Forest Bathing Group Session (ages 16+)
Join us for an opportunity to slow down and engage your senses, bathing in the splendour of nature!
Sessions Run: On the last Wednesday of each month from 5-7pm.
Cost: $55/Individual/Session
Inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, the research-based framework used for a forest bathing session supports the healing and wellness that comes from connecting with the natural world, which numerous studies have shown to boost mental health, reduce stress, and benefit both cardiovascular and immune systems. Forest bathing reminds us that we are related to all other beings in fundamental ways, deepening our reciprocal relationship with the natural world.
The pace of forest bathing is slow with your guide offering you invitations to explore the nature around you using your senses. The structured sequence shared by the guide allows for creative and inspirational opportunities to connect with the beings in nature in new ways that extend beyond the actual session.
Bring whatever you need to feel cozy and comfortable. Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes that you won’t mind getting dirty. Because we won’t be moving around too much, bring an extra layer or small blanket and something to sit or lie down on like a mat or camping chair. If you have allergies, accessibility considerations, or other health concerns, please let us know ahead of time.
Please note that we will be starting and ending outside of Foxglove Wellness, with access to the washrooms. We will be venturing into Millcreek Ravine, with the option of taking a road or stairs.
Please Note: The elements/precipitation are part of experiencing nature. Unless extreme conditions, forest bathing sessions will continue as planned. Please dress for the weather. If extreme weather conditions require sessions to be cancelled, a make up session will be scheduled.
Fox Trot Swag Pick Up Party
Fox Trotters…You DID it! Now its time to celebrate and get your hard earned swag!
Forest Bathing Group Session (ages 16+)
Join us for an opportunity to slow down and engage your senses, bathing in the splendour of nature!
Sessions Run: On the last Wednesday of each month from 5-7pm.
Cost: $55/Individual/Session
Inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, the research-based framework used for a forest bathing session supports the healing and wellness that comes from connecting with the natural world, which numerous studies have shown to boost mental health, reduce stress, and benefit both cardiovascular and immune systems. Forest bathing reminds us that we are related to all other beings in fundamental ways, deepening our reciprocal relationship with the natural world.
The pace of forest bathing is slow with your guide offering you invitations to explore the nature around you using your senses. The structured sequence shared by the guide allows for creative and inspirational opportunities to connect with the beings in nature in new ways that extend beyond the actual session.
Bring whatever you need to feel cozy and comfortable. Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes that you won’t mind getting dirty. Because we won’t be moving around too much, bring an extra layer or small blanket and something to sit or lie down on like a mat or camping chair. If you have allergies, accessibility considerations, or other health concerns, please let us know ahead of time.
Please note that we will be starting and ending outside of Foxglove Wellness, with access to the washrooms. We will be venturing into Millcreek Ravine, with the option of taking a road or stairs.
Please Note: The elements/precipitation are part of experiencing nature. Unless extreme conditions, forest bathing sessions will continue as planned. Please dress for the weather. If extreme weather conditions require sessions to be cancelled, a make up session will be scheduled.
Family Forest Bathing Series
Join us for an opportunity for you and your family to bathe in the splendour of nature and press pause on the fast pace of life with this 4-part forest bathing Sunday series!
Sessions Run: Sunday September 17, September 24, October 1, + October 15 from 10:30-12:30. Please arrive 15 minutes early to get settled.
Cost: $200/family (includes 4 sessions)
Inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, the research-based framework used for a forest bathing session supports the healing and wellness that comes from connecting with the natural world, which numerous studies have shown to boost mental health, reduce stress, and benefit both cardiovascular and immune systems. Forest bathing reminds us that we are related to all other beings in fundamental ways, deepening our reciprocal relationship with the natural world.
The pace of forest bathing is slow with your guide offering you and your family invitations to explore the nature around you using your senses. The structured sequence shared by the guide allows for creative and inspirational opportunities for family members to connect with each other and the beings in nature in new ways that extend beyond the actual sessions.
Bring whatever you and your family need to feel cozy and comfortable. Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes that you won’t mind getting dirty. Because we won’t be moving around too much, bring an extra layer or small blanket and something to sit or lie down on like a mat or camping chair.
If any family members have allergies, accessibility considerations, or other health concerns, please let us know ahead of time.
Please note that we will be starting and ending outside of Foxglove Wellness, with access to the washrooms. We will be venturing into Millcreek Ravine, with the option of taking a road or stairs. Strollers and wagons are welcome.
Please Note: The elements/precipitation are part of experiencing nature. Unless extreme conditions, forest bathing sessions will continue as planned. Please dress for the weather. If extreme weather conditions require sessions to be cancelled, a make up session will be scheduled.
Fox Trot 2.0
***Save $10 with our Early Bird Registration August 1-15, 2023***
Grab your pals. It’s back and this Trot is bigger and better than last year!
Foxglove Wellness + Anti Social Running Club are inviting you to run (walk, bike, scoot, dance) your way through September with us!
This year you get to choose from completing 50km, 100km or the big One-“Fit”-y (150km). Run at your pace throughout the month of September.
Run solo, join us on team runs, or run with some of our amazing partners. However you choose to do it we’re here to support you with friends, running schedules, stretches, cross training, and a big party on October 1st to pick up your sick swag to celebrate your success!
You don’t have to be an athlete to take part, we just love being active and supporting healthy habits!
“We know that there is no "winning" at being fit, no end point to taking care of yourself. Wellness is personal, ever changing, and always ongoing. Little challenges to kick start good habits and give you that drive to be consistent is exactly what the Fox Trot is all about”.
What’s included in your registration?
A community of Foxes cheering one another along, as we work towards completing our goals
A cross-body Foxglove Fanny pack (up to 107 cm)
A FOX TROT water bottle
A sticker sheet to add to your fav sticker book or to decorate your waterbottle
A 4-pack of either a mix pack beer, non-alcoholic beer, or GF selzers’s from the amazing SYC brewing
A FULL program to help you with nutrition, stretching, rest and a day-by-day guide to reaching your KM goal.
A cross training program designed exclusively for Fox Trotters by our good friend Logan Grundy, R.TCMP, PHCC, CPT, NKT of Peak Health Revolution
Access to the Fox Trot Strava group and group challenges for tracking your kms
Discounts, group classes, and prizes with our partners (YEG Cycle, Neo Juicery, Runaway Workout Club, + more)
Registration starts August 1st. Take advantage of our early bird pricing and register before August 15.
Tie-Dye Party
If you know us at Foxglove Wellness, you know we like to work hard…but play harder!
On Sunday July 9, we are throwing a back alley Tie Dye Party! Get your fav white threads out or purchase one of our “love everybody” Cotton T’s (preorder available in our online store) and transform them into summer rainbow styles.
Kind Ice cream will be slinging their “Gay-OK” scoops along with some other fan favs, SYC brewing will be serving up tasters from their mini truck of their beers and ciders, and the QTHC + Peer N Peer will have a booth set up with various harm reduction and safer sex supplies which are free for community members to take.
Peer N Peer will also have staff on-site to answer any questions. They will provide a Naloxone demonstration and show attendees how to use fentanyl test strips. Their team is also very excited to speak about some of the exciting new work they’ve done this year, including the development of a mental health support program, Bloom, and the development of a province-wide 2S/LGBTQIA+ substance use survey.
Join us for a fun afternoon of safe substance use education, safe sex education, scoops, drinks, tunes, and of course TIE DYE!!!
Tie Dye kits will be available by donation at the event or pre purchased online ($5 minimum) and 100% of funds raised will be directly contributed to the Peer N Peer and the ongoing work they are doing in the community.
This event is ALL AGES, ALL FOLKS. If you’re coming, just be kind babies and love everybody.
The Queer & Trans Health Collective (QTHC) is a grassroots health organization run by and for the queer and trans community to promote equitable opportunity for health and well-being for our community members. We run free health leadership programming, lead community-based research, provide direct support to community members, and host healthcare provider training. Our Peer N Peer program is a harm reduction program promoting safer substance use and informed sexual decision making designed to meet participants where they are at. The program offers harm reduction supplies, peer based counseling, and service navigation support.
Kind Ice Cream is a women, queer and Indigenous-owned business that celebrates diversity and promotes inclusion. Their ice cream is creatively crafted to showcase exceptional ingredients using a chef-driven approach, with a focus on creating unbelievably delicious takes on classic ice cream flavours and brand new flavours pulled from the wild and wonderful imaginations of our team. With locations in Ritchie, Highlands and now Oliver, Kind Ice Cream is a community-driven shop all about bringing folks of all kinds together to celebrate and enjoy a scoop together. Kind Ice Cream is excited to be part of the Foxglove Wellness Tie-Dye Fundraiser alongside some of Edmonton’s most inspiring businesses and organizations.
