Forest Health Training

Nath­alie Elitzer, Bad Weißen­stadt am See

In the forest I feel part of nature, and I would love to pass on this sense of con­nec­tion. In my forest health train­ing I focus espe­cially on each par​ti​cipant’s indi­vidu­al per­cep­tion and com­bine light breath­ing exer­cises with gentle move­ment. As a cer­ti­fied wild herb guide, I am pas­sion­ate about edible wild plants, which is why we also taste the odd wild herb or two in the forest.

Forest health train­er
cer­ti­fied wild herb guide

Diana Zäza, Bad Weißen­stadt am See

I love nature and its treas­ures, espe­cially the spruce forests and the gran­ite rock form­a­tions. I find it fas­cin­at­ing that beneath the ground around Bad Weißen­stadt lie the health-pro­mot­ing noble gas radon and thermal water con­tain­ing sul­phur and flu­or­ide. In my job as con­ci­erge at the Sieben­quell Gesun­dZeitRe­sort, I can intro­duce guests to forest health train­ing and all its health bene­fits. It is lovely to see how the relax­a­tion shows not only in the par­ti­cipants’ faces but also in a stress-level meas­ure­ment (HRV meas­ure­ment), which we can carry out before and after the forest health train­ing. Forest health train­ing is a very spe­cial exper­i­ence at any time of year. 

Forest health train­er at the Sieben­quell GesundZeitResort

Christina Web­hofer, Bad Weißen­stadt am See

Both at work and in our free time, our lives are dom­in­ated by stress, hustle and bustle and time pres­sure. This can lead to chron­ic ill­nesses. It has been shown that the forest cli­mate has a bal­an­cing, calm­ing and stress-redu­cing effect on the demands we face. Not only people of work­ing age but also chil­dren and older people bene­fit from these pos­it­ive effects. The heal­ing pro­cess after ser­i­ous ill­ness is also pos­it­ively influ­enced. I would like to give guests of the Kur­zen­trum Bad Weißen­stadt the oppor­tun­ity to unwind in the beau­ti­ful sur­round­ings of the Fichtel Moun­tains, to open them­selves up to “forest ther­apy” and to recharge their batteries.

Forest health train­er & forest ther­ap­ist at the Kur­zen­trum Bad Weißen­stadt am See

Annette Tauben­reuth­er, Bad Weißen­stadt am See

Since 2020 I have also been a cer­ti­fied course lead­er for forest bathing and mind­ful­ness in the forest. See­ing nature and the forest from a new and dif­fer­ent per­spect­ive while redis­cov­er­ing myself at the same time – get­ting to know my senses and using them con­sciously, while prac­tising “let­ting go”: that is what fas­cin­ated me about forest bathing!

I com­pleted my in-depth train­ing at the “Deutsche Akademie für Wald­baden und Gesund­heit” (Ger­man Academy for Forest Bathing and Health). There I gained com­pre­hens­ive know­ledge of Shin­rin Yoku (immers­ing your­self in the atmo­sphere of nature and the forest) and learnt won­der­ful exer­cises that make us mind­ful of nature and of ourselves.

Forest health train­er in Bad Weißen­stadt & Geo­park ranger 

Andreas Büttner, Bad Berneck

Forest health train­ing is one of the most effect­ive and most enjoy­able ways of reach­ing a state of inner calm and serenity.

Until now my courses have mostly been atten­ded by women. But, gen­tle­men: aren’t you often com­pletely stressed and over­worked too? The courses in the forest are an altern­at­ive to the beer garden, ten­nis and so on. I am a relax­a­tion train­er, med­it­a­tion teach­er, spe­cial­ist adviser on high sens­it­iv­ity and forest health train­er. We move in the forest too – just more calmly and mind­fully. At the same time, we sharpen our aware­ness of the forest and nature as the nat­ur­al found­a­tion of our lives. Relax­a­tion and envir­on­ment­al aware­ness – isn’t that some­thing for you?

Forest health train­er in Bad Ber­neck

Elke Seidel, Bad Alexandersbad

I grew up sur­roun­ded by nature at the foot of the Korn­berg and always love exer­cising, doing sport and going hik­ing in the fresh air. I am happy to offer forest health train­ing to loc­al res­id­ents and tour­ists alike, as well as to com­pan­ies and organ­isa­tions as a team-build­ing activ­ity. For me, the forest is a place to pause and linger. There I find relax­a­tion and peace, so that I can shut out the hustle and bustle of every­day life for a while and recharge my energy. What makes forest health train­ing spe­cial is immers­ing your­self in the atmo­sphere of the forest and con­sciously exper­i­en­cing and per­ceiv­ing it intensely with all your senses. 

Forest health train­er in Bad Alex­an­ders­bad

Gabi Wenz, Bad Berneck

After many years as a self-employed bio­lo­gist in nature con­ser­va­tion and as a sec­ond­ary school teach­er, I feel a real need to bring the unique­ness, beauty and pos­it­ive power of nature closer to oth­er people. As my chil­dren grew up, I focused on com­bin­ing bio­logy, edu­ca­tion and wil­der­ness know­ledge. The fas­cin­at­ing realm of nature around us and with­in us is tak­ing up an ever lar­ger place in my work. In forest health train­ing, along­side relax­a­tion, enjoy­ment and phys­ic­al recu­per­a­tion, my focus is on learn­ing to “feel at home” out­doors too.

Forest health train­er in Bad Ber­neck