Experiences
Forest Bathing
Any time spent in forests, or near nature, even just our own inner nature, is a time of healing, and building your inner power, calm, and strenth.
Kamo, Forest-Stream Session
Take a short walk through farmland and
forest, along a clear turquoise river. Get
a deep sense of the Japanese countryside
with its steep forested mountains, its small pastoral fields rich with birdsong and cicadas. Learn to distinguish wild boar and deer tracks, as you breath in the healing scent of Japanasese cedar. See a forest farm, and meditate by the sides of a small stream. Reconnect to nature both inner and out. A journey for both the body and the soul.
Keith Adams: 090-9114-3512
shrinindowoodsway@gmail.com
Time: 3hours
4 with lunch
Level: Easy
Cost: 10,000 per person
15,000 w lunch
Meet JR Kamo Station, Kizugawashi. East Exit.
Kasagi - Temple and River Hike
Enjoy a full day in nature, replenishing your spirit, mind and body with forest bathing combined with Hiking, Tai Chi, Temple tours and river swimming. Trek around the maple clad mountain top of Kasagi mountain with rock faces carved with Buddhas, and take in the stunning views of the turquoise Kizu river winding down through the steep Kizu valley where South East Kyoto meets Mie prefecture. Visit a series of small water falls and breath deeply the revitalizing smells of cedar forests, and cool running waters.
Keith Adams: 090-9114-3512
shrinindowoodsway@gmail.com
Time: 7 hours
Level: Medium or Hard*
Cost: 35,000 Yen
Meet JR Kasagi Station,
Gyoen: Kyoto Imperial Palace Gardens
Saunter through the majestic imperial gardens with its towering read and black pines. See over 50 kinds of trees, and vibrant birdlife. Visit the beautiful Itsukushima, branch shrine of Miyajima at the Kujo pond. Relax on a provide blanketed beneath and soak in the sounds of dozens of bird species while going on a journey of awareness through your body and mind. Learn how to map your senses with color and express space through line. Reconnect with your powerful Tao, your inner child and ancestors.
Keith Adams: 090-9114-3512
shrinindowoodsway@gmail.com
Time: 2 hours
Level: Easy
Cost: 15,000 Yen
Meet Kyoto subway, Exit 1 Marutomachi Station
Ryoanji-Takao-Hosogawa-Arashiyama
Spend a full day exploring Kyoto off the beaten path. First visit the fabulous the World Heritage Ryoanji Zen temple with its rock garden lesson in perfection and enormous lotus pond. Clear out your bad karma tossing kawara, small clay discs off Takao mountain at Jingoji's Shingon Buddhist temple to the fabulous valley below. Experience taichi empowerment overlooking the pristine Kiyotaki valley. Next hike along the crystal clear Kiyotaki river, stopping for swimming, wading, with a fresh cooked lunch including organic vegetables from your guides own garden. Continue your hike along the winding mystic trail, over looking the river. Stop for forest bathing meditation, by a deep pool of turquoise waters. Finish off the day with sunset at Arashiyama’s world famous bamboo forest.
Time: 8-9 hours
Keith Adams: 090-9114-3512
shrinindowoodsway@gmail.com
Level: Medium Hard.
Meet Kyoto Station
Central Exit
Cost: 45,000 Yen
