Forest Bathing
Guidance to use your senses to take in the atmosphere of a tree-filled place, calming your mind, relaxing your body and soothing your soul.
The venue is a 20 acre tranquil, ancient woodland in East Northants, between Thrapston & Corby
Mindful nature invitations
The session involves activities designed to help you focus your senses to deepen your connection with nature. There is also time made available for cultivating focussed attention through sketching, painting, creating land art or gathering natural plant materials for engaging with the Japanese art of Hapa Zome.
Sit Spot
Finding a place to sit or lie where you can just soak up the sounds, sights and scents of nature is a wonderful way to slow yourself down and really connect with nature.
Barefoot walking
A wonderful, sensory-filled experience that helps you connectelf more deeply with nature and with yourself.
Mindfulness
Gentle mindfulness meditations to quieten the mind and effect centering and grounding.
No parking fees to pay and free refreshments provided
£25
Each session lasts 2 hours with a further, optional, 30 minute tea ceremony.
Hapa Zome
As Forest Bathing (Shinrin-Yoku) is Japanese in origin the art of Hapa Zome (lead-dye)is too.
The reflective gathering of leaves and flowers from around the woodland, being mindful about the gathering process, is followed by arranging the plant matter onto a piece of cloth which is then hammered to release the pigments.
