Forest Therapy Guide Certification - Start Online
A certified training to become a Forest Therapy Guide. A profound transformational journey of remembering and deepening your relationship with the Earth and all beings. A pathway for professional expansion.
Your Certification Pathway
STEP 1:
6-month remote training
Step 1
You will start with a 6-month remote training, covering the content on live calls with your trainers and fellow students. As part of this program you will also be spending a lot of time exploring this practice through nature connection activities outside. After completing this training you will receive a provisional certification as a Certified Forest Therapy Guide.
STEP 2:
4-day in-person immersion
Step 2
After completing at least module 4 and submitting the corresponding assignments, of the six-month remote Forest Therapy Guide Training you're eligible to apply to a 4-day in-person immersion. During this time you will have the opportunity to be guided on forest therapy walks by your trainers and to deepen into this practice. You have two years time to complete this step. To view the available immersions click here.
STEP 3:
Get your certification
Step 3
After completing the 6-month remote training and the 4-day in- person immersion, you will receive your permanent certification as an ANFT Certified Forest Therapy Guide and be part of the largest Forest Therapy Guide Community Worldwide. Click here to see the guide directory.
Forest Therapy Guide Online Trainings
6-month remote training
- Cohort 159
Enrollment Deadline / First Call
- January 22, 2026
- 8:30 am
- English
Live Calls (Times in PST)
- Thursdays
- 9:30 am
- 11:30 am
- Cohort 160
Enrollment Deadline / First Call
- February 4, 2026
- 4:30 pm
- English
Live Calls (Times in PST)
- Wednesdays
- 5:00 pm
- 7:00 pm
- Cohort 161
Enrollment Deadline / First Call
- February 12, 2026
- 2:30 pm
- English
Live Calls (Times in PST)
- Thursdays
- 3:30 pm
- 5:30 pm
- Cohort 162
Enrollment Deadline / First Call
- March 4, 2026
- 8:30 am
- English
Live Calls (Times in PST)
- Wednesdays
- 9:00 am
- 11:00 am
- Cohort 163
Enrollment Deadline / First Call
- March 23, 2026
- 4:00 pm
- English
Live Calls (Times in PST)
- Mondays
- 5:00 pm
- 7:00 pm
- Cohort 164
Enrollment Deadline / First Call
- April 23, 2026
- 3:00 pm
- English
Live Calls (Times in PST)
- Thursdays
- 4:00 pm
- 6:00 pm
- Cohort 165
Enrollment Deadline / First Call
- May 6, 2026
- 3:00 pm
- English
Live Calls (Times in PST)
- Wednesdays
- 4:00 pm
- 6:00 pm
- Cohort 169
Enrollment Deadline / First Call
- July 29, 2026
- 4:30 pm
- English
Live Calls (Times in PST)
- Wednesdays
- 5:30 pm
- 7:30 pm
- Cohort 170
Enrollment Deadline / First Call
- August 26, 2026
- 2:30 pm
- English
Live Calls (Times in PST)
- Wednesdays
- 3:30 pm
- 5:30 pm
IMPORTANT: Before you send out your application, please make sure that the schedule for the calls works for you and your time zone. Check the detailed Schedule for every cohort in the detailed description or Compare the different schedules here.
What You Will Learn
- Learn how to guide ANFT's Standard Sequence - A Powerful approach to nature connection
- Sequencing forest therapy invitations for maximum impact and benefit
- The heart-centered Way of the Guide approach
- The Language of Invitation to help create powerful connections with self and nature
- Somatic techniques for embodied awareness
- The pedagogy and fundamentals of nature connection
- Nature and forest therapy research and knowledge
- Trail awareness and safety - how to choose a forest therapy trail
- Getting to know your bioregion, its history, watershed, awarenesses and more
- Facilitation skills that promote an open environment for group sharing
- Expressive arts activities for forest therapy
- Competency standards: what a Forest Therapy Guide should know and be able to do
- Tips for successfully promoting your forest therapy offerings
What you will get from your training
14 modules, over 120 lessons
Over 14 live calls with your trainers and cohort
Small group discussion calls with trainers
Downloadable manual
30+ short videos, recorded by different trainers
40+ assignments/ self exploration activities
20+ nature connection activities
Access to research papers and studies
Fun Facts and Reflections
Remote Forest Therapy walks guided by trainers
Guide your own walks and debrief them
Access to the largest forest therapy guide's community worldwide
Want to know more about the training?
Join a FREE Training Walkthrough Calls
TRAINING WALKTHROUGH CALLS
Talk to those who have been there from the beginning. Trainers who have guided in forests throughout the world. Guides who have met and managed a myriad of situations encountered on the trail. People who know this practice in their heads, hearts, and bones. Learn the details of ANFT’s acclaimed training. Is it the right training for you?
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