Treespeed; forest bathing with Highland Quietlife

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Treespeed; forest bathing with Highland Quietlife

A diverse waffling of forest bathing, a search for serenity, sobriety and sanity ..... and with the mind of a fly...anything else in between...

  1. 12/30/2024

    Forest Bathing #28 - Attention is Love

    As 2024 comes to an end we talk about the reciprocal nature of our practise and showing people how they can connect with nature on their doorstep in accessible places – so they can go back easily and form lasting connections. We talk about guiding shorter sessions and still helping people find that connection in the best way for them. Note: We are joined by Newt the aged Greyhound and our foster pup Quinn during this one, so we do get a bit distracted for a moment by dogs! “The beauty about f...

    48 min

  2. 10/13/2024

    Forest Bathing #27 - Being Vulnerable as a Guide

    When are guiding we aim to have 'one foot in and one foot out', meaning that we are able to benefit from the session along with our guests, but that we also need to keep our awareness' to ensure we look after the group and remain the guide. It can be a tricky line to keep sometimes and we talk more here about how we deal with being vulnerable in front of guests and remaining professional. We've both been busy guiding recently and for different types of people; work colleagues, research group...

    42 min

  3. 05/17/2024

    Forest Bathing #26 - Treespeed and the Importance of Safe and Brave Spaces

    This is the start of a series of episodes focusing on specific areas that are important to us as guides. Our first one the importance of safe spaces and vulnerability. Why? Quite simply because we've spent too many years being judged by others and not feeling comfortable in certain settings. Species survive by having ‘tending’ relationships with other species; we look after, or out for each other. If we don’t receive this from the people around us, we start to feel sad, defensive, left out o...

    49 min

  4. 03/04/2024

    Forest Bathing #25 - "I am enough" and vulnerability in nature.

    We start with a rather profound realisation – I caught up with Moose late on a Sunday night after a drive home and during the drive I started to believe “I am enough”. Conversations earlier in the evening had got me thinking about ‘how do we know things are just good enough as they are’ and ‘how do we know when to just leave things alone and not try to change or improve’? This then led me down the rabbit-hole of realising in the last 18 months I’ve managed to shed that feeling that “I’m just ...

    42 min

  5. 12/06/2023

    Forest Bathing #24 - It's good to be back!

    We are back! It was fantastic to sit down with Moose again and blether about forest bathing. In this episode we catch up on what we've both been up too but also talk about forest bathing with children (including digging for dinosaurs); ecoanxiety in the younger generation and how forest bathing can help; health equity and removing barriers and also the importance of letting go of any egos as a guide. We also talk a lot about our new community forest bathing group in the Cairngorms. We meet ...

    53 min
  6. Forest Bathing #23 - Treespeed with Jeannie Nairn, Woodlands Breathing

    02/27/2023

    Forest Bathing #23 - Treespeed with Jeannie Nairn, Woodlands Breathing

    Join me as I chat with fellow guide, Jeannie during this episode; we recorded this back in December, when she was kind enough to sit down for a blether one winters evening. Jeannie guides under her company, Woodlands Breathing and is based in West Lothian, Scotland. During our chat we meander through the 'whys' and 'hows' of training to be a Nature and Forest Therapy Guide and current inspirations, making it a great episode if you are considering training or newly qualified. Jeannie has also...

    49 min
  7. Forest Bathing #22 – Treespeed with Ana Leilani Ka’ahanui

    01/15/2023

    Forest Bathing #22 – Treespeed with Ana Leilani Ka’ahanui

    The Cold – love it or hate it, for some, there is a fear of the cold or a hatred, for others a beauty of the peace that snow can bring (I'm in that camp). I love guiding sessions in winter and this episode starts with Ana’s first experience of guiding a session in the cold, (podcasting 101 – press record at the very start! So, what started as an anecdotal chat before we really started was actually interesting so it’s part recorded!) You still get the gist though. I met Ana in January 2020 (be...

    43 min
  8. Forest Bathing #21 – Treespeed when you lose your voice

    10/17/2022

    Forest Bathing #21 – Treespeed when you lose your voice

    The Podcast is back!….well kind of……but I need your help – and I’m not very good at asking for help. Give episode #21 a listen, it’s a hard one, not because there is anything especially upsetting but because I am incredibly self-conscious about how my voice sounds at the moment. I’ve tried to keep it short but have tried to explain where the podcast has gone over the past months. For all my 42 years of life, I have always relied on my voice and being able to blether to people, laugh and talk ...

    9 min
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A diverse waffling of forest bathing, a search for serenity, sobriety and sanity ..... and with the mind of a fly...anything else in between...

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