Treespeed; forest bathing with Highland Quietlife

Dec 30 2024 30 ep. 35 mins 5

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A diverse waffling of forest bathing, a search for serenity, sobriety and sanity ..... and with the mind of a fly...anything else in between...

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Forest Bathing #28 - Attention is Love

Dec 30 2024 48 mins

As 2024 comes to an end we talk about the reciprocal nature of our practise and showing people how they can connect with nature on their doorstep in accessible places – so they can go back easily and form lasting connections. We talk about guiding shorter sessions and still helping people find that connection in the best way for them. Note: We are joined by Newt the aged Greyhoun

Forest Bathing #27 - Being Vulnerable as a Guide

Oct 13 2024 41 mins

When are guiding we aim to have 'one foot in and one foot out', meaning that we are able to benefit from the session along with our guests, but that we also need to keep our awareness' to ensure we look after the group and remain the guide. It can be a tricky line to keep sometimes and we talk more here about how we deal with being vulnerable in front of guests and remaining profes

Forest Bathing #26 - Treespeed and the Importance of Safe and Brave Spaces

May 17 2024 48 mins

This is the start of a series of episodes focusing on specific areas that are important to us as guides. Our first one the importance of safe spaces and vulnerability. Why? Quite simply because we've spent too many years being judged by others and not feeling comfortable in certain settings. Species survive by having ‘tending’ relationships with other species; we look after, or

Forest Bathing #25 - "I am enough" and vulnerability in nature.

Mar 04 2024 42 mins

We start with a rather profound realisation – I caught up with Moose late on a Sunday night after a drive home and during the drive I started to believe “I am enough”. Conversations earlier in the evening had got me thinking about ‘how do we know things are just good enough as they are’ and ‘how do we know when to just leave things alone and not try to change or improve

Forest Bathing #24 - It's good to be back!

Dec 06 2023 53 mins

We are back! It was fantastic to sit down with Moose again and blether about forest bathing. In this episode we catch up on what we've both been up too but also talk about forest bathing with children (including digging for dinosaurs); ecoanxiety in the younger generation and how forest bathing can help; health equity and removing barriers and also the importance of letting go of a

Forest Bathing #23 - Treespeed with Jeannie Nairn, Woodlands Breathing

Feb 27 2023 48 mins

Join me as I chat with fellow guide, Jeannie during this episode; we recorded this back in December, when she was kind enough to sit down for a blether one winters evening. Jeannie guides under her company, Woodlands Breathing and is based in West Lothian, Scotland. During our chat we meander through the 'whys' and 'hows' of training to be a Nature and Forest Therapy Guide and curr

Forest Bathing #22 – Treespeed with Ana Leilani Ka’ahanui

Jan 15 2023 42 mins

The Cold – love it or hate it, for some, there is a fear of the cold or a hatred, for others a beauty of the peace that snow can bring (I'm in that camp). I love guiding sessions in winter and this episode starts with Ana’s first experience of guiding a session in the cold, (podcasting 101 – press record at the very start! So, what started as an anecdotal chat before we reall

Forest Bathing #21 – Treespeed when you lose your voice

Oct 17 2022 8 mins

The Podcast is back!….well kind of……but I need your help – and I’m not very good at asking for help. Give episode #21 a listen, it’s a hard one, not because there is anything especially upsetting but because I am incredibly self-conscious about how my voice sounds at the moment. I’ve tried to keep it short but have tried to explain where the podcast has gone over the

Forest Bathing #20 – Treespeed with Ben Page

Feb 06 2022 66 mins

For this episode we had the chance to chat with Ben Page. Ben was one of our trainers in LA in 2020 as myself and Moose began our journey to become Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and among many things he is now, also a published author. 2021 saw the release of his book, ‘Healing Trees; a pocket guide to forest bathing.’ Ben’s book is beautiful and comforting. Delivered in s

Forest Bathing #19 – Treespeed is back!

Feb 06 2022 3 mins

Welcome to our third podcast series. I’ve taken a while to get myself in gear for this one and that is mainly to my own pressurising and sometimes paralysing standards and expectations – I’m sure we can all relate to that at times! I’m really pleased that the first full episode of this series (episode 2) can be Ben Page. Ben was one of our trainers in 2020 and in 2021 he re