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Forest & Nature Therapy walks with Kelly Hutchison,  ANFT Certified Forest Therapy Guide.
Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
(Nanaimo, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Courtenay-Comox)
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All images are copyright protected by Dave Hutchison Photography.  For image use requests please contact Dave through his website.

Forest & Nature Therapy Training


Kelly's Training
  • Remote First Aid  & CPR Level C Training, Alert First Aid (Red Cross), Victoria, BC March 21-23, 2025
  • Remote First Aid  & CPR Level C Training, Alert First Aid (Red Cross), Victoria, BC March 18-20, 2022
  • Certified Trail Consultant, Association of Nature & Forest Therapy, June 2021.
  • 1st time assistant, Forest Therapy Guide training. Association of Nature & Forest Therapy, Quantum Leaps Lodge, Golden, BC, June 27-July 4, 2019.
  • Wilderness First Aid Training, Red Cross, Victoria, BC February 1-3, 2019
  • Forest Therapy Guide. Association of Nature & Forest Therapy.  Sugarloaf Ridge, Kenwood, California, USA, August 11-18, 2018. Certified February 2019 following a 6 month practicum.​​

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Early morning, Cattle Point, Victoria, BC Photo: Kelly Hutchison.

​I would like to honour and acknowledge that Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands is the traditional land
​and unceded territory of the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations peoples.
I am grateful to live, work and play in this beautiful place.
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    • Why Walk With a Forest Therapy Guide
    • Healing Benefits of Forest Therapy
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