Name: Forest Mindfulness Hike - Canyon View Park, Aliso Viejo ($9.99 minimum)
Start: 2025-06-14T00:45:00.000Z
Location: Canyon View Park

**ABOUT THE MINDFULNESS HIKE:**
We begin our journey at the Old Corral/Red Windmill Day Use area, where the trail quickly carries us across a dry creek bed and into a wide, secluded meadow. Here, the hills rise gently ahead, inviting us into a quiet, hidden valley where the only sounds are birdsong and the occasional hum of a plane overhead. This out-and-back hike is just under 2 miles, but it offers far more than distance — it’s an immersive experience in nature. We begin with a gentle warm-up beneath the shade of graceful oaks before we pick up the pace, heading toward a ridge that rewards us with sweeping, panoramic views. There are two steep sections with loose rocks/soil – hiking boots with non-slip traction soles recommended as well as hiking poles for those needing extra support. At the summit, we pause to take it all in — sky, earth, and everything in between. Our return is slower and more mindful, allowing time to stop for natural curiosities and grounding practices. You may find yourself sensing the earth, breathing with the breeze, and feeling more connected with each step.

Rachel, our trail guide and expert in California native plants, shares insight into the living landscape around us. Treeesa, our Mindfulness, Earthing, and Grounding coach, leads gentle mindfulness practices (including Qi Gong) to help us drop into the present moment. This is not a hike to rush. We don’t measure the experience by the clock — in fact, we prefer to lose track of time entirely. It's best not to schedule anything immediately afterward so you can savor the full richness of this mind, body, and soul adventure.
**WHERE TO MEET:**
In the Old Corral/Windmill parking lot, by the restrooms. Caspers Wilderness Park, Old Corral/Red Windmill Day Use area - farthest away from the entrance to the park. Allow at least 10-15 minutes for driving from the park entrance.

**TIMELINE:**

* **8:40am -** Arrive at the kiosk entrance of Casper's Wilderness Park and pay the $5 fee for a day pass to park your vehicle. It will take 10+ minutes to drive to our meeting spot in Old Corral Day Use area.
* **8:50am -** Arrive in the parking lot at the Tall Red Windmill, Old Corral Day Use area and Restrooms. Meet by the picnic table under the Oak Tree.
* **8:55am -** Introductions.
* **9:00am** \- Begin our mindfulness hike\.
* **11:00am - 11:30am -** Meetup concludes at approximately this time. However, we don't keep track of time because we journey outside of time to enjoy the mind, body, soul adventure. We end when we end.
* **Optional -** Immediately following the session, I will conduct a wish fulfillment ceremony, with my Bodhisattva, if anyone is interested in receiving a wish fulfillment card from Taiwan. This is for the members who have not received a wish fulfillment card yet, since only one is distributed per person until they run out. This ceremony will take approximately 10 minutes.

**HIKE STATS:** Trail is mostly single track. Total length: 1.9 miles. Elevation gain: rapid 351ft. This is an advanced beginner hike due to some very steep, slippery areas with loose rocks/soil.

**WHAT TO BRING**: Long hiking pants or long leggings, so legs are fully covered due to Poison Oak. Sturdy, close-toe trail hiking shoes/boots with non-slip traction soles and hiking poles for those needing extra support. Water, hat, layered clothing, camera, snacks.

**ENTRANCE FEE:** $5.00 per vehicle or OC Parks annual pass.

**DRIVING DIRECTIONS**: Drive east toward the mountains about 8 miles on Ortega Hwy (from the 5 freeway) and turn left into the Caspers entrance. **Please allow enough time to arrive at Caspers Park entrance kiosk at 8:40am to be parked and ready to meet at 8:55am**. Keep driving over the creek, turn right at stop sign (about 1 mile) and drive (toward Old Corral Day Use) about another 2 miles. Just past the large red windmill, park in the area by the large corral and restrooms. Meet by the picnic table under the Oak Tree.

**PLEASE NOTE:** We start promptly at 9:00am. If you are late, you can try to find us at the Pinhead Peak trailhead.

**NATURE TRAIL PRECAUTIONS:** We need to be aware of poison oak, prickly plants such as cactus, ticks, flying insects, snakes, and natural hazards along the trail. Long hiking pants or long leggings (due to poison oak) are recommended. Closed toed hiking shoes/boots with non-slip traction soles are mandatory, and hiking poles are recommended for those needing extra support.

**ABOUT CASPERS WILDERNESS PARK**: Caspers Wilderness Park is an 8,000-acre protected wilderness preserve nestled among the river terraces and sandstone canyons of the western coastal Santa Ana Mountains. The park's many fertile valleys are overtly complemented by specimen groves of native Coastal Live Oak and magnificent stands of California Sycamore. These areas are further accentuated by seasonal wildflower displays and running streams. Wildlife is abundant and can be readily viewed from any of the park's numerous trails.

This offering is a free gift to my community for the month of May. For those who feel called within their heart to make a donation to help support our community and my mission of helping people stay harmonized in mind, body, soul you can do so via PayPal
[https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MXUFXF9ZXHWKC](https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MXUFXF9ZXHWKC)
Venmo: @Treeesa88 - Treeesa Nieto or on my website at:
[https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/donate-now/](https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/donate-now/)
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Thank you for your kind and loving generosi-tea.

I am so grateful for you, your participation and generous contributions.
These Mindfulness Hikes make great Team Building Events. Individual, Group and Team building events are available to book on my website at: [https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/offerings/](https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/offerings/)
or on my booking link:
[https://mindfulnesswithtreeesa.as.me/schedule.php](https://mindfulnesswithtreeesa.as.me/schedule.php)

Looking forward to connecting with you in nature soon.
With Love and Gratitude,
Treeesa

**DISCLAIMER:** Group organizer assumes no liability; hike at your own risk. By being a member of this group, you hereby agree to assume all risks and liability related to or resulting from any group functions. You agree that neither you nor any third party will hold the group leader or co leader liable for any injury, loss, or damage to your own person or any members of your family, friends, acquaintances, children, pets, or property, arising directly or as a consequence from a group activity. You also agree that your membership of this group is based on an "at will" basis.

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Donna McCullough

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Mindfulness Hike at Casper's Wilderness Park (Free Monthly Community Event)

Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park

**ABOUT THE GATHERING:**
Let's make some memories together on this Memorial Day Holiday. We will enjoy a nice walk at O'Neill Park, followed by a fireside dinner, with our soul tribe. All the details will be emailed in the May community newsletter that goes out Saturday, 5/3.

**PLEASE NOTE:** If you are interested in attending contact me via email at jinzangsi@treeesa.com and I will share all the details and parking map.

**BRING:** Bring a dish to share, your own water and beverages, a chair, a log for the fire and anything else you want to contribute to our fireside dinner gathering. Make sure you have hiking shoes/boots for our wilderness hike. Hiking pole is optional.

**TIMELINE:**

* **3:00pm** \- Arrive\, park and walk to our group campsite
* **4:00pm** \- Wilderness walk / hike begins $must have hiking shoes$
* **5:00pm** \- Walk / Hike concludes
* **5:30pm** \- Fireside dinner gathering begins
* **7:45pm** \- Dinner ends\, walk back to cars and depart

**PARKING:** Day Use parking is available for $3-$5 per vehicle. I will email you a parking map once you RSVP.

Looking forward to enjoying this holiday together in nature...

With Love and Gratitude,
Treeesa

**DISCLAIMER:** Group organizer assumes no liability; attend at your own risk. By being a member of this group, you hereby agree to assume all risks and liability related to or resulting from any group functions. You agree that neither you nor any third party will hold the group leader liable for any injury, loss, or damage to your own person or any members of your family, friends, acquaintances, children, pets, or property, arising directly or as a consequence from a group activity. You also agree that your membership of this group is based on an "at will" basis.

Courtney P

Brad Jensen

Rick Jasiewicz

Regina R.

Marsha Y

Chris Khoa Nguyen

Erinn Johnson

Christi Aspling

Emma 

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Todd Smith

Memorial Day Fireside Gathering - O'Neill Park Campground, Trabuco Canyon

O'Neill Regional Park

**ABOUT THE MINDFULNESS SESSION:** With our bare feet on the earth, I guide us in a variety of fun, easy, slow moving mindfulness practices that help to calm the mind and body, regulate the nervous system, strengthen the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies, harmonize the mind-body-soul, uplift the energy-frequency-vibration, and return us to our center - the peaceful, calm abiding joyful state within - our natural state of being.

We enjoy a variety of mindfulness, earthing and grounding practices that include a combination of breathing, gratitude, stretching, Reiki, Qi Gong moves, flows and moving meditations. I share powerful practices that help us create harmony and health within us, which can then be reflected all around us. These practices transform stress into vitality, negativity into positivity, low energy into enhanced energy. Everything starts within us. We cultivate positive qualities in our practices, which are empowering and remind you of the powerful alchemist that you are. The more you engage in these uplifting practices the more joy, harmony and flow you will experience in your life.

Enjoying these practices in nature, with our bare feet on the earth, allows us to receive healing, loving, light energy from Mother Earth, Father Sun and the Ocean. The energy we cultivate together as a group also allows us to send loving light energy into the ocean and space all around us. With our intentions, we also direct loving light energy to Mother Earth, the Animals and our Family of Humanity.

**WHERE TO MEET:** By the Salt Creek Beach parking lot tunnel. We will walk down the public access ramp together to the Beach. We will locate a nice spot on the beach for us to enjoy our session.

**OPTIONAL MEETING SPOT FOR ADDITIONAL WALKING:** For those who want to do more walking and take advantage of free parking, meet me at 8:30am in the Gelson's Dana Point parking lot (parking spaces to the left of Gelson's). Gelson's Address is 24 Monarch Bay Plaza, Dana Point, 92629. It is about 1 mile and takes approximately 20 minutes for us to walk from Gelson's to the Salt Creek Beach Parking Lot Tunnel Meeting location to meet the others.

**TIMELINE:**

* **8:25am** \- Meet me at Gelson's Parking lot **(optional - to walk more)**
* **8:30am** \- Begin the walk from Gelson's parking lot to Salt Creek Beach Parking Lot Tunnel to meet the others **(optional - to walk more)**
* **8:55am - Arrive at Salt Creek Beach parking lot and meet by the staircase and tunnel that goes down to the beach. If you are parking in the Salt Creek Beach parking lot, be sure to buy a parking ticket to put on the dashboard of your car.**
* **9:00am - Begin walking down to Salt Creek Beach together.**
* **9:15am - Mindfulness Session begins**
* **10:15am - Session ends**
* **10:30am - Approximate return time to parked cars at Salt Creek Beach Parking Lot**
* **11:00am - Approximate return time to Gelson's parking lot**
* **Optional -** Immediately following the session, I will conduct a wish fulfillment ceremony, with my Bodhisattva, if anyone is interested in receiving a wish fulfillment card from Taiwan. This is for the members who have not received a wish fulfillment card yet, since only one is distributed per person until they run out. This ceremony will take approximately 10-15 minutes.

**FEE:** This offering is in exchange for a $9.99 minimum fee, but if it resonates to pay more always listen to your heart. Payments can be made in advance or in person day of session with cash, PayPal
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/QBL8GAKPP4BHG
via Venmo: @Treeesa88 - Treeesa Nieto or on my website at: https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/donate-now/

Thank you for supporting our community and my mission of helping people stay harmonized in mind, body, soul. Learn more about my offerings on my website: https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/

**PLEASE NOTE:** We depart Salt Creek Beach Parking Lot Beach Tunnel promptly at 9:00am. If you show up past 9:00am, catch up with us by walking down to the beach and turning right when you get on the sand.

**WHAT TO BRING:** Hat, sunscreen and Water. Be prepared to get your feet sandy and wet, since some of our practices will be done with our feet in the ocean.

**RESTROOMS:** Are available at the Salt Creek Beach Parking Lot and near the snack shack down by the beach.

For those interested in receiving more one on one support with me or booking individual, group or team building events, you can view my offerings on my website at: https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/offerings/
or booking link: https://mindfulnesswithtreeesa.as.me/schedule.php

Looking forward to connecting with you in nature soon...
With Love and Gratitude,
Treeesa

**DISCLAIMER:** Group organizer assumes no liability; attend at your own risk. By being a member of this group, you hereby agree to assume all risks and liability related to or resulting from any group functions. You agree that neither you nor any third party will hold the group leader liable for any injury, loss, or damage to your own person or any members of your family, friends, acquaintances, children, pets, or property, arising directly or as a consequence from a group activity. You also agree that your membership of this group is based on an "at will" basis.

Mindfulness, Earthing and Grounding Practices at Salt Creek Beach ($9.99 min)

Salt Creek Beach Park

**ABOUT THE MINDFULNESS HIKE:**
We start at the entrance of Canyon View Park, walk down the paved trail, until we get to the dirt trail and entrance to the Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. Here is where our Forest Mindfulness and Nature Bathing journey begins. Once we are nestled under some shady Oak Trees, we will stop for a nice warm up to activate our energy. We will continue down the dirt fire road until we reach a bridge crossing that takes us into the beautiful Forest. At our 2nd stop in the Oak Woodlands, we will enjoy a variety of slow moving Qi Gong flows and a moving meditation to attune to the healing energy of Mother Earth, the Trees and Animals. Our hike continues up some steep sections and a wooden staircase, and we come down upon an expansive lookout point, where we will enjoy more mindfulness and gratitude practices to honor the six directions.

This out-and-back hike is approximately 2 1/2 miles, with an elevation gain of 433 feet. There are some steep areas, so hiking shoes/boots with non-slip traction soles are recommended as well as hiking poles for those needing extra support. This is not a fast paced hike rather it is a mindful flowing hike that allows time to stop for natural curiosities, animal sightings and earthing-grounding-mindfulness practices. It is a time to tune into your senses, listen to the bird songs, feel the earth, breath with the trees and observe natures abundance. We don’t measure the experience by the clock — in fact, we prefer to lose track of time entirely. It's a time to unplug from the phone, immerse yourself in the present moment and savor the full richness of this mind, body, and soul adventure.

The hike and mindfulness practices help to calm the mind and body, regulate the nervous system, harmonize the mind-body-soul, strengthen the physical-mental-emotional-spiritual bodies so you leave feeling uplifted, peaceful and joyful.

**WHERE TO MEET:**
At the entrance of Canyon View Park, by the gate and park sign.

**TIMELINE:**

* **5:35-5:40pm -** Arrive and park on the street. Meet by the gate entrance and Canyon View Park sign.
* **5:40pm -** Introductions.
* **5:45pm** \- Begin our mindfulness hike\.
* **7:45pm -** Meetup concludes at approximately this time. However, we don't keep track of time because we journey outside of time to enjoy the mind, body, soul adventure. We end when we end.
* **Optional -** Immediately following the session, I will conduct a wish fulfillment ceremony, with my Bodhisattva, if anyone is interested in receiving a wish fulfillment card from Taiwan. This is for the members who have not received a wish fulfillment card yet, since only one is distributed per person until they run out. This ceremony will take approximately 10 minutes.

**FEE:** This offering is in exchange for a $9.99 minimum fee, but if it resonates to pay more always listen to your heart. Payments can be made in advance or in person day of session with cash, PayPal
[https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/QBL8GAKPP4BHG](https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/QBL8GAKPP4BHG)
via Venmo: @Treeesa88 - Treeesa Nieto or on my website at: [https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/donate-now/](https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/donate-now/)
Thank you for supporting our community and my mission of helping people stay harmonized in mind, body, soul. Learn more about my offerings on my website: [https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/](https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/)

**HIKE STATS:** Total length: 2.5 miles. Elevation gain: 433 feet. This is an easy hike, but it has some steep hills and uneven terrain.

**WHAT TO BRING**: Long hiking pants or long leggings, so legs are fully covered due to Poison Oak. Sturdy, close-toe trail hiking shoes/boots with non-slip traction soles and hiking poles for those needing extra support. Water and layered clothing.

**FREE PARKING**

**RESTROOM AVAILABLE**: There is a portable bathroom available.

**PLEASE NOTE:** We start promptly at 5:45pm. If you are late, please try to catch up with us.

**NATURE TRAIL PRECAUTIONS:** We need to be aware of poison oak, prickly plants such as cactus, ticks, flying insects, snakes, and natural hazards along the trail. Long hiking pants or long leggings (due to poison oak) are recommended. Closed toed hiking shoes/boots with non-slip traction soles are mandatory, and hiking poles are recommended for those needing extra support.

**ADDITIONAL SUPPORT:** For those interested in receiving more one on one support with me or booking individual, group or team building events, you can view my offerings on my website at: [https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/offerings/](https://jinzangsitreeesa.com/offerings/)
or booking link: [https://mindfulnesswithtreeesa.as.me/schedule.php](https://mindfulnesswithtreeesa.as.me/schedule.php)

Looking forward to connecting with you in nature soon.
With Love and Gratitude,
Treeesa

**DISCLAIMER:** Group organizer assumes no liability; hike at your own risk. By being a member of this group, you hereby agree to assume all risks and liability related to or resulting from any group functions. You agree that neither you nor any third party will hold the group leader or co leader liable for any injury, loss, or damage to your own person or any members of your family, friends, acquaintances, children, pets, or property, arising directly or as a consequence from a group activity. You also agree that your membership of this group is based on an "at will" basis.

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Forest Mindfulness Hike - Canyon View Park, Aliso Viejo ($9.99 minimum)

Canyon View Park 

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