Feeling within afresh to help you experience the air in a new way – reducing stress while deepening your relationship with the natural world. By honing our inner senses as well as our outer, we bring our mind in sync with the current state of our body and thus we can experience the many benefits of being fully present. Being with nature help you strengthen your ability to stay present and in our body, as we experience ‘place’ in a new way. Enjoy your present moment!

Forest Bathing is the practice of mindful activities that help us become more connected both with nature, and with ourselves. We practice together, learning to access our Forest Bathing state of ease and open curiosity. Then we practice sustaining it, building up our ability to keep focused and stay present over longer periods. Each workshop has a theme, starting with the senses to help you experience plants, and how they are in relationship with the world around them.

We practice connecting with nature using a variety of Invitations (activities or exercises), which are specifically designed to get us into a certain frame of mind. We get out of our day-to-day thinking mode, and into a more open, curious state. This is encouraging, as it means that if we lead busy lives, we do not need to wait for the time when we take a big trip. Instead, we can gain great benefit from taking short forays into nature in our daily lives. We focus deeply on our senses, inner and outer.

We are learning that the sounds we hear when we are in nature have a very beneficial effect on our mood and mental state. The level of benefit varies, with babbling water, birdsong, singing bowl coming high on the list. Listening to Tibetan healing sound like we surrendered to earth’s intelligence, we could rise up rooted, like trees. Our body can focus on digestion, healing and the immune system, and our minds are free for reflection, creative thought and social interaction and reduce stress.

How do you make friends with plants and natural materials with your child, and as a child? be-in invites everyone, especially those who are often accompanying children (teachers, parents, educators) & children to experience “Urban Forest Bathing”, take a walk, meet a tree, start meaningful connections with the trees and nature with the six senses. We will be practising acceptance of what we notice both in nature, and in our response to it. There is no right or wrong, it just is.

The Year of the Tiger promises to be unforgettable – harness your inner warrior, fight for what you believe in, and let Tiger energy bring out the power within! We’ll open our hearts to connect with others. We’ll be learning tools to help us see our own local nature with a fresh perspective.  We’ll discover how truly enchanting sights can be revealed in our everyday surroundings, when we have eyes to see. So let’s move into 2022 with Creative, Inner Power and Connection!