A path through a golden autumn forest in the Eastern Townships
Nature prescription support · Cowansville & the Eastern Townships

Nature was the prescription.
I'm glad it led you here.

Someone you trust has invited nature into your care. A nature prescription gives you a reason to make space for the outdoors, and a place to begin.

As a registered PaRx Connector and certified forest therapy guide, I help you discover what that time in nature can look like in your own life: through guided walks, personalized support, and simple practices you can return to between sessions.

I have a nature prescription I'm a healthcare professional
A prescription you can put into practice

PaRx is Canada's national nature prescription program, known in Québec as Prescri-Nature. Healthcare professionals can prescribe time in nature as part of supporting health and wellbeing. As a local Connector, I offer welcoming ways to begin, and support for turning those first experiences into a practice of your own.

Start where you are

Knowing it would help isn't the same
as knowing where to start.

You may already know that time outside would be good for you. The harder part is making it happen when you're tired, carrying too much, or have spent so many years looking after everyone else, or building a career, that you're not quite sure anymore what actually restores you.

Knowing that it would help is one thing. Making room for it is another. It gets far easier when someone says: meet me here, wear comfortable shoes, I'll take it from there.

How it works

You have a prescription.
Here's what happens next.

Three straightforward steps, at whatever pace suits you.

Choose how you'd like to begin

Join a community walk, come to a full forest therapy walk, or arrange private support. You can start small, and you can change your mind later.

Register or reach out directly

Register directly with me and share only what would help you feel comfortable and well supported, including any accessibility or safety considerations.

Begin putting the prescription into practice

Your guided session counts toward your nature time. Between walks, Sève and a few short practices help you keep it going through the week.

Come with a nature prescription or simply with curiosity. You are equally welcome, and no proof of prescription is required.

What can you do with your prescription?

So, where do you start?

There is no single right way to begin. Choose the kind of support that feels most comfortable and possible right now. Most people start with one walk and decide what they need from there.

An affordable, welcoming first step
Tuesday community walk
A fuller guided group experience
Thursday forest therapy walk
Privacy, personalization, or an adapted pace
Private nature prescription session
Help building a consistent practice
Rooted, a 12-week pathway
Something to use on your own, between walks
Sève, the daily app

Easiest, most affordable first step

Tuesday Community Nature Walk

Pay what you can · $20 suggested

A one-hour introduction to guided nature connection in Cowansville. These pay-what-you-can walks are the simplest way to start putting a prescription into practice, with nothing to prepare and no experience needed.

Offered seasonally. Current dates and availability are on the booking page.

Choose a Tuesday walk

A fuller first walk

Thursday Forest Therapy Walk

$35, tax included

A fuller 90-minute experience at the Centre de la nature: sensory invitations, unhurried time among the trees, and a warm cup of forest tea to finish. A good choice if you'd like something more immersive than a first introduction.

Offered seasonally. Current dates and availability are on the booking page.

Choose a Thursday walk

Privacy, personalization, or an adapted pace

Private Nature Prescription Session

$130, tax included

A private 90-minute session for anyone who would benefit from individual attention, a calmer setting, or support adapting nature time to their energy and circumstances. Together we find realistic ways to bring nature into your week, and begin with a guided practice.

  • A brief check-in before we begin
  • One private guided experience
  • A simple personal nature-practice plan
  • A 14-day trial of Sève to carry it forward

Prefer to meet online? I offer this as a remote nature-connection session, where you join from a natural place near you.

Arrange a private session

Continuing support

Rooted

$590, tax included

Fleurbain's independent nature-connection support pathway, over twelve weeks.

Six private sessions to help you move from meaning to spend time in nature to having a practice that genuinely fits your life. We begin closer together and spread the sessions out as your confidence and your own practice grow. One year of Sève is included for support in between.

  • Sessions 1 and 2: begin, and name what tends to get in the way
  • Sessions 3 and 4: experiment, and settle into a rhythm
  • Sessions 5 and 6: strengthen a practice you can keep on your own
  • One year of Sève included
Explore Rooted

Support between and after walks

Sève

$120 a year, or $12.50 a month

A daily nature-practice app that helps you follow through between guided sessions. Seasonal invitations, guided audio, a feeling check-in, and a nature-time tracker turn occasional outings into a regular practice.

If your provider follows PaRx's general recommendation of two hours per week, one 60-minute walk plus three 20-minute practices adds up to 120 minutes. Sève can help guide the shorter practices.

14-day free trial. Sève is a nature-connection practice tool, not medical treatment or clinical monitoring.

Start a 14-day trial
What to expect

What a walk is really like.

Forest therapy moves at the pace of noticing. We cover only a short distance, with plenty of time to stop: to feel the air change, to follow the light through the trees, to let something small hold your attention. I offer simple invitations to the senses, and you take up each one however suits you. Comfortable shoes and clothing for the weather are all you need.

There is nothing to accomplish and nowhere you have to be. It feels less like a hike and more like giving yourself the time to arrive. Most people find they leave a little lighter than they came.

Group walks involve slow movement and periods of standing or sitting on outdoor paths. If mobility, fatigue, sensory needs, or uncertainty about the terrain are a concern, reach out before you register. We can talk through whether a group walk or an adapted private session would be the better fit for you.

The evidence, briefly

A simple practice, with
meaningful evidence behind it.

A growing body of research links regular time in nature with physical and mental wellbeing. In one large study of nearly 20,000 people, those who spent at least 120 minutes a week in nature were more likely to report good health and wellbeing.

Those minutes don't have to come all at once. They add up in whatever increments fit your week, and they don't have to involve hiking a mountain. A park counts. Sitting under a tree counts. A slow walk counts.

Tamara Schmidt, forest therapy guide and registered PaRx Connector, standing among trees
The guide

Someone to
walk it with.

I've been guiding forest therapy since 2020, certified through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, and I'm a registered PaRx Connector.

What I love about this work is helping people discover that connecting with nature doesn't have to be complicated. You don't have to know the names of the trees. You don't have to be outdoorsy. You don't even have to be especially good at slowing down. We start where you are.

Registered PaRx Connector badge

A registered PaRx Connector, part of the national program that helps people follow through on a nature prescription.

Where

Where we
walk.

I'm based in Cowansville in the Eastern Townships, about an hour from the Champlain Bridge. Most walks take place at the Centre de la nature, where there's forest, water, open sky, and room to wander.

We walk slowly, with no need to hurry. Group walks end with a warm cup of forest tea.

Autumn colour across the wooded hills of the Eastern Townships

Step out of the car and notice what's here. Birdsong, moving air, trees. For a little while, nowhere else to be.

You don't need a prescription to begin. If you found your way here on your own, everything here is open to you too. Come as you are.

For healthcare professionals

An easy patient handoff.

You provide the clinical care and write the nature prescription. I give your patient an accessible, practical way to act on it. No medical information needs to be exchanged for a patient to get started.

  1. Write and personalize the patient's PaRx prescription.
  2. Give the patient this page. They can choose a scheduled group walk, private session or continuing-support pathway according to their needs.
  3. The patient registers or contacts me directly.
  4. You continue any clinical assessment and follow-up.

How I support your patient

  • Welcoming, guided nature-connection experiences
  • Sensory and reflective practices
  • Support developing confidence outdoors
  • Options for group, private and ongoing participation
  • Help creating a realistic rhythm of nature time
  • Participant-centred safety and accessibility practices

Clinical care remains with you

My services are complementary, non-clinical nature-connection practices. Medical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, medication management and crisis support remain with the patient's regulated healthcare professionals.

PaRx is Canada's national nature prescription program, known in Québec as Prescri-Nature. I'm a registered PaRx Connector. Connectors offer practical, non-clinical support and operate independently; you retain responsibility for clinical care and follow-up.

Contact me about referrals Learn about prescribing through PaRx

Ready when you are.

The easiest first step is a walk, so come see what's coming up. If you'd rather talk it through first, book a free fifteen-minute call and we'll find your starting point together.

See Upcoming Walks Book a Free Clarity Call

This is supportive nature practice, not medical care. It doesn't replace therapy, medication, or the guidance of your healthcare provider. Connecting with nature is part of staying well, and for any medical concern, check with your healthcare provider first.