Treat yourself to a slow indulgent afternoon in a lush green hideout. Your afternoon retreat will begin with a restful and immersive forest bathing experience facilitated by an experienced and certified nature and forest therapy guide. This gentle journey takes you into the green oasis of the Labrador Nature Reserve through carefully crafted forest bathing invitations. With awakened senses - literally and metaphorically, you will arrive back at the beautiful colonial bungalow to enjoy your exquisite Thai-inspired afternoon high tea. With a restful and nourished heart, mind and body, you can step easefully into the golden light of the sunset.

This is a private indulgence experience.

Don't see a suitable date? Experiences are available Tues - Sun, subjected to availability. You may also write in to hello@xiunatureconnections.com to enquire and arrange for your experience.

Your indulgence schedule ^

2 pm: Meet up with your guide

2 pm - 4.30 pm: Go on a guided immersive forest bathing experience ^^

4.30 pm - 6 pm: Enjoy your leisurely high tea

What to expect

• A detailed information kit will be sent to you before your experience.
• The forest bathing experience will take on a slow immersive and restful pace. It is not physical and not strenuous. No prior experience is required.
• Due to the more restful and slower pace of this wellness-focused experience, it is more suitable for anyone aged 13 and above. Please contact us at hello@xiunatureconnections.com if you prefer to curate a kids-friendly session.
• A certified and professional guide will facilitate your entire forest bathing experience.
• You will be served your afternoon high tea at the Tamarind Hill. The high tea session ends at 6 pm, but you are free to end off your indulgent afternoon experience at any time that you want to.
• We can cater for special dietary requirements. Please advise during registrations.
• [Updated: COVID-19 dine-in measures] As of 10 August 2021, participants on this experience must be fully vaccinated in order to dine-in for the afternoon high tea.

About forest bathing

Not a hike, not a nature walk. Forest bathing is a gentle and immersive way to re-experience nature, place, self and others. Accompanied by a certified forest therapy guide, you will go on a nature-connected journey that offers both structure and openness, allowing your unique experience and stories to unfold. Evidence-based, forest bathing has been proven to benefit physical, mental and emotional well-being.

You can find out more about forest bathing here.

Afternoon high tea

Exquisite Thai-inspired canapés and desserts await you. This is a sensorial gastronomy journey, where you can delight in flavours and nourishment. Your leisurely high tea includes savouries, sweets, and free flow premium coffee or tea.

COVID-19 restrictions and safety measures

• Temperature checking of all participants during meet up. Anyone with a temperature above 38 degree Celsius, and/or showing symptoms including cough, runny nose, sneezing, breathlessness will unfortunately not be allowed to join and/or continue with the class. We ask for your kind understanding please.
• Trace Together check in (where available).
• You must wear your mask at all times, except when eating/drinking or when doing strenuous activities.

About your facilitator

Youmin is a certified nature and forest therapy guide and a yoga nidra facilitator. A pioneer and leader in Singapore and the Southeast Asia, she is passionate about sharing nature connections and deep restorative rest for well-being, especially for stressed out and disconnected city dwellers. In this frantic world we live in, she believes that we need to go into the 'rest space' to find ourselves, we need to slow down in a practical manner, and then, we can thrive sustainably. Working with individuals, groups and organisations, Youmin's intention is to support them to rise up as well-rested leaders. She has also guided and taught at overseas workshops, retreats and seminars including Finland, Bangkok, Chiang Rai and the Philippines. Her work has also been shared at international and local conferences, as well as publications. She also trains and mentors trainee guides, and is the founder of Xiu Nature Connections.

Please read our Terms and Conditions.

We reserve the rights to cancel and/or postpone the experience due to unfavourable weather changes and/or unfavourable pandemic situation. You will be able to register for another session without any further fees.

Questions? Please contact hello@xiunatureconnections.com .