Earth can support you in incredible ways that some people may not.
De-stress and heal painful issues in your relationships with others and yourself. With my skilled guidance, your insights come from engaging with plants, birds, flowers, etc. We meet outdoors for mental-emotional processing and the support of earth elements.
Beyond problem solving, I can help you experience your core existential relationship with the earth to clarify priorities, find belonging, and illuminate purpose.
Individual Sessions
Your individual 1-1 session can be in-person under Kansas trees in a private park, or virtual (we're connected via phone or laptop, each on our earth patches). First we will talk, then focus on how the body senses underlying truths through physical and energetic connections to the earth. Instructions will be sent to you to prepare.
If anxiety, anger, or angst seem bigger than peace, let the web of life hear & hold you.
A 59 year-old Jewish woman and cancer survivor shares her grief about aging (and self-judgment that her anger might infer she’s ungrateful to be alive).
The trees help her unfold a new perspective.
People often come troubled or curious and have amazing experiences!
The forest is the therapist, the guide opens the doors.
Group Nature Sessions
We mindfully “bathe” in the healing atmosphere of the woods, prairie, and ecosystems we inhabit, akin to Japanese shinrin-yoku, Forest Bathing:
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20 minute guided meditation to de-stress.
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Activities that engage dozens of our senses to deepen our relationship with ourselves and nature.
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Medicinal tea, locally harvested.
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Opportunities to process in compassionate listening circles.
We walk less than 1/2 mile.
We walk away with renewed connection to our purpose for living on Earth.
1. Join an open public group
1 hour Sunfilled weekly session, or
2.5 hour Moonful session (At sunset around the full moon each month. You can also view & follow this option on Facebook.)
Guided Forest Bathing Experiences for groups of friends, family, or nonprofit organizations to explore, celebrate, and deepen relationship with self and nature through mindfulness and bodyfulness modalities. Fantastic for a retreat, wellness incentive, or meaningful gift. (2-2.5 hours)
Forest Therapy Sessions help employees de-stress & restore their relationships with self, each other, and nature through mindfulness and bodyfulness modalities. Nature-Connected Wellness Programs are great for employees. You’re awesome to provide such rejuvenation! (2-2.5 hours)
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A Practice or Prescription?
Like many mindfulness practices, the more you practice nature & forest therapy, the more you benefit. And, in the UK and Canada, doctors prescribe forest therapy to help patients heal faster.
“Forest Therapy, also known as Forest Bathing, is a relational practice that brings people into deeper intimacy with natural places. And one of those natural places is our natural self; it’s a practice that holds the possibility of meeting again the kernel of who we are, and what we are born to be. It’s also important to recognize how the practice supports every aspect of our well-being.
But these effects are really the collateral impacts of a repaired relationship between people and places. Especially for those dealing with ecological grief, the restoration of relationship to place is the beginning of the healing process.”
~Association of Nature and Forest Therapy
Health Benefits
Intentional time in nature, especially with a trained guide, can:
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alleviate anxiety and depression symptoms
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regulate blood pressure, lower cortisol, and lower stress
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increase immunity (from increased NK cells and improved mood)
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show higher scores on Quality of Life measurements
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decrease reports of Chronic Widespread Pain
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improve confidence and self-esteem
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reduce symptoms associated with ADHD, trauma, psychosis, addiction
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increase sense of gratitude and generosity
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increase patience, life satisfaction and motivation
and more.
