The Essentials of Healthy Nature-Based Practice

October has arrived and the days are growing shorter and colder, yet at this time of year, we also experience a last rush of some of the edible plants before the winter. For example you can find nettle, plantain, ground ivy and even cleavers, as well as all of the berries, and if you know what you are doing, its also mushroom season!

Though this cycle of growth is coming to a close and death is all around us, thankfully this part of the cycle creates the ground for the next one to come, and soil and fungi science is particularly spectacular at the moment!

During my trainings and programmes, we are gathering the last of the hawthorn berries to make hawthorn leather, and looking for rosehips to make cordial and medicine for the winter!

In this episode I am grappling with how our choices bump up against the choices of others and the often invisible dynamics involved in our ability to make choices.

I also reflect on some of the techniques we may use to create safe enough spaces. 

Hope you enjoy this episode and do let me know if there are any areas you’d like me to cover in the future!

In this Episode Marina considers:

• How we agree to be together as a group and with wilder spaces when creating groups.
• What matters to us, including our boundaries and needs, while setting community agreements and allowing permission to choose.
• The importance of consent for well-being and consider how and where we gather information.
• How much we go along with ideas or actions and the power of choice.
• The edges of risk to gain benefits.
• The role of the practitioner's tone in creating a safe environment.
• Relational agreements and voicing what we need, while understanding how power shifts in different contexts and identities.
• The dominant systems and their often-invisible impacts on everyday life.
• The elements of healthy nature-based practice, leading us to reckon with our assumptions.
• How core values in education make learning relevant beyond artificial intelligence.
• The journey of 'hospicing' our culture

Show Notes:

https://theoutdoorteacher.com/podcasts/episode-44-the-essentials-of-healthy-nature-based-practice/

Music by Geoff Robb: www.geoffrobb.com

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