Trainers for this course

Mentor, Trainer

Geeta Stilwell

Geeta Stilwell is an ANFT certified Forest Therapy Guide, Mentor and Trainer based in Portugal, serving as Training Director for the ANFT. During the pandemic, she became the first guide in the world to lead a Forest Therapy walk remotely. She founded Renature, created the course Embodying the Way of the Guide, and co-founded both The Nature Talks global conference and Wellbeing Inspired by Nature. Drawing on her own recovery journey, Geeta works worldwide with diverse populations—from corporate teams to those healing from stress-related disorders—supporting reconnection with nature. She is trained in Forest Therapy, Pharmacy, Breathwork through the Alchemy of Breath School, and HeartMath Institute practices for working with heart intelligence. She holds a Master's in Business Management and is fluent in four languages.

Mentor, Trainer-in-Training

Katarina Čuk

Katarina Cuk became the first ANFT-certified forest therapy guide in Slovenia, EU, trained in Cohort 10 in 2017 in Northern California. She has guided forest therapy experiences since 2014 in the city forest of Ljubljana and other regions of Slovenia. Passionate about bringing the forest and people back together, she has co-organized two ANFT trainings in her home country, worked as a mentor, and later became a trainer in remote training. Through her brand 'Forest Stories' (Gozdne zgodbe), she leads courses in forest alchemy and nature meditation, and authored the book 'Our Timeless Nature.' Holding a BA in translation studies, Katarina has also worked as a translator, editor, and in green tourism for many years. Fittingly, her last name means 'little owl' in Slovene.