Wellspring Writing Workshops
Forest Therapy Walks
Chelsea, MI
The Forest is the Therapist,
the Guide Opens the Doors.
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Julie is a Certified Forest Therapy Guide
& Certified in CPR and Wilderness First Aid
Julie Mariouw
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NEXT SCHEDULED FOREST THERAPY WALK
When I have received your registration and payment I will send you an email with information and guidance about the walk.
I look forward to seeing you!
You will be asked to sign this before participating.
Why do I need a Forest Therapy Guide?
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"A guide slows people down and calls attention to their experience of their body, of their senses, and of the place they are in.
When this happens, without further effort, a web of relationships [with nature] grows.
The healing happens in the[se] relationships."
---Amos Clifford, Founder & Director of ANFT
More Information about
Relational Forest Therapy:
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Julie Mariouw is a writing teacher/nature writer/forest therapy guide who lives in Chelsea, Michigan. Since 2009, Julie has been leading writing workshops focused on the healing power of creative writing.
In 2016, Julie founded Wellspring Writing Workshops, LLC. Julie's writing workshops use metaphor, the senses, the physical body, and the power of nature, to open and expand people's creativity.
As Julie continued to write and teach, she became more focused on the healing power of nature. She moved to Chelsea, MI, where she now owns, and takes care of, 20 acres of wilderness land. Julie writes creative nonfiction pieces about her healing experiences in nature, and has had many of these published.
Julie became so enthralled by spending time in nature that she was ultimately drawn to become a Forest Therapy Guide. In May of 2025, Julie finished her training with ANFT, and she is now a Certified Forest Therapy Guide. Julie plans to hold forest therapy walks on her property in Chelsea, interspersing them--and perhaps mixing them--with her in-person writing workshops.
Julie believes that all people are creative geniuses, if given the right support. She believes that right relationship with nature is the best way to help people and the land to heal.
