Alicia Frizzle asks the bride, the groom, and 200 wedding guests to remove their shoes, close their eyes, and take deep breaths in and out. She speaks in a low, rhythmic voice.

“Note the sound of sprinkling water in front of you, the birds calling in the distance, the wind gently whispering across your face,” she said at Veterans Memorial Park in South Holland last month. “Notice how the grass feels to touch your feet.

“This is the pulse that animates all creation. One rhythm, one source, one God, one love.”

Frizzle holds the crowd in rapt attention for nine minutes. Dozens of people have their shoes off.

It’s a high point in Frizzle’s three-year effort to build a business based on forest therapy — the idea that trained counselors such as herself can help people immerse the

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