Coordinadora de los Institutos Irlandés e Inglés

Shirley Gleeson vive en Dublín y es consultora en naturaleza y bienestar, y fundadora de EcoWellness Consulting Limited, anteriormente conocida como Nature, Health & Wellbeing Ireland. Tiene un máster en promoción de la salud y trabajo social, y más de veinte años de experiencia trabajando en las áreas de salud y asistencia social en el sector público y privado. Diseña intervenciones basadas en la naturaleza para mejorar la salud y el bienestar de las personas, y facilita formación basada en la naturaleza para profesionales de la salud mental.

Shirley fue la primera Certified Forest Therapy Guide en Europa, después de completar en 2014 su formación en los EE. UU. con la Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT). Fue orientadora y formadora de la ANFT y ha orientado a guías de todo el mundo.

Tiene una extensa formación posgrado en ecoterapia, terapia de las artes expresivas, orientación (counselling), gestión del estrés, técnicas de terapia dialéctica conductual (DBT), terapia de familia conductual y el uso terapéutico de la atención plena (mindfulness).

Shirley ha presentado su investigación y práctica de Terapia de Bosque en conferencias internacionales en Irlanda, Grecia, Suiza, Reino Unido y Austria, y recientemente habló en las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra sobre el tema de los bosques y la salud humana. Se formó como guía de naturaleza con la Eco Training de Sudáfrica y completó prácticas profesionales en los Parques Nacionales de ese país.

Shirley siente un profundo amor y respeto por la naturaleza, especialmente los árboles.

Jacques has been involved in the field of nature protection and social work for the last twenty years. Nature has always played an important part in his life, tracing memories back on his childhood, when he used to go walking and foraging in the woods, with one of his grandfathers.

He has been offering walks and nature connected services to the general public, as well as to some institutions and associations.

He often works with partners such as yoga teachers, Qi Qong & Mindfulness practitioners, for instance, to have thematic days based on forest bathing with a broader scope in terms of content.

His engagement has seen different stages. The most important part has been as the founder and director of an organic market garden in link with a network, known in France as "Jardin de Cocagne". For almost 15 years, he managed and developed this activity, which aimed to help people with social & health difficulties to re/integrate work environments.

During that time, he set up two market gardens on two different locations. The initial one, was dedicated to the production of organic vegetables and herbs, while the other was solely flower growing. As such, it was one of the two first sites in France, known as "Fleurs de Cocagne", to produce organic cut-flowers, used to create and sell original bunches of flowers, directly to customers.

Prior to that, he worked as a marketing executive, in England, for an innovative start-up company, involved in the design, production and selling of mobile earth satellites.

Jacques holds a Master of Arts in Marketing, as well as Master of Management in Social & Solidarity Entities (DESS). He also possesses a CELTA qualification through the Cambridge English Teaching Framework.

In completion of his main diplomas, he trained in permaculture and as a sound therapist. He practices yoga and meditation on a regular basis, and occasionally some Qi Qong.

Jacques is a Certified Forest Bathing Guide by the Forest Therapy Institute (FTI). In 2016, following his training in Ireland with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, he became the first Certified Forest Therapy Practitioner in France.

Caitlin Keddie is the founder of Forest Therapy Scotland, and became Scotland's first certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide in 2017. Caitlin lives in Glasgow and offers Forest Bathing through public and private events around Scotland.

Having had a close relationship with the natural world throughout her childhood, Caitlin has been interested in natural health and well-being all her life. For the last 8 years, Caitlin has been working with Scotland's oldest herbal establishment Napiers the Herbalists. She was director and manager of their busy multi-disciplinary health clinic and herbal apothecary in Glasgow, and now runs Napiers Bathgate, a community interest company (CIC) set up to make natural medicine and health education more accessible for local communities. Caitlin is passionate about holistic health and well-being, and is a strong advocate for spending time in nature for mental health, as well as physiological health.

Caitlin’s focus is on creating a safe, supportive and accessible space where people can enhance their well-being through mindful connection with nature, giving participants all the tools necessary to create a deep and long-lasting relationship with the natural world and their local community. Caitlin also loves to share her wide knowledge of plants and their many health benefits on her guided walks.

Caitlin's work has featured on BBC Landward, BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Out of Doors’ and ‘Kaye Adams’ programmes, the Herald Scotland, the Scottish Sun, the Holistic Scotland Magazine, as well as various radio discussions on nature for mental health.

Caitlin is a Certified Forest Bathing and Forest Therapy Guide by the Forest Therapy Institute. Also a Certified Forest Therapy Guide by the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT).

Co-coordinador del Instituto Iberoamericano

Consultor Forestal, Técnico en Prevención de Riesgos y Medio Ambiente, Ing. en Prevención de Riesgos, Estudiante Máster en Higiene Ocupacional. Diplomado en Ecoturismo, Guía de Terapia de Bosque. Estudiante Diplomado en Riesgos Psicosociales y parte del equipo de formación del European Forest Therapy Institute. Director del Instituto de Baños de Bosque de Chile (IBBC).

Fundador-Director de Bosques Para Ti (Chile) y pionero en Sudamérica de las prácticas de Shinrin-Yoku (Baños de Bosque).

Asesor de Baños de Bosque para el Departamento de Áreas Silvestres Protegidas de la CONAF (Ministerio de Agricultura de Chile).

Facilita y desarrolla técnicas de conexión con la naturaleza para la mejora de la salud ocupacional de los trabajadores, para que todas las personas puedan experimentar los beneficios para la salud de los ambientes naturales. Desarrolla programas, para empresas y organizaciones, de práctica continua de reducción del estrés, de mejora del bienestar de sus colaboradores y de estímulo de la creatividad y del trabajo en equipo.

Con su centro de operaciones en la ciudad de Valdivia, donde su proyecto Bosques Para Ti se desarrolla bajo el alero de la selva húmeda Valdiviana, como guía ha participado en eventos, de gestión de estrés para empresas.

Ha sido mencionado y/o entrevistado en la radio el Conquistador, donde participa activamente en el programa Gen Viajero, además de entrevistas para Diario La Tercera, Diario La segunda y Publimetro.

Katarzyna Simonienko is a psychiatrist, a medical practitioner and a scientific researcher, PhD in psychiatry. She works at the Mental Health Hospital in Choroszcz, in the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical University of Bialystok and in outpatient services in Bialystok, Poland. She is a Certified Forest Therapy Practitioner by FTI.

She works in the fields of different mental health diseases and stress prophylaxis as well. She is a founder of the first medical forest bathing centre in Poland: Centrum Terapii Lasem/Forest Therapy Centre PL. From 2018, she is a licensed guide of the Białowieża National Park. She is a member of the Japanese shinrin-yoku organization INFOM (International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine). Currently, she runs forest therapy workshops, leads shinrin-yoku walks in Poland, she also promotes medical knowledge in the field of forest therapy on scientific conferences, in medical journals and in the media in Poland and abroad.

She paints, photographs wildlife and runs a Facebook fanpage "Zapuszczeni/Beforested" about nature, and "Galeria Silva" about her art. She is interested in herbal medicine, old stories, different worlds, archetypes, fairy tales, legends, old European cultures (Celts, Slavs, Vikings), tribal cultures and related ethnopsychiatry.

"The forest is a huge, wise book, from which we can learn many useful things. It is a work of original and unmanageable art. A living organism, a pharmacy, a palpable arrangement of bubble worlds and a friend. A bag of fairy tales, a source of archetypes, fears and comforts. The Context. That’s why I am here."

As an experienced early childhood educator, Swedish-born Oskar Elmgart leads Treebath's children's programme. Oskar created Treebath's sustainability curriculum, loosely based on a successful 60-year old Swedish after-school programme he attended as a child. Oskar applied his aptitude for a student-directed teaching style to develop a programme that encourages hands-on learning and a life-long respect for our natural environment. Oskar is committed to instilling both empathy and structure in the lives of his own children as well as those he teaches.

With a Master’s of Science and time in the Swedish Royal Marines, Oskar is accustomed to spending time outside regardless of the weather. He strives to instil in both children and adults the joy of nature that humans so naturally crave.

Oskar works with schools, school districts, and local government to provide customised outdoor programming that combats the growing number of health concerns in children attributed to a lack of green time, such as poor concentration, lack of focus, childhood obesity, ADHD, and decreased vision development. Oskar aims to ensure all of today’s children are afforded the proven health and wellness -benefits of “green time”.

Oskar has been interviewed and featured in a variety of publications including National Wildlife Magazine, CNBC, and Swedish NPR. Oskar is a co-author of the forthcoming children’s book "A Bath Without bubbles: Rowan & Jake’s First Treebath."

With her dedication to a life-long appreciation for Nature, Nicole formed Treebath after becoming certified as a Forest Therapy Guide in 2017. Partner and head of the cyber security practice at a New York-based Law Firm, Nicole turned her fifteen years of experience as an attorney towards building this nature-based start-up. 

Deeply woven into her work and every-day life is a strong affinity for helping people. Nicole finds gratitude in providing the Japanese practice of "shinrin-yoku" to those who need it most. Whether it be helping stressed teens release and reconnect with nature, aiding those who suffer from substance abuse, rejuvenating overstressed employees, or instilling wellness in elderly or veterans, Nicole aims to heal and improve overall wellness for all walks of life.

Nicole develops programmes for corporate clients, individual schools, school districts, universities, and government organizations to address a variety of needs including reducing employees stress, combating the lack of recess and outdoor time in city schools, and improving focus and attention disorders. 

Nicole has been interviewed and featured in a variety of publications including Elle Magazine, CNBC, and Big Apple Parent. Nicole is also co-author of the forthcoming children’s book "A Bath Without bubbles: Rowan & Jake’s First Treebath".

Marco Nieri is a bio-researcher and an expert on habitat health. He began working as an expert in bio-ecological design of living and working environments, using the most vital knowledge of East and West, aware of the circular relationship between Man and Environment.

Driven by the desire to deepen the knowledge of our habitat, for over fifteen years he has closely collaborated with Dr. Walter Kunnen of Antwerp (Belgium), who in 1960 founded "Archibo Biologica", an independent scientific research centre on the Biosphere and the energetic influences exerted on living organisms by natural and artificial electromagnetism, a reference point for hundreds of doctors and naturopaths from all over Europe. This experience led him to special research to study plant bio-electromagnetism and its influence on the human organism. Thus he elaborated the "Bioenergetic Landscapes", an innovative technique with which he creates bioenergetic parks and gardens to benefit human beings.

He collaborates with Marco Mencagli to deepen the themes of Forest Medicine with multidisciplinary studies, and to apply this new research in the creation of scientifically based Forest Bathing paths in Italy and abroad. Together they wrote the book "The Secret Therapy of Trees", ed. Penguin Random House, 2019, also published in Italy and France. Marco also published the book: "Bioenergetic Landscape", ed. Sistemi Editoriali, Italy, 2009. Articles, interviews and reviews on his work and research are constantly published in the Italian and foreign press.

Marco is a Certified Forest Bathing Guide by the Forest Therapy Institute (FTI).

Ann Tilman es responsable del Instituto Belga del EFTI. Entrelaza salud, conexión con la naturaleza, arte, gestión del estrés, pensamiento divergente, entrenamiento de desempeño y dinámica de equipo. Como fundadora de Foresterra, ofrece experiencias basadas en la naturaleza en Bélgica e Italia. Al conectar a las personas, la naturaleza y la cultura, estimula el ecoturismo y el aprendizaje transformador como una inspiración definitiva para los cambios significativos en nuestra vida y en el mundo.

Ann tiene más de 20 años de experiencia en recursos humanos en ciencias de la vida y artes. Como directora de recursos humanos, está especializada en el desarrollo organizativo, la creación de valor y la construcción de la cultura, así como en alinear las prácticas de las personas con los objetivos de crecimiento. Para lidiar con el bienestar psicosocial, el equilibrio trabajo-vida, el estrés y el agotamiento, ella aboga por la atención plena en la naturaleza, la autodirección, la indagación apreciativa, la cultura de la retroalimentación y los retiros de yoga. Su desarrollo profesional puede caracterizarse por una creencia en el pragmatismo que conduce a la práctica inteligente. Ella está convencida de que las personas son capaces de más de lo que piensan. Su principal desafío en la vida es estimular a las personas para que exploren y usen todo su potencial, lo que resulta ser extremadamente interesante en la naturaleza.

Ann tiene un máster en filología romana y relaciones internacionales. Ella es una practicante de yogui, qi gong y mindfulness. Para ella, la naturaleza es un lugar de curación y crecimiento personal.

En 2018 completó su entrenamiento en EE. UU. con la Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT) y se convirtió en la primera Certified Forest Therapy Guide en Bélgica. Ella diseña talleres de introducción, autocuidado y programas de bienestar corporativo para individuos, equipos y organizaciones.

Marco Mencagli, in his professional curriculum there are many projects of parks and gardens for private and public subjects, but also projects in protected areas, such as those for the paths and the use of the Natural Reserves system of the Provinces of Grosseto and Siena, Tuscany. His profession includes urban planning, environmental surveys and agronomic consulting. He worked for 12 years as an agronomist consultant with the Maremma Regional Park Authority. He also works as consultant for parks and gardens in prestigious accommodations in Tuscany and Lazio. He is a founding member of TUSCOM, a professional association of agronomists based in Grosseto, Tuscany, and is an ordinary member of ASS.IEA, the Italian Association of Environmental Experts (Piacenza, Italy).

Together with Marco Nieri he is the author of the essay "THE SECRET THERAPY OF THE TREES", for the Publisher Sperling & Kupfer, released in Italian bookstores in May 2017, then also published in France (2018) for the City Editions - Ideo, in the USA and in all Anglo-Saxon countries in July 2019 for the publisher Rodale - Penguin Random House.

On April 2013 the two professionals organized and held the conference "The Therapeutic Function of Green Spaces: a still unknown value", held in Rome at the Aranciera di San Sisto, under the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Rome Capital, Federparchi and the Italian Society of Arboriculture (SIA). It was the beginning of a strict collaboration to deepen the themes of Forest Medicine with multidisciplinary studies, and to apply this new research in the scientifically based creation of paths and environments for the Forest Bathing practice in Italy and abroad.

Marco has graduated in agricultural sciences in 1986 at the University of Florence, is an agronomist and has been a freelance practitioner for over 25 years. Marco is a Certified Forest Bathing Guide by the Forest Therapy Institute (FTI).

She is a Certified Forest Bathing Guide by FTI.

Mila is also an experienced translator; she collaborates with the independent publishing house "Dvi Tylos/Two Silences" and this year together with a colleague she translated the book "Shinrin-Yoku: the Art and Science of Forest Bathing" by dr. Qing Li into Lithuanian language.

She guides walks in urban forests of Vilnius and other Lithuanian forests. Mila is one of the organizers of the annual Forest Festival which takes place in Anyksciai town; in 2019 during the festival she coordinated Forest Therapy day – a whole day dedicated to forest bathing and therapy.

Paco es Guía Certificado de Baños de Bosque, formador en prácticas y orientador de guías. La práctica de los Baños de Bosque es la base sobre la que desarrolla sus proyectos para la creación de experiencias en la naturaleza. Percusionista aficionado con formación musical y apasionado de la escritura, ambas disciplinas son fundamentales en su vida.

Gallego de nacimiento y corazón, lleva más de la mitad de su vida afincado en Madrid, desarrollando actividades en el campo de la consultoría IT, especializado en el campo de los Recursos humanos, y el desarrollo e implantación de metodologías ágiles (Lean, Scrum), como medio para la optimización y humanización de los procesos de negocio.

Cursó en Madrid sus estudios de Ingeniería Técnica de Sistemas IT. Además, tiene un máster en escritura creativa (Hotel Kafka) y ha realizado diferentes cursos y retiros de meditación Vipassana. También es Certified Forest Therapy Guide por la Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT, EE. UU.).

Lisa Klint is trained as an FTI Forest Bathing Guide, Forest Therapy Practitioner and is an FTI apprentice trainer and founded FTI Denmark local institute. She is a nature and mental health trainer and consultant and the founder of Center for Fokus in Denmark.

Lisa lives north of Copenhagen in an area covered by forest and close to the ocean. To Lisa her local natural surroundings together with a strong daily mindfulness practice are her ways of balancing her various roles as consultant in work life balance, workplace well-being & stress prevention and as speaker, trainer and mental health specialist.

Lisa provides executive coaching, counselling and personal leadership programmes. She designs nature and mindfulness-based interventions to prevent stress and burnout, improve motivation and people’s health and well-being and enhance focus for both corporate and public sector.

Lisa has served as executive director and manager for more than 20 years and holds various board positions e.g. on the board of the Danish Mindfulness Association and Severin Conference Centre. She is praised for her combination of using her corporate background with behavioural therapy skills, compassionate leadership programmes, mindfulness, forest therapy, and an entrepreneurial and creative mindset.

Furthermore, Lisa has experience in business development, retention and management and is motivated by helping her clients in their unique situation.

Lisa is a former Executive Director of MusikZonen, Business Development Director of CPH:DOX, General Manager of BestCities Global Alliance, Convention Marketing Director of Wonderful Copenhagen and Marketing Manager of Danish Convention Bureau. She was Managing Partner Europe for Meaningful Journey, India.

Lisa holds a degree in marketing, tourism development, MBSR teacher from Centre for Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts and University of Aarhus and well a Certificate in Behavioural Analysis, Motivation Factor and certified in test tools that provide an easier access to greater insight.

She regularly attends mindfulness retreats, seminars and conferences to be on par with the latest research in mental health and facilitates her own mindfulness and forest bathing retreats.

Pedro M. Trindade has worked as an intern and collaborated in research in the Schau- und Sichtungsgarten Hermannshof, in Weinheim, Germany.

Back in Portugal, he decided to dedicate himself to one of his other passions – dance – teaching and leading several artistic and choreographic projects.

Passionate for personal growth and the development of health and wellness habits, he decided to create in 2018 his blog Peace of Plant, sharing content on how contact with nature, plants and the art of gardening can be a source of well-being in our lives.

Discovering Forest Bathing was something that allowed Pedro to reconcile his several interests, from the contact with public and personal development, to health and wellness habits promotion and environmental protection.

Pedro holds a MSc in Landscape Architecture by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Oporto. He is a Certified Forest Bathing Guide.

Céline es Guía Certificada de Baños de Bosque por el European Forest Therapy Institute (EFTI), formadora en prácticas y orientadora de guías. En el Instituto de Baños de Bosque trabaja en el área de Bienestar Corporativo, donde desarrolla programas para empresas y organizaciones enfocados a reducir el estrés, a prevenir el síndrome del burnout, a mejorar el bienestar, la comunicación y el trabajo en equipo. La práctica de los Baños de Bosque es la base de sus proyectos para el bienestar en el lugar de trabajo.

Francesa de nacimiento, decidió instalarse en Galicia hace más de 15 años. Con amplia experiencia en la gestión de proyectos en la industria del automóvil, constató la necesidad de mejorar la comunicación y la gestión de los equipos para mejorar los resultados, tanto a nivel económico como a nivel del bienestar de los colaboradores.

Céline cursó sus estudios en Ingeniería Mecánica en Francia, Alemania y Suiza. Además, tiene el Practitioner Coach en PNL y un posgrado en Coaching, PNL y Liderazgo de Equipos. También es Guía Certificada por la Deutsche Akademie für Waldbaden (Alemania) y la Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT, EE. UU.).

Kerry Walker is a passionate Forest School Practitioner and an Eco-Art Therapist.

She currently lives on the West Coast of Ireland, where she experiences the daily language and connection of nature landscape. She feels strongly that this connection with nature and each other is vital at this moment in time.

Her appreciation for nature and art has brought her on creative journey's around the world. She has facilitated creative arts programmes in Spain, India, Guatemala and Chile, with a focus using art and nature as a tool for integration, connection and awareness.

She is the co-founder of Down to Earth Forest School, a nature based educational programme where children are supported to learn and create through nature. She is also part of the facilitator team for the Forest School Leadership programme that takes place in Galway.

She feels fortunate to work in Brigit’s Garden, a Celtic Garden in Galway set within 11 acres of native woodland & wildflower meadows. It is here where she is a part of the Environmental Education team. She facilitates workshops on environmental and sustainability issues, and nature connection workshops for Primary and Secondary School children.

Kerry holds a Masters in Art Therapy and she is currently training in Eco-Psychology and Therapeutic Play Skills for Children. She is a Certified Forest Bathing and Forest Therapy Guide by the Forest Therapy Institute (FTI). Since completing the Certified Forest Therapy guide training with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, she has led monthly forest therapy walks in Brigit’s Garden and various woodlands around Galway.