Silent Healers: Nature’s Cure Screening + Panel at Rice Univ

Forest Therapy has been woven into my own recovery in ways I never could have planned.

In seasons where my nervous system was tired, my heart was carrying more than words could hold, and effort wasn’t the answer—the forest was. Not as a fix. Not as an escape. But as a place where I could breathe again. Where my body softened. Where something steady met me when life felt anything but.

This evening is an invitation into that remembering.

About the Evening

Join us for a grounding, community-centered gathering that weaves together Forest Therapy, film, and conversation.

The evening will include:

• A brief, guided taste of Forest Therapy led by certified guides
• A community screening of the documentary Silent Healers: Nature’s Cure
• A panel discussion and audience Q&A with leaders in healthcare, research, and the global forest therapy movement

This event brings together care providers, community partners, and people who are simply longing for more spacious, relational ways of healing.

About the Film: Silent Healers: Nature’s Cure

Silent Healers explores the growing global forest therapy movement and the remarkable ways forests are being integrated into healthcare, research, and policy.

The film highlights inspiring models—particularly from South Korea—where Forest Healing Centers are part of long-term care, recovery, and resilience for elders, caregivers, and communities.

At its heart, the film carries a message that feels especially relevant right now:

Nature is not a luxury. Nature is a form of care.

Why This Matters

Like so many, my life has been shaped by caring for loved ones—walking alongside illness, aging, stress, and the quiet weight that caregivers often carry.

Through those experiences, I witnessed something profound:

Even when we cannot change the circumstances, nature can change how we are held within them.

This work is rooted in that lived truth—and in a vision of a more compassionate future where access to nearby nature is part of how we care for one another.