Nature Awareness

Reconnect to nature, be exhilarated, become more balanced, find restoration, inspiration, feel humbled and empowered through learning simple techniques that can be applied to every area of your life.

Deepen your experience of nature...

Advanced Plant and Wild Food Courses
Activities for Special Needs, Mental Health and
Well-being Groups and Organisations

Nature awareness is a way of living more in harmony with ourselves, others and all beings. It can be a simple task of balancing rest and action, connecting more to the seasons, or a deeper sense of purpose and connection to all of life. In our, often, busy and isolated lives, modern lifestyles can take us away from our instincts, natural rhythms and inherent wisdom that is given to all living things. This can result in mental, physical and emotional dis-ease, including feeling isolated and fatigued.

"We need to value ourselves and each other and the kingdoms upon which our lives totally depend. Without the animals, the plants and the insects, we have no existence" (Leo Rutherford, Urban Shaman)

Spending time in nature, and using 'Nature Awareness' techniques, helps bring back a sense of well-ness, connection and vitality through using a range of techniques, exercises and games to increase our awareness. The approach of nature awareness can align us with our natural birth-right of living well and healthy lives alongside each other as the nature-made beings that we are.

Read the MIND report on the benefits of nature for physical, mental and emotional well-being Ecotherapy Report

Comprehensive description of Nature Awareness

The Instinctive Forager

Do you want to improve your confidence to forage?
Do you want to access ancient knowledge of edible plants?

This is about far more than just knowing wild foods, it's an opportunity to explore and develop your own instincts and responses to edible and non-edible plants.
A One Day course covering up to 25 plants in two different terrains. This course will include; developing and using your senses to learn and memorise a range of edible plants, how to prepare wild foods, safe and ethical foraging, and easy recipe ideas. The emphasis will on building your confidence to go out and forage independently, safely and successfully. Suitable for individuals or groups wanting to deepen their knowledge of wild food.

In this 6 Hour Course you will;

Dates:

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The Intuitive Gatherer

A one day course dedicated to combining the skills of wild food foraging with nature awareness and how to work intuitively with plants. This course is unique, and created based on my own experience, knowledge and skills.

Your intuition is a profound & wise resource. This is an opportunity to cultivate that wisdom.

On this One Day Course you will;
You will learn to identify a range of wild foods, how to 'tune in' to their uses and benefits
Explore which plants are suitable for you, and how to know the right amounts, and types of plants
Practice foraging safely and ethically
Develop your intuition with plants, others and your own body

Suitable for those with an interest in Plant Spirit Medicine, Wild Food, Healing, Nutrition or Nature.
This is an introduction to becoming an Intuitive Gatherer, and will provide ways to develop this rewarding approach to plants as healers, food, and companions in the natural world.

Dates: Sat 17th July, 10.30-5pm at Mount Pleasant Eco-Park, Porthtowan www.mpecopark.co.uk
Cost: £40

Activities for Special Needs, Mental Health and Well-being Groups and Organisations

Activities, courses and workshops can be arranged for specific groups. A full programme of events will be available soon. Meanwhile please contact me to find out how Nature Awareness can benefit your group and to develop a programme specifically to meet your requirements.

wild food, guided foraging walks, edible berries, hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna

wild food, guided foraging walks, blackberries, Robus fruticosus