BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:47@growoutside.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T201500 DTSTAMP:20240417T003853Z URL:https://growoutside.org/events/big-day-of-giving-donation-based-forest -bathing-at-the-vernal-pools-2/ SUMMARY:BIG DAY OF GIVING - Donation Based Forest Bathing at the Vernal Poo ls DESCRIPTION:Join us for this special DONATION BASED event to support Sacram ento Splash which is a local non-profit environmental education center tha t educates our youth and community on this beautiful sensitive habitat.\n\ nIf you are familiar with this incredibly special ecosystem\, this is a wo nderful offering for you to dive deeper into this space. If this is a new landscape to you\, there is no better way to experience this magical land than with a sensory journey on why this land should have advocates to prot ect it. Experience this landscape like never before as you feel into the M ore-Than-Human World as it shifts from day to twilight. Appreciate the gol den sun upon your skin and hear the sounds of the vernal pool grassland cr itters.  What will you notice?\n\n    \n\nThrough a series of carefull y crafted gentle invitations\, participants are encouraged to slow down an d experience the natural world through their senses.\n\nA Forest Bathing w alk is about connecting deeply with the More-Than-Human World and ultimate ly connecting with the deeper place within.\n\nForest therapy is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku\, or forest bathing. In Japanese\ , “shinrin” means forest and “yoku” means bath\, or immersing ones elf in the forest and soaking in the atmosphere through the senses\, accor ding to Dr. Qing Li\, who is the president of the Japanese Society of Fore st Medicine and one of Japan’s leading forest bathing researchers.\n\nTh e positive impact of spending time in nature has been studied worldwide an d over decades. Research shows that people who practice Forest Bathing exp erience relief from anxiety and depression\, a deeper sense of mental rela xation\, have better sleep\, and an increased feeling of gratitude and ove rall sense of well-being. Forest Bathing also lowers blood pressure and he art rate\, elevates NK cancer fighting cells in the body and strengthens t he immune system.\n\n\n\n\n\nMonica Mendoza is a certified Nature and Fore st Therapy Guide with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy guides and programs (ANFT). Monica has been visiting this special ecosystem for t he past 16 years.  Monica's oldest daughter had a field trip here with Sp lash Education center and following that moment it became a favorite place of hers. Lucky for her\, both of her younger daughters' had field trips t here as well. She has spent countless hours here experiencing the various seasons the vernal pools and the grasslands transition through. She has br ought out preschool children back when she had her nature club to explore this magical place and this will be her third year donating all proceeds t o Splash for their Big Day of Giving.  Monica's passion is bringing peopl e of all ages into a place of stillness\, where connection with the natura l world can be made from that deeper place.\n\n \;\n\nThis is a donati on based event. You can either Venmo Monica prior to the event or provide cash. 100% of collected monies will be donated to Sacramento Splash for th e Big Day of Giving.\n\nDue to this being a highly sensitive habitat\, the exact location will only be provided to those that register for the event . It is CLOSE to\, but NOT located at Sacramento Splash which is in Mather .\nRegistration: When registering please use one of the following codes\nV enmo @Monica-Mendoza-76  Last 4 digits of phone number are 4261\nComment Section for Venmo. Please list "Big Day of Giving" with date of event.\nR egistration is complete once you have registered online and also sent Venm o payment.\nRegistration closes on April 23rd at 5:00pm.\nSuggested Donati on: $15.00-$50.00 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://growoutside.org/wp-content/uploads/Audre yVERNAL-POOLS-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Forest Bathing,Mindfulness,Self-Care END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR