starting with dinner on Sunday and ending with lunch upon departure on Thursday. Tax is included in the prices below.
Offsite lodging options are not available, all participants must stay onsite
$960 – Option 1: Queen Single – Private room with Queen bed and private bathroom. Rooms have internet, phone, TV and AC.
$671 – Option 2: Queen Double – Shared room with queen beds and private bathroom. Rooms have internet, phone, TV and AC. **PLEASE NOTE when booking this double room that the price is based on 2 separate people booking this room. If a second person does not book this room you will be asked to pay an additional $289 for this room since only one person will be occupying the room or you may switch to a single room if one is available.
$650 – Option 3: Twin Double – Shared room with two twin beds and a private bathroom. This room is cozy but small. Rooms have internet, phone, TV and AC. **PLEASE NOTE when booking this double room that the price is based on 2 separate people booking this room. If a second person does not book this room you will be asked to pay an additional $260 for this room since only one person will be occupying the room or you may switch to a single room if one is available.
$1,195 – Option 4: Private Rustic Lakeview Cabin – Private cabin with King bed and private bathroom at lakefront or lakeview with fireplace sitting areas with bay window. No internet, phone, or TV in the cabins. The cabins also have propane heat as well as mini-fridges, microwaves, and coffee makers.
$885 – Option 5: Shared Rustic Lakeview Cabin – A private room and shared bathroom (with one other person) along the lake, with fireplace and sitting area overlooking the lake. No internet, phone, or TV in the cabins. The cabins also have propane heat as well as mini-fridges, microwaves, and coffee makers. **PLEASE NOTE when booking this option that the price is based on a 2nd person booking this cabin. If a second person does not book this room you will be asked to pay an additional $310 for this room since only one person will be occupying the room or you may switch to a single room if one is available.
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
Check-in is between 4-5pm on Sunday, June 7th, 2026. Dinner is at 6pm. Programming begins with an Orientation circle on Sunday evening at 7pm.
Departure
Programming ends by 1pm on Thursday, June 11th, 2026. If you are booking flights, please make sure your departing flight leaves no earlier than 5pm to give yourself enough time to commute to the airport without leaving the program early
General Notes
COVID Policy
Covid Test 24 Hours Before You Arrive All Participants must test negative for COVID within 24 hours before entering the venue premises. This can be an at-home-test. The training team will be in touch the month before the immersion to let you know what the specific COVID protocol will be during the immersion. The policy will likely mirror whatever the local policy is at the time of the event. Much of the immersion will take place outside and everyone will have the option to wear a mask whenever they wish to do so. Please be in touch directly with the trainers for this immersion if you have any additional questions.
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 immersion, 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 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
Accessibility Note:
There are no elevators at this venue and some guestrooms are on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
Tuition
The tuition for the four-day immersion is 495 (USD). Wait to pay until you are ready to register for a specific immersion. You will have two years from the completion of your core guide training to do the immersion.
Immersion tuition does not include transportation, lodging or camping fees and food. These expenses are separate from the program costs for the four-day immersion and are the responsibility of the trainee.
IMPORTANT: Please wait until you receive enrollment confirmation before booking travel and lodging.
Tuition figures are subject to change.
Training Team
- Nadine Mazzola
- Nadine Mazzola (she/her) is a senior ANFT trainer, certified forest therapy guide, and founder of New England Nature and Forest Therapy Consulting based in the Metro-West and Greater Boston area. Nadine trained with ANFT in 2015 as part of cohort 4 and she has been training and mentoring new guides, as well as running her own guiding practice for 10 years. Her work integrates forest therapy, expressive arts, somatics, and embodied leadership. She became a forest therapy guide following her own breast cancer diagnosis in 2013, a turning point that changed her career path and continues to inform her teaching, mentoring, and guiding practice. Nadine wrote, designed and self-published her award-winning book “Forest Bathing with Your Dog which thoughtfully weaves forest therapy with human–animal connection. As a breast cancer survivor, she brings lived experience and sensitivity to her work with people affected by cancer, as well as with a wide range of populations across wellness, education, healthcare, and organizational settings. An accredited Mindful Art Teacher with training in Expressive Arts, somatics, and embodied leadership, Nadine is known for her warm, invitational teaching style and her ability to create learning environments that are both grounded and creatively expansive. She prioritizes supporting guides in developing confidence in their own way of guiding, feeling grounded in the ANFT Relational Forest Therapy approach, and sharing her deep experience with the practice of forest therapy and running her own guiding business. Nadine maintains a strong interest in the evolving research base supporting nature and forest therapy and regularly integrates current science into her teaching. She offers a collection of continuing education classes that bridge experiential practice with evidence-informed frameworks. Nadine has been featured on PBS Windows to the Wild, ABC’s Chronicle, and in the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine among others. With a background in business and marketing—and a former career as a professional billiards player competing on the WBBA tour—Nadine brings a unique blend of discipline, strategy, creativity, and heart to her role as an ANFT trainer. She is committed to supporting the growth of the forest therapy field through thoughtful education, mentorship, and embodied practice.
- 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.
Certification Pathway
STEP 1
6-Month Remote Training
You will start with a 6-month remote training, covering the content on live calls with the support of your trainers, fellow students, a very user friendly learning platform, many self exploration and nature connection activities that are done outside. After completing this training you get a provisional certification as a Certified Forest Therapy Guide. To view the available trainings scroll down
STEP 2
4-Day In-Person Immersion
After completing module 4 you can apply to attend a 4-day in-person immersion, for hands on forest therapy guiding experience with trainers and fellow students. You have two years time to complete this step.
STEP 3
Get Your Certification
After completing the 6-month remote training and the 4-day in- person immersion, you will receive your permanent certification as an ANFT Certified Forest Therapy Guide and be part of the largest Forest Therapy Guide Community Worldwide.