PaRx Nature Connector
Helping you put nature time into practice.
I’m Tara Tiger Brown, PhD, a PaRx Nature Connector and Certified Forest Therapy Guide based in Vancouver, BC. I help people make a personal, practical relationship with nearby nature through accessible, self-directed nature-connection practices and guided forest-therapy experiences.
A note about PaRx PaRx prescriptions are issued by licensed health-care providers. Tara Tiger Brown is a PaRx Nature Connector who offers non-clinical support to help people put nature time into practice.
The next step
Nature time can begin close to home.
A PaRx prescription can be an invitation. I help make the next step possible: choose an accessible place, decide what to do outside, feel more comfortable beginning, and build a repeatable nature habit.
Make your own small invitationPrefer to be guided? Hire me to guide you through a forest therapy experience
For Health-Care Providers
Prescribing nature? I help your patients follow through.
I’m a PaRx Nature Connector and Certified Forest Therapy Guide. When you write a PaRx prescription, I give your patients a clear, accessible next step — a personal practice they can actually start and return to. My research (UBC Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship) informs how I support people in building a real relationship with nearby nature.
Get in touch about connector support
Working with health-care providers
Dr. Melissa Lem — physician, PaRx founder, and Tara’s dissertation committee member — attended Tara’s UBC defense investigating health outcomes from guided and self-guided forest bathing.
Tara guided health practitioners at the first Burnaby PaRx event, and discussed turning a clinical recommendation into a personal practice.
Nicole Adoranti, UBC Forestry Counsellor and Tara collaborated on guided outdoor sessions for students and staff, and co-created a nature-connection booklet and park map.
Tara joined Dr. Melissa Lem to guide 30 physicians from the Vancouver Physician Staff Association to connect nature prescriptions to practice.
How I help
A little guidance. A lot more possibility.
Guidance
Clear ideas for what to do once you’re outside.
Confidence
Gentle, accessible ways to begin, at your pace.
Habit
Small, repeatable practices that fit everyday life.
Free tool · self-directed
Create your nature practice
Tell us what feels possible today. You’ll get instant access to a small, personalized invitation for time outside or near nature. We’ll email you more about the science behind nature connection and a printable version to keep.
This is a self-directed, non-clinical nature-connection prompt. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and is not a substitute for care from a qualified health professional. Choose activities that are safe and accessible for you.
Your field note
A small next step, made for you.
Save it to your phone, share it with someone, or return to it when you’re ready.
Remember: this is a non-clinical, self-directed prompt. Choose what is safe and accessible for you.
YOUR NATURE PRACTICE
A small next step for your time in nature
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Choose a nearby place where you can pause comfortably. For 10 minutes, notice one changing thing.
Try it once this week. Then return if it feels useful.
A bench, doorstep, garden, open window, or any place with a view of the sky counts.
Make a little room to settle and transition.
There is no right way to do this. Notice what you notice.
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About Tara
Tara Tiger Brown, PhD
PhD, UBC Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship · PaRx Nature Connector · Certified Forest Therapy Guide
My research into nature connection and forest therapy helps inform the work of health-care professionals who prescribe time in nature. I’m one of the first forest-therapy researchers in Canada, and I bring that research together with guided forest therapy and practical digital tools. People leave with the practice and the understanding of why and how nature connection works, equipped to sustain it on their own.
