Welcome to all our tree friends - human and other! 🌲🍄🌳🐝🌸🦋
As we mentioned in the last newsletter, the beginning of August marked Lammas. Have you noticed any Lammas growth on trees recently? We’ve spotted some new leaves appearing on trees locally - for example, we’ve seen some small and slightly red oak leaves recently. Look out for such growth where you are.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
As the summer matures into harvest season, we have spaces left on forthcoming events and would love for you to join us. We are offering a special price on Eventbrite to help you to invest in your wellbeing. See later in the newsletter for more details.
Saturday 26 August - 13:45 at Cashel Forest Trust, Loch Lomond
Wednesday 30 August - Online Remotely Guided at 17:30
Friday 1 September - 10:00 at Binning Wood, East Lothian
Group Experience - GATHER IN-PERSON
Location: Cashel Forest Trust, Balmaha, Loch Lomond
Saturday 26 August at 13:45 (180 minutes)
In collaboration with Cashel Forest Trust, join us at Cashel native wood near Balmaha, on the east side of Loch Lomond. Please book here - the investment includes a donation to support the work of Cashel Forest Trust as well as forest tea and refreshments.
Location: Binning Wood, between North Berwick and East Linton, East Lothian - bookings here - the investment includes forest tea and refreshments. All events begin at 10:00 (180 minutes).
Friday 1 September - after the holidays, gift yourself some space and time to connect and thrive. Note change of day.
Friday 20 October - another month, another Friday.
Saturday 18 November - the final outing at Binning Wood for the year, back to Saturday.
Online VIRTUAL - Connect Digitally (90 minutes) - book via FBF link
Let’s connect online in a remotely guided experience, walk together and share our land wherever we are on the planet. Let us know if you’d like to connect from a different time zone or day, that works better for you.
Wednesday 30 August at 17:30 - 19:00
Tuesday 10 October at 15:00 - 16:30 - for World Mental Health Day
Sunday 26 November at 14:30 - 16:00
Bookings for some of our events are now hosted via the Forest Bathing Finder platform - please check our guide profile (FBF). We hope you’ll find this platform easy to use, and would welcome comments of your experience, so any tweaks can be made. Forest Bathing Finder was created by the daughter of a fellow ANFT Guide in the US and enables you to see who is guiding and where in the world - perhaps you might be curious to join another Guide when you travel to a new place or try an online walk with another Guide.
If you would like to arrange a specially tailored experience with a group such as friends or colleagues - in-person or online, please get in contact to make arrangements.
WHY FOREST BATHING?
If you have yet to experience forest bathing, perhaps you are wondering what to expect and what are some of the benefits for forest bathing or wellBEing in the woods?
There is research evidence to show that spending time in the woods, taking in the atmosphere through your senses can help to reduce those feelings of ‘flight or fight’ and rather encourage some ‘rest and digest’. By joining a Forest Therapy Guide, certified by the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, you are being invited to awaken your senses as you slow down and spend time in relation and connection with nature (including yourself). You become part of a global community with Guides in over 65 countries. Depending on the event and the group, we may play with some different ‘invitations’ on different occasions. You may even remember your ‘inner child’ while you are encouraged to try life at ‘tree speed’ for a while. We complete the experience with forest tea - if you are joining an online remotely guided event, you are invited to bring your own cuppa - the internet is yet to develop the skill of serving tea! 😂
If you follow our social media and these newsletters, you will see a few tree friends who have been acknowledged on our wanders - feel free to share your tree beings in response (and if they have given their agreement).
Thank you for reading, and until the next time, enjoy the WoW factor (Wonders on Wanders) with your tree friends!
🌲🍄🌳🦋🍃🪻
Looking for Gift Inspirations?
Are you the giver of a gift with curiosity? If you would like to offer someone special a ‘wellBEing’ or ‘green spa’ experience, why not consider a Woodlands Breathing gift voucher? We can arrange a voucher for either an in-person or online experience, for one person or a group. We can also include a ‘wellness pack’ - for example, as a way for online participants to share tea together (UK only). Why not enable the recipient to learn a new practice to support their mental, physical and emotional wellness? You never know, it might become a present that offers more than you expect! If you’d like more details, please email us to discuss options.
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