About Suzann Schiemer

THE NATURE OF THE WALK

  • Offers nature-based wellness programs: forest bathing walks, wellness walks, and presentations.

Certifications

ANFT Certifications

  • Place-based Forest Therapy Certification – Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT)
  • Forest Therapy Guide Certification – Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT)

Nature Related Certifications

  • Wilderness and Remote First Aid and Safety
  • Pennsylvania Master Naturalist
  • Leave No Trace Trainer Certification
  • Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences Ambassador Training/Certifications

Forest Bathing Experience – Guided Walks

  • Nescopeck State Park/Ricketts Glen State Park/Black Moshannon State Park/ Sinnemahoning State Park
  • Detweiler Park – Dauphin County Parks and Recreation
  • Kocher Memorial Park – Columbia County Conservation District
  • Endless Mountain Zendo – Stillwater, PA
  • Greener Pastures Farm and Greenhouse – Troy, PA
  • Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art – Millersburg, PA
  • Branch Valley Fish, Game, and Forestry Association – Perkasie, PA
  • Pump House B&B – Bloomsburg, PA

Work History/Background

  • K-12 Health and Physical Education Specialist, Bloomsburg Area School District, Bloomsburg, PA – 1979-2015 
  • K-12 Health, Physical Education, Driver Education, and Aquatics Department Head, Bloomsburg Area School District, Bloomsburg, PA – 1986-2015
  • Educational Consultant, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Harrisburg, PA – 1980-2014  Worked on a variety of educational initiatives designed to improve the quality of   Health  and Physical Education programs throughout Pennsylvania. Initiatives    included: Standards-Based EducationCurriculum Writing, Governor’s Institutes of   Learning for Educators, Standards-Aligned Systems Development Team, Student   Assessment Development Team, and Student Learning Objectives Development   Team. National Instructor for the American Master Teacher Program – Human Kinetics Publishers
  • National Instructor for the Physical Best Fitness Education Program & Fitnessgram – American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance & The Cooper Aerobic Institute
  • Consultant for Flaghouse Sporting Goods Equipment Company
  • Completed 50+ Act 48 Environmental Education Workshops offered through the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Game Commission – 2011 – 2020

Presentations

  • Colorful Changes – ANFT Forest Therapy Certified Guide Training, Centro de Conferences Yuquiyu, Puerto Rico – November 2019
  • Wellness in Your Woods: Let Your Wellness Journey Begin – Nescopeck State Park, June 2019
  • A Dose of Vitamin N(ature): A Personal Wellness Journey – Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, June 2019
  • Wellness in Your Woods: Let Your Wellness Journey Begin – Forest Landowners Conference, March 2019
  • Wellness in Your Woods: Let Your Wellness Journey Begin – Dauphin County Winter Lecture Series – February 2019
  • Forest Bathing a Dose of Green Exercise Bloomsburg University Division of Continuing Education – April/May 2019 \
  • Wellness in the Wilds: A Dose of Green Exercise – Slippery Rock University, April 2018
  • Presenter at Women in the Wilds/Chicks in the Sticks/Women in the Outdoors events in Mt. Pisgah State Park, Sinnemahoning State Park, Oil Creek State Park, Black Moshannon State Park, and Branch Valley Fish, Game, and Forestry Association – 2015-2020