Forest Bathing Balkan style

FESTIVAL CONSIGLIO INVITA

Exploring the connection with the forest 🌲

The Consiglio invita festival, a festival supported by the University of Padua, was held in the Dolomites, Italy, on June 18, 2023. We were part of the Forest Therapy South Eastern Europe team on it.

At the invitation of the organizers, we implemented a workshop, a pilot project, the Forest Balkan Spa concept, under the slogan Exploring the connection with the forest. The workshop lasted two hours and consisted of several segments.

The music from the Serbian Holy Mountain Hilandar will be the connective tissue of this workshop.

With the sounds of replicas of bells from Hilandar, which were arranged in the forest where the workshop was held, and songs from Hilandar, the participants painted mandalas with affirmations, coloring books with motifs from Pirot carpets, practiced ethno dance with grounding in woolen stockings, laughter yoga circle, Jew's harp music during movement from the world of fairy tales to the tame world.

A Balkan spa tea ceremony was held at the end of the workshop. We served Orahovača, plum brandy with young walnuts from Gornji Milanovac, with Turkish delight

All participants received a gift of Šumadija woolen socks.