Breathe in the Forest : Nature Connection for Everyone

I am thrilled to be hosting these sessions The Burrow Farnham.

The Wheel of the Year brings a structure to our lives that helps us connect with the Earth. Celebrating her seasons, ourselves and each other, our achievements and our losses. Each of the eight festivals is celebrated with a different focus according to the season it marks. By consciously working with Earth’s changing energies, we learn to flow with Nature and with our own soul path.

Kate, founder of , is an experienced shamanic practitioner and modern medicine woman, a certified forest bathing guide and natural mindfulness coach. Kate lives in tune with Nature and the Wheel of the Year and has gathered a rich tapestry of experiences and teachings that she loves to share.

Join us for eight two-hour workshops celebrating the ancient Celtic festivals that mark the Earth’s yearly cycle and the changing seasons. Kate will intricately weave each celebration session with the underlying energy of the season, exploring how this energy affects us and how we can use it to lead a more soulful, nature-based life. Each workshop offers a blend of meditations, journaling, ceremony, creative activities and discussions tailored to deepen your connection with yourself, each other and the Earth. Through this holistic approach, you will find alignment with the natural rhythms of the Earth, so you can embrace the wisdom of each season in your life.

https://events.humanitix.com/awakening-seasons-a-soulful-journey-through-the-wheel-of-the-year

Alton Walking Festival 2024

Come and spend a few blissful hours in the rolling scenery of The South Downs National Park, exploring the beauty of nature and the healing powers of nature connection.

This is a gently paced walk along designated footpaths through beautiful meadows, established woodland and age-old landscapes.
Book through Alton Walking Festival. Link in bio.

Come and join me in The Flood Meadows on 24th May for a morning of nature-based fun. This walk is for Preschoolers and their carers. Really looking forward to it 😊🌿

Join me for my Forest Bathing and Natural Mindfulness walks in May. Booking now open.

One of most favourite quotes. I feel this deeply …….🙏🏻

"Nature is our greatest teacher. It teaches us silence, patience, resilience, and the art of letting go. It reveals the interconnectedness of all things and the profound wisdom of simply being." - Jiddu Krishnamurti



📷taken at St Catherine's Hill, Wi******er

I love this place. The garden is a wonderful spot for taking time out to practise some Natural Mindfulness 😊🌿

Do you live in Hampshire? 😎

Well we are rewarding our fellow Hampshire residents with a special offer for the next couple of weeks.

To claim your 50% an ANNUAL ticket to Gilbert White's House all you need to do is visit before the end of the day on 18th February and tell our front of house team you are from Hampshire!

It's as easy as that! 🥳

We ARE Nature - we are not onlookers …. Beautifully explained by Donna Ashworth

YOU ARE NATURE

There is a reason why walking amongst nature is most people’s best advice when depression strikes.
Because walking in nature is a return to ‘home’.
You are not a lover of nature, or a fan of nature, you ‘are’ nature.
You are as much nature as the trees in your garden and the bees on your picnic.
You were designed to live your days out in the wild with your fellow creatures and plants but progress, humanity, had different plans for us all.
And so we exist day-to-day, in our homes, but never ‘home’.
The quickest route back to self, to inner peace, is bare feet on grass, arms around trees, head in the clouds and heart in a forest.
Put your bones in water, whenever you can, smell each flower you see and crumble dirt between your tired-of-typing fingers.
You are nature, go home once in a while.
It will bring you much you didn’t even know you were missing.

Donna Ashworth
This poem is from my new book ‘Wild Hope’, a book of short poems designed to remind you daily… why we are, who we are and how to harness hope, joy and peace as journey through this life.

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Art by the fabulously talented Hayk Shalunts Hayk Shalunts

You are a beautiful Earth Soul - please don’t forget that.

I’ve just shared this in my Instagram account. I’ve been really quiet for a long time Things have been very tough for quite a while now but my Mindfulness practice has helped me through those long, dark hours time and time me again. I look forward to sharing more beautiful nature connections with you as the days lengthen and the sunshine warms us. Lots of love, Kate xx💚💙💕

Breathe in the Forest : Kate Care on Instagram: "My Natural Mindfulness Practice This is where I take myself when I am in overwhelm. I close my eyes and feel my way back to this place. So far 2023 has been spent sitting in hospitals supporting a... 1 Likes, 1 Comments - Breathe in the Forest : Kate Care () on Instagram: "My Natural Mindfulness Practice This is where I take myself when I am in overwhelm. I close my eyes and feel my way back to this place. So far 2023 has been spent sitting in hospitals supporting a loved one....

Today I took time to come back to my centre - and I did it by going to the forest with my bestie . Today was about filling up my own cup so that I can be source of strength for my family as we continue to ride the waves that are coming at us thick and fast at the moment. It’s so important to find how to do this for ourselves. How do you re-energise? 💚🌳💚😊🌿

BREATHE
“She sat at the back and they said she was shy.
She led from the front and they hated her pride.
They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance.
They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence.

When she shared no ambition they said it was sad.
So she told them her dreams and they said she was mad.
They told her they'd listen, then covered their ears,
And gave her a hug while they laughed at her fears,

And she listened to all of it thinking she should,
Be the girl they told her to be best as she could.
But one day she asked what was best for herself,
Instead of trying to please everyone else,

So she walked to the forest and stood with the trees,
She heard the wind whisper and dance with the leaves.
She spoke to the willow, the elm and the pine,
And she told them what she'd been told time after time.

She told them she felt she was never enough,
She was either too little or far far too much,
Too loud or too quiet, too fierce or too weak,
Too wise or too foolish, too bold or too meek,

Then she found a small clearing surrounded by firs,
And she stopped...and she heard what the trees said to her.
And she sat there for hours not wanting to leave.
For the forest said nothing, it just let her breathe.”

Poet: Becky Hemsley of

Lovely morning leading the Family Toddle at the lake for . We used the treasure that we collected to create a nature heart that would remind us of our morning. Great example of a late summer seasonal heart made by one of our walkers 😊🌿

Join me on my Natural Mindfulness walk - Wednesday 24th August. I promise that you won’t be disappointed! Free. Book through the Petersfield Walking Festival website 😊🌿

Looking forward to working with the trees and my drum tomorrow 💚😊🌳💫

It’s hard to be down when accompanied by such beauty.

Looking for people to help me complete my final case study. Are you able to help me on 30th July? 9:30 -12 noon.

I will be holding a beautiful circle in the ancient woodland surrounding Selborne.

Spend time slowing down and absorbing all the good things that nature has to offer us as I guide the group in using our senses to connect more deeply with the world around us. Once we have relaxed and switched to our parasympathetic nervous systems, I will gently guide us through a shamanic journey to connect with a tree spirit to explore the messages that they may have for us at that moment. We’ll spend time sharing, journalling and honouring the trees before finishing with a beautiful gratitude tea ceremony.

No previous experience is required but I ask you to commit to coming and feeding back to me about the session so that I may complete my case study.

I will ask you to fill out a pre-session consultation form. No personal information will be shared with my moderators. They will not be able to identify you by reading my case study.

There is no charge to join our circle on this day. I may ask you to write a review that I can use on my website - it can be anonymous.

Please know that the walking pace is slow but be aware that the path can be muddy and uneven in places. There are some steep inclines on the hanger but they are undertaken at a slow pace. Please dress appropriately for the weather, using layers of clothing. Stout footwear, long sleeves and trousers are recommended.

Please bring: Something waterproof to sit on and a drink.

Only 6 places available.

Please message me to reserve your space, or contact me on 07903283469 or at [email protected]. Please be sure that you are able to commit to the time and date.

Thank you. I deeply appreciate your support, Kate 😊🌿 # # #

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Hello all. My name is Kate and I’m a certified Natural Mindfulness and Forest Bathing guide. I’ve also been training as a Modern Medicine Woman and Shamanic healer. I work closely with plants and trees to bring a person’s energetic and physical body back into balance. I also hold circles to mark the wheel of the year, facilitate women’s circles that build beautiful communities, and create rituals and ceremonies to meet the needs of my clients.

I am lost for words really! The breathtaking beauty and vastness of the place I found myself in this weekend allowed me to explore my place in the interconnected web of life on an even deeper level.

Feet on the earth, sun on my skin, flowers in my heart and herbs in cup - feeling so connected and alive this morning. So much gratitude for all that I receive from Mother Earth. I always try to begin my day by connecting with the land I live on, the space on our planet that I call home. I’ll post more about my morning practice, how it supports me and why I do it over the next few months 💚🙏🏻🌸 I’d love to hear about your morning connection and gratitude practice, if you’d like to share xx

Walking under a gloriously blue sky, smelling the scent of warm pine, listening to the gorse seed pods pop in the heat of the afternoon sun - the recipe for a perfect June natural mindfulness walk 😊🌿

As I've been walking this week experiencing the beauty of Spring unfolding all around me, I've also been aware of a deep sadness that I'm carrying within me. We hear news everyday of how humankind is destroying the planet that we share with all other beings from the more-than-human world.
The situation is critical and the guilt that I feel for the role I have had in this lays heavy within me. Each walk had felt like a roller coaster ride - highs as I listened to the birds singing, touched the sticky buds of horse chestnuts, watched the bumble bee visiting the pollen ladened p***y willows - followed by lows as I considered how I had impacted the earth in the half century that I have been alive.
Considering how all of nature is interconnected, it has reminded me that we humans are also wholly interconnected. So whilst I can't change things on my own, each of my small positive actions adds to those small positive actions that others are making. Every positive action boosts another positive action. However small I feel that action may be, it will always be worth taking. That old saying that a journey starts with just one step comes to mind.

Together we build the future 😊🌿

Tansy has summed up Forest Bathing so perfectly. It really isn’t just a walk in the woods 💚🌳🌿🦉🐝🌼💚

I took some time out this evening to watch the sunset. So very beautiful 😊🌿