Mindfulness in Nature

Current Projects

  • A bee collecting nectar from cream-colored flowers with yellow centers on a green plant.

    Coming Home To Our Senses at the Tasmanian Arboretum with Pat Fleming

    A series of 4 workshops at the Tasmanian Arboretum, with Internationally renowned Deep Ecologist, Pat Fleming in partnership with Dr Tracy Spencer (Psychologist) of HomeCountry.

    Saturdays 10-2pm, commencing 20th September for the Spring Equinox.

    Saturday 20th Sept

    Saturday 4th October

    Saturday 18th October

    Saturday 1st November

    Each workshop will incorporate the Spiral of Transformation from The Work That Reconnects, as pioneered by Joanna Macy, as well as forest bathing, sensory nature experiences and Mindfulness practices to deepen connection and enhance mental health and wellbeing. Find more information here.

    This is a FREE pilot project, supported in-kind by The Tasmanian Arboretum, the Tasmanian Deep Ecology Network and HomeCountry

    Register your interest here
  • Poster for a workshop on contemplative practices to care for ourselves and the earth, hosted by the University of Melbourne, featuring details about the event date, time, location, facilitators, and registration information, with an image of a woman touching a tree in a park.

    Contemplative practices to care for ourselves, each other and the earth in the Huon Valley

    A collaboration with the Centre for Contemplative Studies from University of Melbourne, and co-facilitated with Tess Strong, Sara Phillips and Darroch Donald.

    This event will be the basis for a publication by the Contemplative Science Centre at University of Melbourne, to add to the evidence base for the positive impacts of nature-based connection for humans. It will also generate further activities to connect to Country, inlcuding a guided walk into Pelverata waterfalls. Stay tuned for details!

    Register your interest for further events like this
  • A man wearing a black jacket and a gray knit cap stands in front of a large redwood tree in a dense forest with tall trees and misty weather.

    Trees and Rivers Immersions

    2hr to 2 day immersions with Trees and Rivers in Tasmania

    These are organised as and when groups of at least four are available to visit Giant Trees, and significant rivers in the Tasmanian landscape.

    Incorporating Mindfulness practices and more-than-human philosophies, these immersions support resilience, belonging and wellbeing for participants.

    Register your interest and preferred locations

  • Mindful Nature Prescription

    Nature Prescribing is a health pathway into the benefits of being in nature, in a mindful way. This resource is the beginning of collaborations across Tasmania and Australia between health care professionals, psychologists, nature practitioners and community volunteers who love nature, to support more of us to get well by being in natural environments in ways that improve our physical and mental heath.

    There’s so much science behind each of these initiatives on the ‘prescription’ I’ve developed, and so many opportunities to create calendars of place based nature based activities to promote health…I’d love to have you take these ideas and develop them in your places and your ways!

    In the meantime, check out https://www.doseofnature.org.uk/ and https://www.rspb.org.uk/helping-nature/what-we-do/nature-prescriptions, along with Australian initiatives through https://www.naturefix.life/

    I’m trying to pull all of these together to create something that will help our human and more-than-human communities health with one another.

    Be in touch if you’re interested to do so :)

    Find The Prescription here