Healing in Nature

23/08/2026

🌳 What's involved in a Forest Bathing and Nature Connection session?

A great question!

🌿 Many people see that a session is three hours long and worry they won't be mobile enough to cover much ground. The great thing about a Forest Bathing session is that we actually don't cover much ground at all.

Most of the time is spent in the nature activities, we call invitations, which are generally static. Some are down sitting or even lying down

🪶 It is about deep connection with the nature around you, and creating deeper connections to yourself .

🌺This is facilitated by a serious of 'invitations' which can be described as active meditations, many are guided by myself.

🌹 Don't let the word meditation put you off though, You are not expected to enter a transcendental state! These invitations encourage you to embrace your lesser used senses such as hearing, touch, as well as sight...and encouraging you to move out of your thinking mind and into a feeling mind, embracing imagination and some fun along the way.

🌳 The nature around you will do the rest.

A few quotes from people who have attended my training sessions so far;

SP; "I've never Forest Bathed before, although recently I have started following a 15 minute guided meditation session on YouTube, this was so so so much better than that"

Question; How did you feel at the start of the session?

Answer "Anxious, slightly stressed and anxious"

Question; How did you feel at the end of the session?

Answer; "Relaxed, tired, content"

Question; What was the highlight of the session and why?

Answer; "Having time, an epiphany about a small tree and my life. I felt very emotional and felt comfortable to be able to share with the group"

🍵 All Forest Bathing sessions finish with a tea ceremony. We sit in the space we have been sharing and drink tea made from something gathered off the land. Its a nod to the Japanese origins of Forest Bathing as tea ceremonies are an important part of their culture.

🍵 It is also a lovely way to close the session. A lighter time, to chat and share...slowly bringing ourselves back to the "normal world".

🌿 I have a couple of months left to go with my own study and coursework. Once qualified I plan to hit the ground running and get regular sessions planned.

✨️ There will be some special offers.✨️

If you would like to discuss Forest Bathing for a group you are involved with feel free to drop me a DM to discuss

🍁 AUTUMN EQUINOX WORKSHOP! 🍁

SUNDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER

2-7PM - LATE FINISH TO CATCH THE SUNSET 🌇

🌿🐴 This is a 5 hour workshop comprising of a 2 hour Forest Bathing session, lunch, then a 2 hour Equine Facilitated Learning session with Equine Elements finishing with a tea ceremony around a fire pit 🔥 to watch the sunset (if safe to do so)

🍁We will running these workshops through the sessions to coincide with the Equinoxes and Solstices. Each workshop will have a theme based around the season.

🍁 We start with Autumn and the theme of 'letting go' and 'transformation'.

DROP ME A DM FOR MORE INFORMATION ✨️🌿

22/08/2026

A glorious early morning walk to enjoy the sunrise and play with the light!

Morning 🌄 everyone!! 🍁🧡✨️

20/08/2026

🍂🍁 The leaves are starting to turn early, I guess the long hot,dry weather has taken its toll on the trees, and many have shed boughs and branches to save energy.

🌳 The Beech trees are absolutely covered in beech nuts. This will provide a food source for birds and wildlife.

🌿 Nature, self sustaining and supportive.... we could learn a lot.....

17/08/2026

I am so excited to announce a new offering, working with the wonderful Alice of Equine Elements

Season Cycles is a self exploration group for adults through the seasons, reconnecting with yourself through the wisdom of Nature and the power of Horses.
Join us for a journey through the wheel of the year and the seasons, an opportunity for therapeutic learning through horse connection and time in nature, and learning from their wisdom and flow.

This course is for those who-

🌍Want to feel more connected to themselves and the world around them
🍂Feel like they're not quite who or where they're meant to be
🌳Are drawn to Nature's innate wisdom and rhythms
🐴Would like to experience therapeutic connection with Horses
❤️Would like to come back to their authentic self
🫂Would like to find their tribe and meet like minded individuals

The course will be a mix of experiences including,

🌳Forest Bathing - gentle therapeutic activities and meditations in nature
🐴Equine Facilitated Learning - therapeutic experiences with horses including grooming, energy connection, observation and more
🌀Experiences such as fire ceremonies, tea ceremonies, sharing circles, and card choosing
🎨Creative expression activities
🌬️Breath work and mindfulness
👁️Somatic learning and body awareness

When- various dates throughout the year, based around the solstices and equinoxes, with two sessions per season (eight in total)
Each session is five hours long
Beginning Sunday September 27th 2026, through to August 2027

Where- at Equine Elements in Stroud, a small therapeutic centre which specialises in therapeutic horse connection and ethical horsemanship

Who- led by Alice of Equine Elements, an experienced Equine Facilitated Learning practitioner and ethical horsemanship coach, and ME! Forest Bathing and Nature Connection guide, and Bowen/ Reiki healer.

Cost- £65-£90 per session
This is sliding scale/ pay as you choose

The group size is small with a maximum of 6 participants, to keep the experience personalised and individual.
We will also include resources, structured support, snacks and drinks, and creative things to take home.

🌿 If you would like more information drop me a message with your email address



Thank you to for this wonderful poster!

14/08/2026

🌳On a Forest Bathing and Nature Connection session everything is all about slooooowing down.

🌹Carefully developed activities will help slow down thoughts, breathing, heart rate and movement.....it is at this point we can really start to reconnect with ourselves.

💗Who we really are.

Not who society expects us to be......

🌿Connecting with nature on a deeper level, not simply walking through it, but really allowing yourself to lose yourself in it has an amazing and positive impact on our physical and mental wellbeing - and this is scientifically proven!

🧍‍♀️ As a Forest Bathing guide it is my role to help guide you through this gentle process, I am not the therapist, nature is.

It is my role to facilitate a gentle, nurturing space for everyone.

One of the exercises we do on every session is called a Slow Walk 🚶‍♂️ And by slow I do mean very slow!

For some people this can be challenging! So to help, I can offer a variety of prompts to help focus the mind.....

Opposites is a lovely one - below are two images of opposites in nature - prickly and soft.....

Why not try this next time you are out for a walk?

Spend 15 minutes walking very slowly looking for opposites in nature....try prickly and soft... 🌹🌺

12/08/2026

🍁FULL🍁

🌳 My next Forest Bathing and Nature Connection training walk will be.....

***AMENDED TIME DUE TO THE NIGHTS DRAWING IN! August 26th 5PM - 8PM***

🌿 I am looking for people to join me at a stunning location near Painswick.

🌳 I will guide you through a series of gentle activities to help reconnect with nature and yourself.

🌿 Forest Bathing has been proven to have positive and beneficial impacts on a wide range of both physical and emotional health issues.

"Nature Connection encourages a deep relationship with nature, fostering a sense of awe, gratitude and stewardship. By mindfully immersing ourselves in the natural environment, we tap into its transformative and restorative energy, finding solace and inspiration

🍂 Forest Bathing is am evidence based, NHS endorsed therapeutic practise.

All you need to do is;

🌱 Bring yourself, something to sit / lie on and plenty of water.

🌱 Be willing to switch off your phone, take your watch off and remove yourself from linear time and distractions for three hours

🌱 Complete some forms before and after yourself measuring your mood and also complete a feedback form....

🎉 NO CHARGE as part of my training process

🦋 This walk is OPEN to men also

🌿 If you have previously contacted me about sessions I will be in touch

Equine Elements

If you're interested please drop me a DM or comment 🌳 below 👇

11/08/2026

I am early for my Bowen clinic so have grabbed a coffee and am sat under these beautiful lime / linden trees in Stroud. 🌳

They are stunning trees, tall and elegant but always extending their branches down to create shade and shelter ....

You can make tea from their 🍃 leaves, and they have a number of health benefits for us and animals.

Take time to slow down and notice the nature around us.

We need more of this....we do NOT need data centres and AI. This is real!!

10/08/2026

08/08/2026

🪶 I am so excited about a project I am working on with Alice of Equine Elements .....

A few clues....

🌳 It involves trees and nature...

🍂 It encompasses all the seasons...

🌬 We will embrace whatever the weather has for us....

🪶 We will explore the idea of animism and how we are all connected...

🌹 It is designed to help people reconnect with themselves on a deeper level...

🐴 A very special herd of horses will be involved

🐴 Equine facilitated learning exercises will help on a deep and personal level...

🔥 There will be fire pits..

🍵 And ceremonial tea...

✨️ Coming very very soon!!

03/08/2026

🌳 I did my second training Forest Bathing and Nature Connection session last night at Equine Elements

🌱 I was so engrossed in what I was doing I forgot to take more than a few photos 📸 😁

🌳 It was a lovely evening, , everyone enjoyed the session which ended with a tea ceremony with tea made from Beech leaves foraged from the trees we shared the space with.

🌿 Now to plan my next one!