Denise DeForest Pastoor
MEd, PMHCNS-BC, CHTP, E-RYT-200

My guiding light embraces awakening to our authentic heart-centered self with gentleness, awareness, and compassion.

I always knew I walked the path of a healer.

Choosing nursing as a career fed a deep yearning to connect with people through heart-centered care.

Over the years, I cared for patients in hospitals, schools, clinics and private practice, while wearing many hats…administrator, educator, clinician, therapist.  I listened and learned through their stories of struggle and pain.

I often walked with patients or offered counseling outdoors, seeing a transformation just being in a nature setting. Tuning into the sound of a bird or the beauty of a flower created a shift… more peace, stillness, and calm. So I return to the forest often and encourage others to as well.

Sharing gifts of holistic self care is my calling. Mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and forest bathing awaken my heart, feed my soul, and nurture my body. Extensive training in mind-body integrative therapies ignited my passion to share. Whether experiencing stillness in nature, somatic movement, or energy awareness, its time to step in.

Let’s journey together…
~~Denise

Meet Denise DeForest Pastoor: Integrative Health

What I DO:
    • Integrative RN psychotherapist & educator in holistic self-care and nature therapies focusing on meditation and mindfulness.
    • Forest Therapy guide through Association of Nature and Forest Therapy
    • Certified yoga instructor in Integral Yoga, LifeForce Yoga, Aqua Yoga, Aerial Yoga, Chair Yoga
    • Ambassador for Adventure Women, women’s travel around the world
    • Healing Touch practitioner, biofield energy therapist

Who I Am

Dance through life, travel the world, live in nature daily, hug my grand-children, seek new adventures with family, collect rocks, play on water, watch sunsets.

Credentials

  • MEd.- Masters in Education in Community Counseling, Georgia State University
  • BSN in Nursing from University of Virginia
  • PMHCNS-BC- Board Certified. Certification by American Nurses Credentialing Center as Psychiatric and Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, active status
  • CHTP- Certified Healing Touch Practitioner from Healing Beyond Borders, active status
  • E-RYT-200- Registered Experienced Yoga teacher, 200+ hours. Yoga Alliance, active status