Join Forest Therapy Guide Laura White, to slow down and connect with the Earth for 3 hours of peace and calm in the beautiful gardens at the Hamblin Centre. During this session, you will connect to Nature all around you using all of your senses, you will go for a gentle, slow and mindful walk around the gardens, you will find a sit spot and connect with a nature being; a tree, a flower, the grass, whatever calls you. You will be given simple invitations to help you connect and deepen your relationship with the land.
Please bring appropriate clothing for the weather on the day. You may want to bring a cushion or something to sit on and also a journal and pen. We will go ahead regardless of the weather unless there are extremely high winds or lightning. We will have somewhere to shelter if it is very wet, but there is also a beauty about being outside in the rain.
Forest Bathing, or Shinrin Yoku, means to bathe and immerse yourself in a forest or natural setting. The term was coined by the Japanese government in the 1980s and is prescribed as a natural remedy for stress-related conditions caused by a rise in technology in the workplace and increased time spent indoors. Studies on the benefits of Forest Bathing have shown a decrease in stress markers such as Cortisol as well as a lowered blood pressure, over time. Phytoncides which are naturally released by trees as a defence against viruses and disease work on humans too, boosting our own immune systems.
To book your place, or for enquiries, please contact Laura directly:
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website: https://www.earthqueenmagick.co.uk/
“We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.”
Andy Goldsworthy ~ Natural Land Artist
Laura White is an ANFT (Association of Nature and Forest Therapy) Forest Therapy Guide who is passionate about helping people to connect to Nature and therefore themselves. She does this through group Forest Bathing sessions and 1:1 Forest Therapy. She has been working in Nature with people for several years and teaches many workshops including Plant Smudge Stick making and Creativity in and with Nature. She holds regular Sacred Women’s Circles, is a Flower Essence Practitoner and Tarot Card Reader. Her soul’s purpose is to serve and support people to connect to their magick and thrive!
Image credit Mitsuo Komoriya @mitzmoco courtesy of Unsplash, royalty-free, copyright-free images.
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