INFTA Forest Therapy Guide elected as President, Forest Therapy Association, Lithuania
Congratulations, Linas Daubaras! INFTA’s Forest Therapy Guide, Linas Daubaras, has just been elected President of the Lithuanian Forest Therapy Association. Linas, a lecturer at the Department of Landscape Design, Faculty of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Kaunas Forestry and Environmental Engineering University of Applied Sciences (KMAIK), was instrumental in founding this new organisation. This follows the […]
Fresh start to practical INFTA Forest Therapy Guide Training
Now that travel restrictions allow international travel again, take the opportunity to enroll in one of the upcoming courses. This also allows those who took part in 2021 online training to gain valuable and necessary practical skills and competencies. Choose from several international training locations: Victoria, Australia New South Wales, Australia Western Australia Germany, EU […]
Forest Therapy featured on Channel 9
INFTA’s President, Susan V. Joachim, explained the arrival of Forest Therapy at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne to Stephen, the reporter of the Morning Show, Channel 9, a popular TV program in Australia (click on the start button to see the video).
Successful INFTA-Certified Forest Therapy Guide Training
After the harsh lockdown in Greater Melbourne, the first post-COVID-19 Forest Therapy training workshop resumed successfully at Pallotti College, Victoria/Australia. The five-day INFTA Forest Therapy Introduction forms the beginning of the six-months comprehensive, mentored and supervised INFTA-Certified Forest Therapy Guide Training. This time the obligatory guided Public Forest Therapy event was conducted at the outstanding lush gardens of […]
Partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
INFTA is pleased to announce that the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, New South Wales, has signed an Agreement for the Provision of Services with the Institute of Forest Therapy, INFTA’s Accredited Training Provider in Australia. As part of this agreement, regular Forest Therapy sessions will now be offered at all three locations in and around Australia’s […]
Anti-viral properties of essential oils and phytoncides
The latest research from INFTA’s Advisory Board Member, Prof. Dr. David Wang, and colleagues from the National Chung Hsing University in collaboration with Bio-Jourdeness International Groups Co. Ltd. and the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, in Taiwan identified very interesting and promising anti-viral properties of specific phytoncides in essential oils. The researchers found that the active […]
The healing benefits of Forest Therapy
A recent article in the Australian Sydney Morning Herald described and endorsed the effects of Forest Therapy as an effective preventive Public health practice. Quoted next to the internationally revered British actress, Dame Judy Dench, INFTA’s President, Susan V. Joachim, stresses that when “immersing yourself or being showered in nature you consciously choose to slow down and […]
Forest Therapy and Coronavirus Pandemic
INFTA has received a lot of inquiries if and to which degree Forest Therapy as a preventive Public health practice may be able to assist in combating the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. INFTA wishes to underline that Forest Therapy exposes participants to inhaling a very diverse range of phytoncides when walking under the canopy of trees. […]
Nature Stewards in Victoria
INFTA supports the local initiative by Outdoors Victoria to foster nature-connectedness among adults. Nature Stewards is a 10-week adult environmental program that will introduce participants to their local and wider Victorian ecosystems and natural places. The curriculum is broad, covering topics such as: rocks and soils; fungi, plants, and animals; climate change, seasons and fire; ways to […]
Devastating Bush Fires in Australia
INFTA regrets the massive loss of life, environment and habitat caused by the raging bush fires in Australia. From an international perspective and being concerned about Public health and the lifestyle of people, INFTA urges governments and responsible stakeholders to pay attention to the immense value of our environment, in particular the health benefits natural […]
