Autumn Forest Sound Bathing with Melissa Ann (November 7, 2025)

As the leaves turn and the air cools, we invite you to slow down and come home to your body and breath beneath the forest canopy. Join us for a gentle and intuitively led flow. Expect a spacious, natural rhythm in sync with the forest.

*Update* Due to the weather, this event has been moved to the Auditorium in the Preserves Visitor Center.

Please plan to arrive by 5:40 PM to settle into your nest.

Timeline:

5:40 PM — Arrival & Nesting
Arrive early to claim your space, settle into your surroundings, and begin to land in your body and breath.

6:00–6:30 PM — Somatic Self-Healing & Mindfulness
We begin with grounding somatic practices—breathwork, mindful movement, and sensory awareness—to awaken presence and activate the parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) nervous system. This prepares the body and mind to receive the deeper layers of the sound experience with openness and Self-energy.

6:30–7:15 PM — Forest Sound Bathing Journey
Resting in the mossy forest, we invite you into a full-body listening experience. Let yourself be immersed in the ambient sounds of nature—rustling leaves, birds, owls—and live sound healing tools like crystal singing bowls, chimes, and percussion. This is a time for deep rest, sensory exploration, and gentle inner unfolding.

7:15–7:30 PM — Closing & Sharing
We gently return from the sound journey with optional sharing, reflection, and closing practices. A moment to integrate, be witnessed, or simply rest in silence as you transition back.

What to Expect:

• Mindful movement and somatic self-healing practices to regulate and ground
• A deeply immersive sound bath in communion with nature’s own music
• A soft, supportive container for inner awareness, stillness, and connection

Benefits:

• Develop deeper self-awareness and embodied presence
• Cultivate tools for emotional regulation and stress relief
• Support self-healing and nervous system balance
• Reconnect with True identity, Self-energy, and inner wisdom
• Experience connection and community in a sacred outdoor space
• Honor the earth, the season, and your right to rest

What to Bring:

• Yoga mat or blanket, warm layers, water, and anything else to support your comfort (eye covering, pillow, tea, journal, etc.).

All are welcome. Come as you are. Leave more whole.

Melissa is a licensed holistic psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and sound healing practitioner dedicated to creating safe and compassionate spaces for individual and collective healing. With a foundation in trauma-sensitive yoga, IFS parts work, EMDR, and somatic self-healing, her work weaves Eastern practices with Western therapeutic modalities. Her offerings—including forest sound baths, integrative trauma work, and embodied mindfulness—invite participants into deep presence, nervous system regulation, and connection with the natural world. Melissa began her private practice, Inner Harmony Therapeutics, LLC, a year and a half ago and is passionate about supporting others in cultivating authenticity, self-awareness, and embodied healing.

Credentials and Clinical Trainings: Licensed Professional Counselor, (PA Certification Board), Bachelors of Science in Rehabilitation/human services (Penn State University), Masters of Arts in Substance Use and Co-occurring disorders specializing in trauma (Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School), Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDRIA Certification), Certified Advanced Drug and Alcohol Counselor, CAADC (PA Certification Board), Internal Family Systems (IFS Institute) and Advanced Trauma Sensitive Yoga  Instructor RYT-500 (Yoga Alliance, US). 

Admission: $40 ($32 with member discount)