International Forest Therapy Days
A community of international friends of the forest
Who we are
IFTDays is an advocate for forests, people, and the bond between them. We aim to protect the world’s forests by increasing their value in the eyes of human beings through forest therapy practices that highlight the forest as a healing environment. IFTDays draws inspiration from the richness of cultural backgrounds and the diverse ways people engage in Forest Therapy across different forest types around the world. We believe this work needs everyone, and every contribution is valued. IFTDays brings together people from different domains, disciplines, and belief systems into a supportive community centered on a shared concern for the world’s forests and active participation in raising awareness of their essential role in Earth’s life-support system. IFTDays supports approaches that draw on the healing properties of forests for preventive purposes (such as relaxation) and curative purposes (including individual or group counseling), across all age groups. These approaches facilitate full sensory experiences that restore mental capacities, enhance quality of life, and reconnect us with the more-than-human world, ultimately strengthening the human–nature connection for the well-being of the entire planet.
IFTDAYS core goals
1. To promote and inspire multitude of ways to help people connect with forests for the health of the planet and the people
2. To serve as an advocate of (old growth) forests for their protection for their inherent value
3. To help people´s self-actualization process and promote diversity in initiatives that seek to strengthen the human-nature connection through scientifically sound, evidence based and ethical to both planet and man in it.
Our journey
IFTDays started in 2018 with our first live event that took place in Finland. After that our events have taken different forms, from live meetings to online circles. After the pandemic and many developments in the field of forest theraoy, we have settled on monthly online circles that bring together everyone who has ever experienced the magic of the forest and who has questions and concerns and wants to engage in a likeminded network of people.
Our online circles are published on our Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as on a newsletter that appears a week before the circle. Send an email to foresttherapydays@gmail.com with the subject “SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER”. Please also tell us a little about who and where you are and what brings you to IFTDays.
OUR CIRCLES ARE ON A BREAK IN THE SPRING OF 2026!
See some glimpses of our journey.
