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SUMMARY:Autumn Tree ID Hike in Rock Creek Park (Audubon Naturalist Society)
DESCRIPTION:Register\nWe will ID trees of the Rock Creek floodplain and upland woods\, including several maples\, several oaks\, sycamore\, tupelo\, river birch\, musclewood\, American beech\, hickories\, and others as we soak up the autumn beauty of the park.
URL:https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/events/fall-at-boundary-bridge-audubon-naturalist-society/
LOCATION:Rock Creek Park
CATEGORIES:Guided Walks & Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201104T100000
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SUMMARY:A Year at Theodore Roosevelt Island - Autumn Tree Walk (Audubon Naturalist Society)
DESCRIPTION:Register\nOur fall tree walks will take us deep into the swamp and tidal inlet along the boardwalk where willows\, bald-cypresses and cattails frame views of the city behind it. Melanie will share details of the island’s fascinating history during this year-long exploration and we’ll witness the ebb and flow of the Potomac tides along with the changing seasons.
URL:https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/events/a-year-at-theodore-roosevelt-island-audubon-naturalist-society/
LOCATION:Theodore Roosevelt Island
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201027T083000
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SUMMARY:Backyard Forest Bathing: Reconnecting with Nature (Virtual Tour — Smithsonian Associates)
DESCRIPTION:Register \n\nHere’s the perfect escape: Join Melanie Choukas-Bradley\, author of The Joy of Forest Bathing and Resilience: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis\, for an intimate virtual forest-bathing walk. Plug your headphones or earbuds into your smartphone\, get comfortable in your backyard or a favorite natural area\, and immerse yourself in nature through a rejuvenating morning program.\n\n\n \n\n\nIn this unique interactive audio experience\, explore your surroundings through all your senses and connect deeply with the beauty and wonder of nature as Choukas-Bradley leads a small group in a series of “invitations” designed to help you become fully present and engaged with the living things around you.\n\n\n \n\n\nYour registration will include:\n\n\n\nA pre-recorded video presentation from Melanie Choukas-Bradley to introduce the concept of forest bathing.\nThe option to purchase a signed copy of both of Melanie’s books with a discount from our local bookseller.\n\n\n\nThis is an audio-only Zoom program; the session is limited to 15 participants and is 1.5 hours in length.\n\n\nBook Sale Information\nPurchase signed copies of Melanie’s books: \n\n\n\nThe Joy of Forest Bathing: Reconnect with Wild Places & Rejuvenate Your Life \nResilience: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis\n\n\n\nSpecial Note\nPolitics and Prose is offering a 10% discount to Smithsonian Associates ticket-holders. To claim your discount\, enter the code SPECIAL10 in the “Coupon discount” section of Politics and Prose’s check-out page.
URL:https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/events/backyard-forest-bathing-reconnecting-nature-virtual-tour-october-27-2020/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guided Walks & Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T190000
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SUMMARY:The Healing Powers of Nature (DC EcoWomen)
DESCRIPTION:Register\nMelanie will share her experience as a nature book author\, naturalist\, and forest therapy guide\, and will address your questions and comments about how your relationship with nature is changing during the pandemic.
URL:https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/events/the-healing-powers-of-nature-ecowomen/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Backyard Forest Bathing: Reconnecting with Nature (Virtual Tour — Smithsonian Associates)
DESCRIPTION:Register \n\nHere’s the perfect escape: Join Melanie Choukas-Bradley\, author of The Joy of Forest Bathing and Resilience: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis\, for an intimate virtual forest-bathing walk. Plug your headphones or earbuds into your smartphone\, get comfortable in your backyard or a favorite natural area\, and immerse yourself in nature through a rejuvenating morning program.\n\n\n \n\n\nIn this unique interactive audio experience\, explore your surroundings through all your senses and connect deeply with the beauty and wonder of nature as Choukas-Bradley leads a small group in a series of “invitations” designed to help you become fully present and engaged with the living things around you.\n\n\n \n\n\nYour registration will include:\n\n\n\nA pre-recorded video presentation from Melanie Choukas-Bradley to introduce the concept of forest bathing.\nThe option to purchase a signed copy of both of Melanie’s books with a discount from our local bookseller.\n\n\n\nThis is an audio-only Zoom program; the session is limited to 15 participants and is 1.5 hours in length.\n\n\nBook Sale Information\nPurchase signed copies of Melanie’s books: \n\n\n\nThe Joy of Forest Bathing: Reconnect with Wild Places & Rejuvenate Your Life \nResilience: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis\n\n\n\nSpecial Note\nPolitics and Prose is offering a 10% discount to Smithsonian Associates ticket-holders. To claim your discount\, enter the code SPECIAL10 in the “Coupon discount” section of Politics and Prose’s check-out page.
URL:https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/events/backyard-forest-bathing-reconnecting-with-nature-virtual-tour/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guided Walks & Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201014T190000
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SUMMARY:Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island (Audubon Naturalist Society)
DESCRIPTION:Register \n\nExperience a virtual visit to Theodore Roosevelt Island with Melanie Choukas-Bradley\, author of the brand new book\, Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island. Melanie will bring the beauty and biological diversity of DC’s 88.5-acre Potomac island into your home as she shares island explorations through the seasons. Learn about the trees\, wildflowers\, and birds that inhabit the fascinating island in our midst. Contemplate the island’s history and the conservation legacy of the naturalist president — and ANS member — it memorializes.
URL:https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/events/finding-solace-theodore-roosevelt-island-october-2020/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guided Walks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Wonders at Woodend: Fall Forest-Bathing Walk (Woodend Sanctuary & Mansion)
DESCRIPTION:Register \n\n\n\n\nSavor the natural joys of autumn on a forest-bathing walk led by Melanie Choukas-Bradley\, a longtime ANS field trip leader and the author of The Joy of Forest Bathing and two new books: Resilience: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis and Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island. Discover the magic of shinrin-yoku\, translated as “forest bathing\,” a nature-oriented mindfulness practice that originated in Japan and has become popular all over the world. Our leader is a Nature & Forest Therapy Guide with certification from the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy Guides and Programs of Sonoma County\, California. Experience the ongoing restoration of our Woodend Sanctuary as we explore and commune with the living things in its meadows\, forest\, and Blair Native Plant Garden. A sharing of nature poetry will conclude the walk.
URL:https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/events/wonders-woodend-fall-forest-bathing-walk-october-2020/
LOCATION:Woodend Sanctuary & Mansion\, 8940 Jones Mill Road\, Chevy Chase\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guided Walks & Tours
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SUMMARY:Forest Bathing (online class — Politics and Prose)
DESCRIPTION:Register \n\nJoin Melanie Choukas-Bradley\, author of The Joy of Forest Bathing and Resilience: Connecting With Nature in a Time of Crisis\, for a forest bathing presentation and experience that you can enjoy in your own backyard or even your living room. Based on her research for these two books\, her forest-bathing trip to Japan\, and her experience as a certified forest-bathing guide\, she will give you a comprehensive presentation accompanied by beautiful slides on the practice of shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) and give you guidance to lead your own solo or small-group forest-bathing walks during our current crisis and beyond.\n\n\n \n\n\nShinrin-yoku\, which began in the 1980s in Japan\, is rooted in the traditional Japanese reverence for nature. Forest bathing is a mindfulness practice akin to meditation\, yoga\, and tai chi that involves tuning in to the beauty and wonder of your natural surroundings with all of your senses. Melanie is a nature and forest therapy guide with certification from the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides & Programs and she has participated in guided shinrin-yoku walks throughout Japan. \n\n\n \n\n\nMelanie will be joined by Ana Ka’ahanui\, co-founder of Capital Nature\, and fellow forest-bathing guide.
URL:https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/events/forest-bathing-online-class-oct-2020/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Class
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SUMMARY:Backyard Forest Bathing: Reconnecting with Nature (Virtual Tour — Smithsonian Associates)
DESCRIPTION:Register \n\n\nHere’s the perfect escape: Join Melanie Choukas-Bradley\, author of The Joy of Forest Bathing and Resilience: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis\, for an intimate virtual forest-bathing walk. Plug your headphones or earbuds into your smartphone\, get comfortable in your backyard or a favorite natural area\, and immerse yourself in nature through a rejuvenating morning program.\n\n\n \n\n\nIn this unique interactive audio experience\, explore your surroundings through all your senses and connect deeply with the beauty and wonder of nature as Choukas-Bradley leads a small group in a series of “invitations” designed to help you become fully present and engaged with the living things around you.\n\n\n \n\n\nYour registration will include:\n\n\n\nA pre-recorded video presentation from Melanie Choukas-Bradley to introduce the concept of forest bathing.\nThe option to purchase a signed copy of both of Melanie’s books with a discount from our local bookseller.\n\n\n\nThis is an audio-only Zoom program; the session is limited to 15 participants and is 1.5 hours in length.\n\n\nBook Sale Information\nPurchase signed copies of Melanie’s books: \n\n\n\nThe Joy of Forest Bathing: Reconnect with Wild Places & Rejuvenate Your Life \nResilience: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis\n\n\n\nSpecial Note\nPolitics and Prose is offering a 10% discount to Smithsonian Associates ticket-holders. To claim your discount\, enter the code SPECIAL10 in the “Coupon discount” section of Politics and Prose’s check-out page.
URL:https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/events/backyard-forest-bathing-reconnecting-nature-virtual-tour-september-2020/
CATEGORIES:Guided Walks & Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T120000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island (U.S. Botanic Garden)
DESCRIPTION:Register  \n\nJoin Melanie as she shares from her latest book and gives you a natural history tour of D.C.’s very own island in the Potomac River\, Theodore Roosevelt Island — an 88.5‐acre oasis and memorial to our foremost conservationist president. Melanie will take you on a tour of the island’s trees\, wildflowers\, birds\, and trails through the seasons\, sharing the fascinating history of the island. She’ll also share views of the island from her kayak.\n\n\n \n\n\nPlease note: Registration closes at 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Thursday\, September 17\, 2020. Participants will be emailed the link to access the lecture at 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday\, September 17\, 2020. This program will be recorded.
URL:https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/events/author-talk-us-botanic-garden-finding-solace-at-theodore-roosevelt-island/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Talk/Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T130000
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SUMMARY:Naturalist Hour: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis (Audubon Naturalist Society)
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to find solace in intimate connections with the natural world\, even if that world is your backyard or an apartment balcony. Discover how you can become a backyard naturalist with local naturalist and author Melanie Choukas-Bradley. \nEach program has an 80-registrant limit. Participants will be emailed the link on the day of the program. If you don’t receive the email\, please check your spam folder. Registration closes at 9 AM on the day of a program occurring at 1 AM. Registration closes at 2 PM. on the day of a program occurring at 7 PM.
URL:https://melaniechoukas-bradley.com/events/naturalist-hour-connecting-with-nature-in-a-time-of-crisis/
LOCATION:Online
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