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The podcast shares ancient human knowledge, cutting edge insight and simple practices to cultivate joyful and restorative relationships between people and nature.
Listen to interviews with leading international contributors who are bringing humans and nature together in innovative ways for wellness and social/ecological regeneration. |
Included are many expert tips and mindful invitations for nature connection in everyday life.
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Episode 7:
Tuning to the Frequency of Nature |
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For more information please check www.renature.pt or contact Geeta at info@renature.pt Tel: +351 965 223 115 |
Geeta Stilwell is an ANFT Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Mentor and Trainer based in Portugal. She is the founder of Renature, where she creates and facilitates restorative programs that promote wellbeing and health through nature connection practices, clean eating and self-care. She works all over the world with various populations that range from the general public, corporate senior and junior teams, schools, families, mental health populations and individuals recovering from situations of excess stress and burn out.
Her passion is to bring human beings back to nature and support the reconnection to the restorative potency of the natural world. Based on her own recovery journey, she creates a safe space for the nature connection and self-care journey to unfold. Over the past 20 years she has dedicated a great part of her time and resources to her own development and self-care journey and this life experience is the foundation for her work. |
Episode 6:
Being Guided Through Liminal Time |
In episode 6, forest therapy guide Kat Novotna describes how our current human experience during the pandemic can be seen as a journey of transition towards a new way of life on every level: personal, collective and planetary.
She shares from her personal experience how the principles and techniques of forest therapy are designed to meet the needs of this time and can be applied in any situation as a powerful way to release stress and relax; and most of all, to open our hearts to find deeper meaning and personal growth as we live towards the new. The episode includes a sample invitation from Kat’s manual, Transition Time Journaling Prompts to Reflect and Reconnect. (downloadable as a free gift) |
Kat Novotna is an ANFT certified Forest Therapy guide, artist and Mind-Body Nutrition coach based in the Netherlands.
Kat's passion and element are to help people re-connect with nature, with aliveness, with themselves and with others. To slow down, relax and re-connect with their heart and body wisdom. With a passion for creativity and Shinrin-yoku art, and a background in linguistics and cross-cultural communication, Kat is enjoying guiding and working with people from all around the world through her company Way Back Home, both in person and online. Kat also serves as Co-chair of the European Council of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy to help support the practice and the guides, and to spread the word about Forest Therapy, and the reciprocity aspect of the relationship between humans and our planet. Read more at www.linktr.ee/waybackhome.nl or view Kat's wearable Shinrin-yoku art designs at www.linktr.ee/shinrinyokuart. |
Episode 5:
Establish a Wild Home - at Home! 
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In this episode, Melanie Choukas-Bradley talks about her newest book, Resilience: Connecting with Nature in a Time of Crisis.
Melanie explores the 'Silver Lining' of the time we are living in - and how many people are finding that the slower, quieter pace is opening new possibilities for contact with nature. She shares how to really notice and become intimate with the life all around us and how to lift our spirits when we need to find solace. Being outdoors also brings a new level to restorative mindfulness practices like Yoga, Tai Chi and meditation. Her book is an inspiring How-To guide to forest bathing at home and it also offers many practical ideas and tips about connecting with nature in other ways, such as gardening, becoming a backyard naturalist and foraging for wild food! Link to Melanie Choukas-Bradley Books |
Melanie Choukas-Bradley is an award-winning nature book author, naturalist, and certified forest therapy guide. Melanie leads forest bathing walks for many organizations in Washington, DC, including Smithsonian Associates, the US Botanic Garden, the Audubon Naturalist Society, the Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Bonsai Foundation and Politics and Prose bookstore. She also gives forest bathing presentations and leads walks in Aspen, Colorado, for the Aspen Institute (2018) and the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (2019) and has led forest bathing walks for the YMCA in Austin, Texas and spoken about forest bathing at Austin's Central Library. Melanie has authored five books, including The Joy of Forest Bathing--Reconnect with Wild Places & Rejuvenate Your Life, A Year in Rock Creek Park and City of Trees. She traveled to Japan with Amos Clifford, Michele Lott and a small group of guides in the fall of 2017. Her walks and interviews have been featured on NPR and NPR affiliates in DC and Aspen, the Travel Channel website, and in many print and online publications. Melanie grew up in Vermont, wandering the hills and fields from a young age and stealing icy sap from the maple buckets lining her dirt road.
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Episode 4:
Finding New Hope After Ecological Disaster |
In this episode, Anissa Hernández, MD talks about her work with trauma patients who have been impacted by Puerto Rico's hurricane Maria and the subsequent severe earthquakes.
She shares her discovery how nature connection is helping her patients in trauma recovery, especially ecological trauma. How cultivating a relationship with nature is allowing her patients to shift their perspective on life and develop a renewed sense of self-love. As a pioneer in her field, Dr. Hernandez is also observing the delicate balance between the need for psychiatric drugs and increased resilience through other wellness modalities such as Reiki, Sound Therapy and Forest Therapy . Bonus: At the end of the episode, Dr. Hernandez is offering an introductory guided experience of "virtual" forest bathing with a spontaneous "Pleasures of Presence" invitation. |
Dr. Anissa V. Hernández, MD, FTG is a psychiatrist in Puerto Rico.
She offers psychiatric and psychological outpatient services, complemented by other wellness therapies, such as: Reiki, aromatherapy, mindfulness, sound therapy, and Forest Therapy. Telemedicine services are available for residents of Puerto Rico. Virtual Forest Therapy walks with Dr.Hernandez in (Spanish/English bilingual) are open to everybody! Dr.Hernandez can be reached on Instagram @forestbathingpr. For more details on psychiatric care: 1-787-326-2259 and 1-787-202-9387 |
Episode 3:
Fantastic Fungi - Marvelous Mycelia |
‘Mycelium is the very foundation of life on this planet - not only for our species but for so many species on this Earth that we love and we can work with it to restore our planet.’ This is the essential message of the movie Fantastic Fungi.
Marcina Hale, the movie's Executive Producer, describes her potent 5 step process for generating personal freedom and creative interconnection. Marcina also shares why it is so important to support children in developing strong bonds with nature and how curiosity and wonder are keys to feeling fully alive in challenging times; www.Reconsider.org. |
As co-founder of Reconsider, Marcina has spent 20 years developing and presenting workshops for individual and communal change and transformation. As a master therapist, a trained psychedelic therapist and dynamic facilitator, she challenges and inspires others to live their lives more consciously and to take responsibility for their own creations. Marcina spoke at TEDxKC Women about how to change the world in which we are living.
Marcina will moderate a discussion with Female Psychedelic Leaders at the upcoming Fungi Day event, April 21, 2020. |
Episode 2:
Love Thy Nature – During Crisis and Uncertainty. |
How can loving our inner and outer Nature help us feel better—physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually even during shelter-in-place? Sylvie Rokab shares personal stories, helpful tips and insights on managing life during the coronavirus crisis. She also offers a visionary perspective and inspiring examples on how the intelligence of nature holds the keys not only for humanity’s transformation but also our industries, economies and global wellbeing.
LoveThyNature.com |
Sylvie Rokab is an Emmy nominated, award-winning film maker. Narrated by Liam Neeson, her latest film LOVE THY NATURE received critical acclaim including 27 awards, and has had nearly 300 screenings in 140 cities in 16 countries.
With the Atlantic Forest and rocky beaches as her backyard, Sylvie was born in Rio de Janeiro and raised by French and Italian—Egypt-born—parents who encouraged her fascination with nature. Heartbroken by its rapid destruction, as a young adult she made it her mission to inspire people to deepen their connection with the natural world. A world traveler fluent in 4 languages, Sylvie seeks to inspire a diverse audience to transform their relationship with nature and ignite a desire to protect our vital and spellbinding natural world. |
Episode 1:
The Corona Virus is Heading Your Way. Grab a Tree and Hold On. |
In the first episode Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller offers practical advice on keeping ourselves and our families healthy and strong through simple and enjoyable interactions with the natural world, wherever we live—especially during virus outbreak and social distancing.
Read more in Dr. Suzanne's recent article about the powerful immune boosting effects of spending time outdoors. www.IntegrativeInitiative.com. |
Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller, M.D. is an OB-Gyn and Integrative Medicine physician who resides in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She is board certified by both the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Board of Integrative Medicine. She holds additional certifications in herbal medicine and is a certified forest therapy guide. She currently serves as medical director for the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy and as medical advisor for the organization, AllTrails.
She is the author of an award-winning children’s book about autism called “A Friend Like John, Understanding Autism,” and speaks nationally and internationally about autism, integrative medicine, and nature therapy. Her book, “The Outdoor Adventurer’s Guide to Forest Bathing,” by Falcon Guides was released in July 2019. |
