Meet Dr. Sabine Huemer
Dr. Sabine Huemer is an Associate Professor of Practice in the School of Psychological Science at Oregon State University, where she directs the Nature Engagement Studies (NEST) Lab and teaches courses in environmental and climate psychology. She holds a PhD in Cognitive Sciences from UC Irvine and is a Certified Nature Health Coach through Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich and the German Kneipp's Physician Association. Dr. Huemer is a founding member of Oregon State's Nature Rx Campus Alliance.
About the Program
Workshops and Live Streams
Health and Wellness Webinars
Corporate Workshops
Retreat Programming
Science Talks and Interviews
CE Talks and Workshops
Dr. Huemer developed the Stress Less, Go Outside programming in 2020 to explore evidence-based nature programming for stress reduction, attention restoration, and overall wellbeing. Unlike meditation-based mindfulness, this sensory-based nature immersion program uses sensory awakening, visualization, breathing, and slow movement activities. Nature effortlessly pulls us in and away from the mind’s chatter that distracts and stresses us - we work with nature’s soft fascinations.
The program is secular and designed to be practiced by ‘any body’ in any outdoor space, from backyards, to parks, forests, trails, beaches, and more. No fitness levels or special equipment required. Activities can be stacked for short practices to fit into everyday life and work routines, or longer sessions for deeper immersion and more complete restoration when time is of no essence. Each workshop comes with guidance and tips for at home practice.
Recent Highlights
American Psychological Association, Annual Meeting (August 2026): presented findings from the pilot study on the effects of her program on stress reduction, well-being, and nature connectedness.
Presidential Distinguished Speaker at the Western Psychological Association's annual meeting (May 2026), a CE-accredited program about nature sensory immersion for health and wellbeing.
Live stream of a hands-on workshop for a record-breaking 1,100 K-12 students from five continents on YouTube’s Exploring By The Seat of Your Pants program in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund’s Wild Classrooms (reach 1.5. Mio); June 2026.
NSF-I-Corps NW Hub program: Two of my collaborators and I were invited to participate in this prestigious program to identify core customer segments and help scale our Stress Less, Go Outside program. University of California, Irvine, February 2026.
Grounded Leadership: A workshop for managers and leadership teams using nature-based practices for stress reduction, improved workplace wellbeing, and team connections. UHDS, Oregon State University; December 2025.
Trailblazing Health: A collaboration and talk series with the Salmonberry Trail Foundation and presentations at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Oregon Trails Association and the 2025 Engagement Conference at Oregon State University.
Two-part webinar for the 300,000+ members plus their dependents of the Public Employee Benefit Board and the Oregon Public Educators Benefit Board; Part 1: The Science Talk; Part 2: The Nature Practice. May/June 2025.
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