Age 16+

Held rain or shine.

Bring a water bottle.

$55 per participant.

No refunds issued for cancellations.

When we receive your registration more details will be sent to include directions, parking, etc.

Be guided into deep, timeless presence with nature through a guided forest bathing walk with Becca Nenow. This is a gentle and slow meditative walk where we connect with nature and soak in all the health and heart benefits the forest has to offer.

Becca grew up between the hills of Tennessee, the cornfields of Indiana, and the mountains of North Carolina.​ 

Joan Didion said, "Don’t you think sometimes that people are formed by the landscape they grow up in…it formed everything I ever think or ever do or am." 

From early on nature and art have been guiding forces in life, and medication and embodiment practices joined the team along the way. She was raised in a home with thousands of books, and in a family where they repeated her Montessori preschool mantra "learning and growing everyday". ​

​​Becca studied visual art in high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and then psychology, biology, and art at UNC Chapel Hill. After graduating she thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, was elected to Boone Town Council, and started a company for sustainable & refillable products, called Resupply. 

She is still involved in local sustainability initiatives by serving on boards and volunteering at ecological work days, but the soul of her work is in guiding people into deeper connection with the Earth by guiding them how to be in the wilderness and live as their own wild self through co-created experiences. ​s in her life, and meditation and embodiment practices joined

FOREST BATHING - November 15, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Becca Nenow

Forest bathing is based on the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku. In the 80's and 90's the Japanese government noticed a decline in the population's mental and physical health as the workforce moved from outdoor and agricultural to indoor and technological. They researched what could improve these health outcomes and discovered that simply being in nature significantly benefits both mental and physical health. Research now shows that spending time with the forest improves cognition, creativity, stress, immune function, heart rate variability, and more. But better than reading the research, experience the feeling of the forest for yourself.

You will need:

• Sturdy walking shoes

• Weather-appropriate clothing, including rain gear or multiple layers for chilly & windy days

• Water bottle

• Hiking pole, if you would like support while walking

All Things Wood - TAUGHT BY SPENCER BOLEJACK

Wood whispers, wood speaks, and those who learn to hear it’s quiet voice learn to live in relationship with the rarest substance in the Universe.  Come spend a day learning how to see more in wood than you thought possible with Spencer 2 Dogs.  Spencer hasn’t just kept his family warm and cooked with wood for decades, he helped build many of the structures on Turtle Island.  We will observe and utilize forest succession, read signs of weather and climate in the growth of trees, identify medicines and share methods of harvesting, preparing and storing gifts from the mountains.  Handles, tools, repairs, debarking, splitting, cutting, sawing, chopping, planting and regeneration – and more, shaped by your own interests.  If you are a student of survival, Earth Skills, or simply living this is foundational information as a resident on planet Earth.

Spencer 2 Dogs Bolejack operates Land of the Sky Wilderness School in Western North Carolina where he lives with his wife and three kids.  An apprentice of mountain man Eustace Conway in the 1990s, Bolejack holds dan rank in multiple styles of martial arts including Tang Soo Do, Kenpo, IMA, and a 5th degree black belt in ninjutsu.  After starting college with a full scholarship at Appalachian State, he gave everything away and moved into the woods for a total of three years, surviving on little and accumulating many of the skills discussed in camp. Eventually graduating from UNC-A, he has taught public school, won state level awards from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, has been published in Best Practices for Middle School Teachers and has taught internationally. The 11th generation Carolinian also co-hosted 59 episodes of Discovery’s Hillbilly Blood.

Spencer “2 dogs” Bolejack

ALL THINGS WOOD - DECEMBER 5, 2026 - 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Appropriate for ages 13+ with a participating adult.

$75 per attendant

Please bring a bag lunch, water bottle & rain gear.

.Held rain or shine.

No refunds for cancellations.

More info will be sent after registration.