Cool off, slow down and awaken your senses on a daylong Ocean and Forest Bathing Island Retreat on the Boston Harbor Islands with Toadstool Walks. Discover the unique urban wilderness of Peddocks Island with its rich history and stories to tell. Explore this island and the harbor in a whole new way. Forest Bathing, inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, is a restorative sensory exploration that supports health and healing for all beings. From increased cerebral blood flow to stronger immune defenses, come discover for yourself what happens when we unplug, slow down and open our senses to notice more of our natural surroundings. Forest Bathing is part of a global effort to tend to the stressful conditions of living in modern industrialized civilization. All the prompts, invitations, sharing and ways of participating are optional and open to interpretation.