Shiatsusi

Summer Forest Bathing Walk in NL.
The sound of the rain and the sunshine closing the Walk, were the presents nature offered me today.

Mooi & gezellig visit to the University's Botanical garden in Utrecht.
Beautiful giant lotus and what did I drink????.......
It is not blood :), it's fruit syrup :), lekker!!!
Nice location to try to organize a Forest Bathing Walk using the resources a city can offer.
Susana

🆘Are you feeling stuck or looking for clarity in some aspect of your life?. Do you have questions you’d like to explore within yourself?

🎉I offer a series of 5 FREE nature based coaching sessions as part of the course I completed at Innersteps.

✳️The trajectory does not have to be a difficult one, but a serious question you  would like to explore and clarify is important to be able to coach. We will walk for 1 - 1,5 hours in Amstelpark or Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam area) while talking .

🌲 Outdoor coaching offers some valuable advantages:

Walking in nature helps promotes mental quietness, allowing you to better hear your inner voice, where answers to our questions often can be found.

Physical movement during the sessions helps to clear mental blockages and stimulate clarity.

👭Recently, I experienced my own nature -  based coaching journey with a coach who guided me during the 5 sessions. The nature-based coaching trajectory combined the contemplative practice of Forest Bathing with a more active nature based coaching activity.

Throughout the process, we used nature symbols to help me find clarity and understanding. For instance, in our 4th  session “Enhancing Your Inner Strength”, I was invited to use natural objects to represent my soul’s natural qualities and turn them into a circle. Soul’s qualities are those that we naturally embody and make us unique. Sometimes is not so easy to recognize your qualities and standing in the middle of the circle increased my inner strength.

⭐This creative process, using symbols and metaphors in nature, enabled me to connect with new perspectives and views. It was both challenging and enjoyable, and I now carry with me the sensations of that deep connection to myself and a step – by – step plan I agreed with myself to achive what I want to accomplish.

Interested in experiencing this process?. Contact me please.

One of my favourite places I recently visited in Tenerife was the Anaga Rural Park. Home to towering peaks, mysterious cloud forests and remote black-sand beaches.

The Anaga Rural Park was classified as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2015, I hiked through El Pijaral, also known as the Enchanted Forest (Bosque Encantado). Cloud forests, also known as laurel forests, date back to the Tertiary period, making them prehistoric.

Up until 22,000 years ago, these incredible forests were found across much of northern Africa and southern Europe. Today they are not as common, though can be found on islands in the Atlantic ocean (Canary islands as well as the Azores and Madeira islands), as well as parts of Asia and Africa.

The forests are quite magical in appearance. Tall, dark trees stand mystically, their trunks twisting and coated with thin layers of green moss.

I did not see any prehistoric creatures but it felt like they could emerge at any moment 😊

Feeling powerful after visiting a dormant volcano. Amazing nature!

Forest Bathing Walk in Amsterdamse Bos yesterday. We explored the forest walking with our hands and spent time connecting with the nature in this city forest.
We experienced peace, love, nature always provides, sparkling eyes.

In September I finished my training to learn how to coach in nature. I wanted to experience my own process and Miranda is guiding me. We already had two very interesting sessions together. In the first session I created a still life, using different elements I found in nature as symbols of my life situation at the moment.
The little snow woman in the first photo is Susana version 5.0, under construction :).
During the second session we explored what is my desire, my goal. That desire is represented by the tree in the picture, a strong tree, also colorful, with long branches reaching different places.
Miranda adds the power of writing to the coaching process, she invites me to write what I am experiencing during the coaching session and she also gives me very interesting writing homework.
Looking forward to the coming 3 sessions.

Snowy Forest Bathing Walk yesterday in Amstelpark.
Thank you to the participants for joining with a temperature of cero degrees!. We warmed ourselves up with herbal tea and some self massage and Qigong exercises included in the nature connection activities.
I was reading yesterday how Forest Bathing and nature connection can help people with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Yesterday we could enjoy the beauty of the snow and cold weather.

Next Forest Bathing Walk the 10th of February in Amsterdamse Bos. Check my website and join me !.
Susana

Last available places for the Forest Bathing walk I am organising this Saturday in Amstelpark - Amsterdam.
A nice way to start the new year.
Please contact me to book your place.

Las clases están muy relacionadas con la Medicina Tradicional China, el Shiatsu y la Acupuntura - digitopuntura. En las sesiones recorreremos los 5 elementos de la MTC y aprenderemos un poquito sobre ellos. Utilizaremos también la música, el dibujo, la risa.. para conectar con nuestro cuerpo.

Necesitarás: ropa cómoda, un lugar confortable para sentarte y poder tumbarte, un cojín y una manta.

Visita mi web y contacta conmigo si te apetece recibir más información. Te invito a probar una clase de forma gratuita.

¡ Nos vemos los lunes a las 18.15 online !

Would you like to participate in the first Forest Bathing Walk I will be organising this autumn in Amsterdam?. Research has shown that spending time in nature can have a positive impact on mental health:
✔️reducing stress
✔️ improving mood
✔️increasing feelings of calm and relaxation
Urban natural environments providing day-to-day stress relieving effects have been seen crucial to one’s wellbeing.
👩‍🏭Trained and certified by Forest Therapy Hub I will be delighted to accompany you on this sensory experience.
🍵We will share a warm cup of tea at the end of the walk with all the participants.
Please check my website and contact me for more information. You can buy your tickets in eventbrite, scan the qr code👇
www.shiatsusisusana.com
See you in nature!

⭐Experience an urban escape and immerse yourself in the peacefulness of nature while connecting with new people !

This autumn I will be organising two forest bathing walks in Amsterdam. Research has shown that spending time in nature can have a positive impact on mental health:

✔️reducing stress

✔️ improving mood

✔️increasing feelings of calm and relaxation

Urban natural environments providing day-to-day stress relieving effects have been seen crucial to one’s wellbeing.

👩‍🏭Trained and certified by Forest Therapy Hub I will be delighted to accompany you on this sensory experience.

🍵We will share a warm cup of tea at the end of the walk with all the participants.
Please check my website and contact me for more information. You can buy your tickets in eventbrite, the link in my website👇
www.shiatsusisusana.com

See you in nature!

Photos of the Forest Bathing Walk I guided in Amsterdamse Bos last weekend.

New and nice experience guiding two couples who experienced some of the nature connection activities together.

Invitation shared with the participants and extended to everyone: try connecting with nature for just 10mn a day during 2 weeks. Whether you have a balcony, a garden, or simple the view outside your window, take a moment to notice the nature around you. It could be as simple as observing the trees, listening to the birds, or feeling the breeze on your skin. See if this has effects in your well being.

Share your experience if you like using the hastag

Looking forward to meeting new people and connect with nature?

Close to home urban natural environments providing day-to-day stress relieving effects have been seen crucial to one’s well-being.  

Some advantages include: 

Stress reduction 

Enhanced mood and mental clarity 

Boosted Energy and Vitality 

Improved Immune System & Lowered Blood Pressure and Hart Rate 

What is Forest Bathing?: also known as shinrin-yoku, originated in Japan and is a mindful practice of immersing oneself in the natural environment. I’ll be proposing a series of activities that are aimed at awakening the senses and connect with nature 

Duration:  2 - 2,5 hours, we’ll walk no more than a kilometer and a half 

Cost: 30 Euros per person. The session can  be led in English and Spanish 

Please contact me and I will share more information. You can also buy the tickets on my website and eventbrite:

www.shiatsusisusana.com

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/661212112227 



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I am following a training to learn how to Coach IN NATURE and I am super excited about it.
Last week I had my first session with a trial client in a park in the center of Amsterdam and, the experience was incredible.

🌳This is a picture of my office in the park, under a beautiful tree. A special energy just surrounded us. The park was crowded but I did not hear any sounds only the voice of my trial client.

🔘A characteristic of this methodology is the use of metaphors and symbols from nature. By carefully studying the symbol and asking questions about it, connection to the client’s inner feelings and insights is restored. You can see a picture of the beautiful symbol my trial client created about her life at this moment using elements from nature.

🚶‍♀️We started the session with a 10 mn walking meditation. Walking in nature helps you to quiet the mind. Nature is calming, and therefore you will be able to listen better to your inner feelings.

🕺As you walk, you are in a moving state, all that is stuck in your head, will then also easily come into motion.

Looking forward to our next session !

Today I would like to invite you to practise the 54321 grounding meditation.
Find a place in nature nearby or just open the window at work for 10 minutes
✔️ First take a moment to become aware of your breath. Just a few deep breaths
👀 Look for 5 things you can see
👏Become aware of 4 things you can touch
💁🏽‍♀️Acknowledge 3 things you can hear
👃Notice 2 things you can smell
👄Become aware of one thing you can taste

What do you notice?

Do In class on the road! :)
Yesterday we had our weekly on line session. The class was about the wood element and I was teaching from Mitjanas, a beautiful Hotel rural, a Masia in Gerona.
Incredible surroundings, hotel in the middle of the Forest with a really nice studio to practise Do In. The perfect place to connect with the wood element and energy.

Forest bathing walk yesterday in Amstelpark (Amstelveen-Amsterdam). We were grateful to urban nature for this experience.
It was very nice guiding a group of people with different nationalities, very different age and backgrounds.

Forest Bathing Guided Walk in Amsterdam
Would you like to improve your well-being by engaging in a mindful and intentional connection with nature?. You will also participate in an international group activity.
When?:Saturday 22th April
Where: Amstelpark - Amsterdam
Hour: 9.30 am - 12.00 pm

Weather is expected to be really nice next weekend, let's enjoy it in nature! .

More info about Forest Bathing and myself?.

Visit my website:
www.shiatsusisusana.com

Send me an email:
[email protected]

You can buy your tickets in Event Brite or contact me by email and I will let you know my bank details:

https://bit.ly/ForestBathingAmstelparkeventbrite

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Hello, my name is Susana and I will be your  certified guide during these Forest Bathing walks. 

Spring is coming, we can enjoy even more connecting with nature and we don’t need to travel far to participate.  

Close to home urban natural environments providing day-to-day stress relieving effects have been seen crucial to one’s wellbeing , for example, through reducing anxiety and reducing stress hormones such as cortisol. 

The guided walk will last around 2 - 2,5 hours, we’ll walk no more than a kilometer and a half, which should give you a notion of our pace. I’ll be proposing a series of activities that are aimed at awakening the senses and connect with nature.  

Would you like to add Forest Bathing walks to your wellness tool box?. Please contact me and I will share more information. 

Previous experiences: “the sensory experience of light, greens, mind, bird songs”, “ feeling of oneness, part of the forest, the trees, the soil, we are all interconnected”, “ Gratitude”, “ Relaxed”.

The cost is 25 Euros per person & discount of 5 euros pp  if you are more than one. The session can  be led in English and Spanish. 

                       

Primera nevada del año, esa persona pequeñita sentada en el banco soy yo :).

Mi primer baño de bosque guiado en un parque de Madrid. Tenía muchísimas ganas de compartir esta experiencia con ellas y lo hemos conseguido!. Ha sido una hora, un baño de bosque express medio improvisado que nos ha dejado con ganas de más. Hemos terminado con un pequeño ritual de celebración del solsticio de invierno en la naturaleza y el sol nos ha regalado unos momentos de luz y calor estupendos

My two passions combined Shiatsu and Forest Bathing to support during the winter months.

Some images of the Forest Bathing walk I guided yesterday in Amsterdamse Bos. Everyone found a sit spot in this beautiful autumn forest that hosted our walk .
What is a sit spot? Is simply a place in nature that calls you, preferably nearby so you can visit it regularly to cultivate awareness and re- connect with your senses and nature.
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I am organisig a guided Forest Bathing Walk for teens +adults. In Amsterdam (Amsterdamse Bos) Saturday 29th October at 10.30 am. If interested, please contact me for more information about the activity and prices.
Below the experience of one of the FTHub prodessionals:
https://foresttherapyhub.com/the-fascinating-world-of-forest-bathing-and-forest-therapy-for-teenagers/

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Y después de una semana lloviendo sin parar doble arcoiris!. Toma ya!.

Viviendo en los Países Bajos no termino de acostumbrarme al gris y siempre busco el sol, el azul y la luz. He descubierto una forma de convivir con el clima y ha sido gracias a mis paseos en la naturaleza. Aprendiendo a apreciar la belleza en el gris y en la lluvia, los cambios que se observan en la naturaleza. La explosión de color en primavera no sería igual si no existiera el invierno :).
Antes no conocía el trastorno afectivo estacional (SAD en inglés ). Relacionado con los cambios de estación, el trastorno comienza y finaliza aproximadamente en la misma época cada año. Si eres como la mayoría de las personas con este trastorno, tus síntomas comienzan en otoño y continúan durante los meses de invierno y, durante este período, tienes menos energía y te sientes de mal humor. Los síntomas suelen desaparecer durante los meses de primavera y verano.
La naturaleza y el shiatsu pueden ayudar mucho a apreciar las cualidades que también existen en el gris y a prepararnos para estos meses.