About Stephen
Red Forest Way was born through years of blessed experiences alongside First Nations elders and leaders, time in the natural world, and a quiet sense of being guided through dreams, reflection, and service toward meaningful work.
For over a decade, I have worked in mindfulness, violence prevention, emotional healing, and correctional rehabilitation. Alongside this work, a deeper calling continued to emerge: advocating for those who are vulnerable, unheard, or harmed through violence, exploitation, neglect, and disconnection from the natural world.
My path has also involved facing fears, confronting parts of myself I once avoided, learning the importance of forgiveness, and continually seeking understanding through reflection, experience, and study. Through books, teachers, nature, service, and difficult inner work, I came to recognize that real growth asks us to step honestly into both our light and our shadow.
Red Forest Way exists as a space for presence, reflection, and meaningful action, rooted in the belief that healing ourselves must also include how we treat one another, living beings, and the earth we are privileged to walk upon.
Experience & Facilitation
Stephen Barry is a mindfulness teacher, speaker, and facilitator with over a decade of experience in violence prevention, emotional healing, correctional rehabilitation, and community-based work.
His work has included facilitating mindfulness and emotional intelligence programs in correctional settings, supporting survivors of violence, working with individuals involved in violence intervention and behavioral rehabilitation programs, mentoring youth, teaching yoga and mindfulness practices, and creating spaces centered on presence, accountability, reflection, and human connection.
Certifications and training include:
• 300-Hour Certified Mindfulness Teacher
• Path of Freedom Facilitator
• Yoga Alliance Certified
• International Mindfulness Teachers Association Member
Returning to Truth
Through speaking, retreats, mindfulness, advocacy, and reflective dialogue, Stephen’s work invites people to reconnect with presence, integrity, courage, and a deeper relationship with the living world. Red Forest Way is not about performance. It is about returning to what is real.
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