Nature's Healing Embrace

🌳🌿 FOREST THERAPY WALK 🌿🌳
Shenandoah River State Park | Fall Women’s Wellness Series 2026

What if, for a couple of hours, you gave yourself permission to slow down, put aside the to-do list, and simply be present in nature?
Join us for a gentle Forest Therapy Walk at Shenandoah River State Park.

📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026
🕘 9:00–11:00 a.m.
📍 Shenandoah River State Park
🚗 Meet at the Canoe Launch sign in the Day-Use Area picnic area

🌳 WHAT IS FOREST THERAPY?
Forest Therapy—sometimes called forest bathing—is not about hiking for distance, exercising, or reaching a destination. Instead, it is an intentional practice of slowing down and connecting with the natural world through your senses.

During our time together, I’ll offer a series of gentle invitations that may encourage you to notice what you see, hear, smell, feel, and experience as you spend time among the trees and along the river.
There is no right or wrong way to participate.

You are always welcome to engage with each invitation in whatever way feels comfortable for you.

🍂 WHAT TO EXPECT
Our walk will be slow-paced and cover a relatively short distance. We’ll pause frequently, allowing plenty of time to notice, explore, reflect, and simply be.
We’ll begin by arriving and grounding together, move through several guided nature-connection invitations, and finish by coming back together for a closing experience.

🌿 No previous experience is necessary.
🌿 You do not need to be an experienced hiker.
🌿 Sharing is always optional.
🌿 Come exactly as you are.

This is your invitation to spend a fall morning slowing down, breathing deeply, reconnecting with your senses, and experiencing the forest in a different way. 🍂🌳

💚 PROGRAM COST
The Forest Therapy Walk is FREE. There is a $10 fee to enter Shenandoah River State Park, unless you have a Virginia State Parks Annual Pass.

🍁 Sign up for the Fall Women’s Wellness Series:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0549A8AB28ABF5C34-65356587-fall#/

The Forest Therapy Walk is part of the Fall Women’s Wellness Series 2026, which I’m grateful to offer as a volunteer with Shenandoah River State Park.

🎃🥾 WANDERING SOLE SISTERS: HIKES & TRAVELS TOGETHER — HALLOWEEN HIKE AT HUMPBACK ROCKS! 👻🍂

It’s that time again — our annual Halloween Hike!
Join Wandering Sole Sisters: Hikes & Travels Together for a fun fall morning as we hike Humpback Rocks in costume!

🥾 About the Hike
The Humpback Rocks Trail begins at the south end of the Humpback Gap parking area. The blue-blazed trail provides access to Humpback Rocks, Humpback Mountain, and the Humpback Rocks Picnic Area.
For our Halloween Hike, we’ll be heading to Humpback Rocks, approximately 1 mile from the trailhead.

About a half-mile up the trail, we’ll take the spur trail on the left toward Humpback Rocks. The climb is short but strenuous, gaining approximately 700 feet in elevation before reaching the rock outcrop.
The reward? Spectacular views overlooking the Rockfish and Shenandoah Valleys! 🍁⛰️

The trail is generally marked with blue blazes, although sections overlapping with the Appalachian Trail may be marked with white blazes.

🎃 Costumes Are Encouraged!
Get creative and have some Halloween fun! Just remember to choose a costume that is comfortable and safe for hiking. The trail is steep and rocky in places, so proper hiking footwear is important.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Everyone Is Welcome!
While Wandering Sole Sisters is all about bringing women together through hiking, travel, and adventure, our Halloween Hike is open to everyone!
This is a co-ed, family-friendly hike, so bring your spouses, partners, children, family members, and friends!

🚗 IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATION
Humpback Rocks is an extremely popular trailhead, and parking is limited, especially on weekends.

Additional parking is available at the Humpback Rocks Visitor Center and Mountain Farm, approximately 0.2 miles north of the trailhead.
If you park at the Visitor Center, walk through the historic Mountain Farm, exit through the back fence, continue up the hill, carefully cross the Blue Ridge Parkway, and connect with the trails at the Humpback Gap parking area.

🍂 Come Celebrate Halloween with Wandering Sole Sisters!
Dress up, enjoy the beautiful fall colors, challenge yourself with a rewarding climb, take in the breathtaking mountain views, and share some laughter and adventure with our hiking community!

For Wandering Sole Sisters: Hikes & Travels Together, it's about more than just hiking trails and visiting new places. It's about friendships, shared experiences, laughter, making memories, and enjoying life's adventures together. 💚🥾

🎃 We hope to see you on the trail!
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🌿 NAVIGATING LIFE’S SEASONS 🌿
A Women’s Wellness Retreat for Life Transitions & Renewal
Part of the Fall Women’s Wellness Series at Shenandoah River State Park

Sometimes we need a day to slow down, step away from our everyday responsibilities, reconnect with ourselves, and simply breathe.

Join us for a FREE nature-based women’s wellness retreat surrounded by the beauty of Shenandoah River State Park. 🌿

🌿 A DAY FOR YOU
Life brings many seasons—change, loss, new beginnings, shifting relationships, career changes, an empty nest, retirement, changing dreams, and moments when we simply realize we need to reconnect with ourselves.

This retreat is an opportunity to step away for a few hours and spend intentional time caring for your mind, body, and spirit through nature, reflection, creativity, and connection with other women.

🍂 WHAT TO EXPECT
Throughout our day together, we’ll explore gentle nature-based wellness practices, including:
• Opening Circle & Grounding
• Nature Connection & Reflective Walk
• Women’s Wellness & Life Transitions
• Lunch & Community Connection
• Nature Art
• Nature Journaling & Reflection
• Moving Forward Through Change
• Closing Circle

There is no pressure to share your personal story. You are welcome to participate at your own comfort level—share, listen, walk, create, reflect, or simply be present.

This day isn’t about having everything figured out. It’s about giving yourself permission to slow down, honor where you are, reconnect with what matters to you, and make space for what comes next.

🌿 Come exactly as you are. You are welcome here.

💚 RETREAT COST
The retreat is FREE. There is a $10 fee to enter Shenandoah River State Park, unless you have a Virginia State Parks Annual Pass.

🥗 Please bring your own lunch, water, and anything you need to be comfortable spending the day outdoors.

Navigating Life’s Seasons is part of the Fall Women’s Wellness Series 2026, which I’m grateful to offer as a volunteer with Shenandoah River State Park.

🌿🥾 MORNING WALK & STRETCH 🥾🌿

Shenandoah River State Park | Fall Women’s Wellness Series 2026
Start your morning with movement, fresh air, nature, and connection. 💚

Join me for a Morning Walk & Stretch as part of the Fall Women’s Wellness Series at Shenandoah River State Park.

🌿 THREE DATES TO JOIN US
📅 Sunday, September 20, 2026
📅 Saturday, November 14, 2026
📅 Saturday, December 5, 2026
🕘 9:00–11:00 a.m.
📍 Shenandoah River State Park
🚗 Meet at Cullers Overlook parking lot

🥾 ABOUT THE WALK
We’ll begin at beautiful Cullers Overlook with a gentle stretch and time to arrive and connect before heading out on the Overlook Trail.
We’ll walk from Cullers Overlook to the Visitor Center and back, taking our time and enjoying the sights, sounds, and changing seasons around us.

This isn’t about how fast or how far we can go. It’s an opportunity to move your body, slow down, breathe, connect with nature, and enjoy time with other women.

🌿 No hiking experience is necessary.

Come for one Morning Walk & Stretch or join us for all three! Each walk gives us another opportunity to experience the park as the season changes from early fall into winter. 🍂❄️

💚 PROGRAM COST
These programs are FREE. However, there is a $10 fee to enter Shenandoah River State Park, unless you have a Virginia State Parks Annual Pass.
📍 Shenandoah River State Park
350 Daughter of Stars Drive
Bentonville, VA 22610

The Morning Walk & Stretch programs are part of the Fall Women’s Wellness Series 2026, which I’m grateful to offer as a volunteer with Shenandoah River State Park.