Matteo Vegetti is a Forest Bathing guide and an environmental hiking guide. He is based in Spain, but also works in Italy. He is the co-organizer and artistic director of Cansiglio InVita, a nature connection festival in Italy, in collaboration with the University of Padua. He is the founder and president of Società Selvatica, a non-profit association offering nature connection activities. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a Master’s degree in emotional accompaniment (equivalent to psychotherapy for non-psychologists). He is also trained in Family Constellations, and has been practising Cos-Art, Yiya Diaz’s method of body awareness, for several years. Through decades of research and experience at the intersection of mind, body, spirit, art and nature, he has found in nature connection a particularly effective and inspiring way to promote planetary health.
WILD BLUE (duration: 2h)
This engaging and surprising practice applies the principles of Forest Bathing to water – an element that seems to hold some of the greatest mysteries in nature, as you’ll probably know if you are familiar with Masaru Emoto’s studies. A 2-hour sequence will guide you deeper and deeper in your connection with water, starting from your physical senses and eventually reaching higher (or lower?) spheres. NOTE: bathing in the river will be possible, but not required during the experience. You might decide to only dip one finger, or even nothing at all.