Shinrin-yoku or forest bathing, is the japanese concept of ecotherapy by way of taking in the forest atmosphere with a focus on whole body wellness.
let’s walk alongside each other to learn the context of our schools, classrooms, and communities toward inclusion and belonging that centers whole body engagement & wellness.
EVENTs
Atrium School: An evening of Poetry & Prose
NOVEMBER 21, 2025 | MEMOIR ESSAY READING
Alongside Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson
Winter’s Group Racial Justice At work Summit
APRIL 23-25, 2024 | Poetry Performance
Alongside Notorious Cree, Dr. Ibram Kendi, Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Minda Harts, and Jane Elliott
DAYA Houston’s Brown Bodies Bold stories
MAY 6, 2023 | Poetry Performances and Discussion
Alongside Author Varsha Bajaj
Press
Humans of Hingham: Reena Patel- Creating More of a Sense of Safety & Belonging for All
The thing is, our stories, they MATTER. They allow those around us to sit up a little straighter, to have the courage to expect more, to question the status quo and their role in upholding it. Our stories PROPEL our students to dream for more, even BEYOND our wildest imaginations because we EMBODY our stories in how we REGARD our students. Our stories, when connected to our collective history, allow people to humanize us, and once that happens, it becomes difficult to go back.
poetry & Art
My Daughter by Reena Patel
Gulabi stories: Kevu Pade
(It has to be said)
STORYTELLER BIO:
Reena Patel is a writer, poet, social justice, DEI, and feminist activist. She advocates for equity in K-12 education, served on her local Human Rights Commission and the board of Saheli, a domestic and sexual violence non-profit organization serving South Asian and Arab women.
“Educating ourselves and others is an essential step in the process of change. few of us have been taught to think critically about issues of social injustice. we have been taught not to notice or to accept our present situation as a given, ‘the way it is.’ but we can learn the history we were not taught, we can watch the documentaries we never saw in school, and we can read about the lives of change agents, past and present. we can discover another way. we are surrounded by a ‘cloud of witnesses’ who will give us courage if we let them.”
Beverly Daniel Tatum