Outdoor connection in everyday locales.
Breathe Deep, Welcome Nature:
Your Forest Awaits
The healing power of nature doesn’t require gear.
Certified Forest Bathing Guide
Experience nature’s connective, restorative, and creative potential with our certified forest bathing guide, Jennifer Ruth Keller. Focusing on ordinary locales within daily life, we offer walks, workshops, and courses that let you develop practices that work for you, with no fancy gear required. With both virtual and in-person options, Ordinary Nature offers different pathways for individuals, families, small groups, and organizations to build relationships with nature.
Find Your Calm: Experience Forest Bathing in Every Step
Learn about our nature activities.
A Leader in Holistic Education & Nature Therapy
Welcome to Ordinary Nature! I’m Jennifer Keller, founder of Ordinary Nature, and am excited to connect with you on your nature journey. A little about me:
I’ve worked in higher education and holistic educational environments. My passion is integrating “brain knowledge” and “heart knowledge” in place-based, experiential settings. My background in education, nonprofit management, and other group leadership settings informs my guidance in how individual solitude practices relate to group development.
As a former professor and published writer, I blend experiential learning modes with creative practices and scientific research about nature’s impact on human health. I have a PhD (Stanford University) in the study of religion and am a certified forest therapy guide (through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy) and Morning Altars facilitator.
My combination of experience and training lets me integrate evidence about nature’s healing properties with experiential modalities to create robust, well-rounded experiences for students and clients.
Mission:
“We help people of all ages experience connection with nature as a primary good of individual well-being and relational thriving.”
