About Zen's Path Forest Bathing

Zen's Path Forest Bathing offers a welcoming way to step away from everyday routines and experience the natural world with fresh attention.

Based in West Central, Indiana, Zen's Path provides guided forest bathing experiences for individuals, couples, families, private groups, and organizations throughout West Central, Indianapolis, and surrounding communities.

At the heart of every experience is a simple idea: when we give nature our attention, even familiar surroundings can offer something new to discover.

Meet Nanette McGarity

Nanette McGarity is the guide behind Zen's Path Forest Bathing.


Her approach is gentle, open, and participant-centered. Rather than telling you what you should feel or find in nature, Nanette offers simple invitations that encourage exploration and allow you to experience your surroundings in your own way.


One person may become absorbed in the sound of moving leaves. Another may notice the texture of bark, shifting light, or the quiet of a woodland setting. There is no prescribed response and no expectation to reach a particular outcome.

Nanette's role is to guide the experience while leaving room for nature—and each participant—to shape the journey.

The Philosophy Behind Zen's Path

Zen's Path is rooted in simplicity, curiosity, and the idea that the journey itself deserves our attention.


Much of everyday life is organized around what comes next: the next appointment, task, notification, or destination. Time in nature can offer a different rhythm, where there is less emphasis on accomplishing and more opportunity to observe.

The philosophy behind Zen's Path is simple:

Every landscape changes with the weather, season, light, and time of day. Participants change, too. That means no two guided experiences need to feel exactly alike.

What Is Forest Bathing?

Forest bathing, also known as Shinrin-Yoku, is a Japanese nature-connection practice centered on experiencing a forest or natural setting through the senses.


Unlike a traditional hike, the focus isn't distance, speed, or reaching a destination. Guided forest bathing introduces gentle invitations that encourage participants to engage more closely with their surroundings.

You don't need previous meditation, mindfulness, or forest bathing experience to participate.

A Welcoming Path Into Nature

There is no single type of person who can enjoy forest bathing.

Zen's Path welcomes individuals looking for personal time outdoors, couples and families seeking a shared experience, private groups gathering in nature, and organizations interested in stepping outside their usual environment.


Sessions are designed to be approachable, with room for participants to engage in ways that feel natural to them. You are not expected to perform, compete, or experience the outdoors exactly as someone else does.

For practical details about preparing for a session, clothing, what to bring, and how an experience unfolds, visit our What to Expect page.

Guided by Nature, Close to Home

Zen's Path Forest Bathing is based at 528 South Main Street in West Central, Indiana, serving West Central, Indianapolis, and communities within approximately a 100-mile radius.


Whether you're discovering forest bathing for the first time or simply looking for a more intentional way to spend time outdoors, Zen's Path offers a place to begin.

Call (812) 229-6904 or email leannemcgarity@gmail.com to inquire about an upcoming experience.