Nature Immersion: Loose Leaf Tea Gift and NW Leif Erikson Hike

Join us for free samples of premium gTEA, either Green, Oolong, or Black Loose Leaf Tea and a hike to steep in appreciation of nature.

Appreciation Hike: NW Leif Erikson Nature Hike, Wildwood Loop
Date: Sunday, April 30th at 11 AM to 3 PM
Distance: around 7.0 miles round trip
Pace: 2.0-2.5 mph
Duration: Roughly 3.0 hrs

Address: 10903-10917 NW Old Springville Rd, Portland, OR 97229
Coordinates: 45.57453, - 122.78847

Directions: From US-30 W take a sharp left onto NW Bridge Ave (St. Johns Bridge). Turn right onto NW Germantown Rd. Turn left onto NW Skyline Blvd. Turn left onto NW Old Springville Rd/Springville Rd.

Parking: There is a parking lot at the trailhead and some additional roadside spaces.

Meet: In the main entrance parking lot near the trailhead.

Mindfulness Guidance:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/62a3c25bb025a93b52bd711e/t/63ce3042562f4f635b137fa8/1674457154330/Mindfulness+of+Forest+Immersion.pdf

Stress sucks. But the forest is close at hand. Share your presence while immersed in time honored elements of nature. Seek the profound simplicity of an observant walk with like-minded folks. Allowing ourselves to experience the visceral calm of the natural world can become the antidote to our largely unnatural waking lives. With time you may even find some sense of clarity about what is truly necessary and what is glaringly unnecessary for you on your path.

This hike will include brief introductions of participants so inclined to share. A portion of the hike is silent. This is your opportunity to be mindful of your forest experience, and perhaps enjoy a passive camaraderie with other hikers, or whatever else happens to enter your mind and your senses. We will assist your mindfulness with simple guiding words to help you in your process of discovery. This is about you! And in a way, because of you it is about all of us together! At the conclusion of the hike, and time permitting, we may talk about what we enjoyed, unexpected surprises and any challenges that crept up.

Be grateful. Find beauty. Become more whole.

Please reference the path for our hike which may vary somewhat:
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/wildwood-northwest-leif-erikson-drive-and-hardesty-trail-loop

Other resources:
Imagine Well Being - htpps://www.liveimagining.org - "Envisioning a world where well-being is available to everyone."
Richard Hood, Co Host - htpps://www.gteashop.com - htpps://www.shinein.org - Cognitive Health Matters of Being

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I authorize Imagine Well Being guides and instructors to call 911 in the event that I appear to require emergency medical care, and I assume responsibility for all associated costs.