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A Heart Opener: An Invitation to Step Into This Beautiful World
Tonight, I stepped out of my comfort zone and into the city, trusting an old friend to guide me on an unexpected adventure. We met at...
Wendy Figone
Jan 302 min read


"Breaking Free: Liberating Your Body from Emotional Holding Patterns"
When we experience pressure, stress, or emotional tension, our bodies often develop holding patterns that are unconscious physical...
Wendy Figone
Jan 263 min read


"Reclaiming Balance: Healing the Mind-Body Connection Through Awareness and Integration"
The harmony between our bodies and minds is a beautiful symphony, designed to bring us a sense of wholeness, function, and ease....
Wendy Figone
Jan 262 min read


Recovery Work: Vital Practices for Health and Well-Being
In today’s fast-paced world, we often find ourselves battling stress on a daily basis. Between work pressures, technology overload, and...
Wendy Figone
Dec 23, 20244 min read


Why Somatic Ecotherapy Retreats Are TransformativeSlowing Down to Become the Best Version of Yourself
In our fast-paced lives, slowing down can feel impossible—but it’s essential for true transformation. Somatic Ecotherapy retreats provide...
Wendy Figone
Dec 21, 20242 min read


The Intersection of Inclusivity: ANFT Forest Therapy and ParkRx
I was asked an interesting question today... After discussing the idea of regularly leading physicians on ANFT-guided forest therapy...
Wendy Figone
Dec 18, 20244 min read


The Greatest Holiday Gift: Presence
Presence is a practice. It asks us to put down the phone, quiet the mental to-do list, and simply be – here and now – with another...
Wendy Figone
Dec 17, 20243 min read


Protect Your Peace: Cultivate Resilience and Presence
The other day, I was listening to the following words from Joe Dispenza about peace: Your state of mind and energy dictate your future...
Wendy Figone
Dec 13, 20242 min read


Healing a Fractured Society Through Forest Therapy: Reconnecting People and Nature
In our fast-paced, screen-driven world, a deeper crisis has emerged—an epidemic of loneliness. Despite being more "connected" than ever...
Wendy Figone
Nov 24, 20244 min read


Forest Therapy: A Trauma-Informed Path to Healing
The word trauma has been thrown around a lot lately in many contexts. While I’m not a psychotherapist, I am deeply trained and certified...
Wendy Figone
Nov 24, 20243 min read


When It Just Won’t Fit: Lessons from an Airport Meltdown
I’ll never forget the man I saw at the Las Vegas airport, red-faced and desperate, wrestling with his bag at the carry-on sizer. It was...
Wendy Figone
Nov 17, 20243 min read


"Embracing Solisorrow: Finding Healing Solitude in Nature"
Being in nature, I have found a beautiful, awe-inspiring sanctuary to sit with my own loneliness-melancholy—a deep, layered feeling that...
Wendy Figone
Nov 9, 20241 min read


The Healing Power of Soil: How Nature’s Microbes Support Your Health
Have you ever felt a deeper sense of calm after a walk in the forest, a sense of grounding after breathing in that earthy scent? There’s...
Wendy Figone
Nov 8, 20241 min read


Finding Harmony in Liminal Spaces: My Journey with Awai and Forest Therapy
Over the past eight months, I’ve wandered through trails—some familiar, some hidden—between Pescadero and Pacifica. I have been led by my...
Wendy Figone
Nov 4, 20242 min read


Standing Firmly
Rooted in Nature: What We Can Learn from Eucalyptus and Redwoods Yesterday, I drove through a grove of the largest old-growth eucalyptus...
Wendy Figone
Oct 9, 20242 min read


Hitting Mung and Attention Restoration
Overworking not only causes pain within our bodies (myofascial restrictions/fascial dehydration) but also impacts our ability to think...
Wendy Figone
Apr 1, 20241 min read
Sleep Procrastination
I just was talking to a friend about sleep and he was sharing how since he is so busy with work and has a young family that he...
Wendy Figone
Mar 18, 20246 min read
Appreciation and Happiness
Today I shared a beautiful moment with my son. I listed my extra (yes I had a second TV in my bedroom, which is a whole other story). A...
Wendy Figone
Feb 20, 20242 min read


Things I learned about Forest Bathing (Shinrinyoku) while in Japan
I recently went to Japan to study where Shinrin-Yoku started. We took a long bus ride out to the Japanese Alps to meet with old Japanese...
Wendy Figone
Oct 21, 20231 min read
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