Cultivating Connection
Laying the foundations for transformation and healing
This short online programme, provides a strong foundation for embodied healing, wellbeing and transformation as you build a practice to soothe your nervous system, deepen your relationship with the natural world and explore nature based spirituality.
This course is an essential foundation and prerequisite to any other courses I offer and therefore the ideal place to start if you've never worked with me before.
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Learn nature connection practices that soothe your nervous system, help to reduce stress, anxiety and depression whilst also laying the foundations for physically feeling a deeper sense of belonging and connection.
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Build your relationship with the nature on your doorstep and incorporate a simple nature connection practice into your life.
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Awaken your senses and gain a deeper embodied understanding of the role they play in supporting your nervous system and reducing anxiety
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Awaken your imagination and learn more about the importance of imagination in our adult lives and modern society
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Deepen your connection with your intuition
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Explore nature based spirituality and cyclical living
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Experience the positive impact of coming together in a small group for meditation, reflection and connection in a warmly held safe space
The wisdom, insights and practices shared during this journey are suitable for everyone, but especially if you:
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Feel a call to deepen your relationship with nature and build a personal nature connection practice
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Regularly feel overwhelmed and have difficulty grounding yourself
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Have a tendency to over do things and want to prevent burn out
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Are recovering from burn out, stress, anxiety, perfectionism or other similar states
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Want to access extra personal power and clarity to help you step more fully into your purpose and authenticity
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Feel frustrated about the state of the world and feel powerless to do anything
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Feel stuck and unfulfilled, you know there is more, but you're not sure what or how to change things
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You're going through a transition or facing a crossroads in your life and feel uncertain about the future
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Feel constantly tired and exhausted no matter how much self care you do, lacking in motivation and energy
If you resonate with any of these, then coming home to nature offers a fundamental baseline and opportunity to reset, restore and regenerate your energy. From here you can grow and rebuild, but first of all you need to deepen and strengthen your roots... that's what this course is all about.
What does the course consist of?
Within a warmly held small zoom group, we will dive deep into the roots of our wellbeing by exploring the following topics:
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Why nature connection is a fundamental foundation for true wellbeing
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The different ways we are in relationship with nature and why it matters
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The role of our senses and how nature connection soothes and strengthens our nervous system
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Developing intuition and a sense of place through nature connection
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Learning to adopt nature as a teacher, working with cycles and elements
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Relationship, reciprocity and reverence, giving back and giving thanks.
The format of the sessions include:
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Topic presentations
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Guided journey meditations
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Stories/poetry or visuals
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Sharing circles and deeper reflections
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Nature connection invitations to carry out in-between sessions
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Journaling prompts and reflections
Each participant is also invited to a half hour 1-2-1 at the end of the journey to help integrate the process and set intentions for moving forward.
Travelling through these times, you may well find yourself:
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Feeling overwhelmed by your responsibilities and emotions
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Caught in cycles of worry and thought, anxious about the future or ruminating over the past
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Isolated and misunderstood
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Disconnected from your body, heart and soul truth, caught up in your head
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Confused and struggling to make decisions
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Held back in some way from living your truth or fulfilling your potential
I have certainly felt like that many times in the past, and sometimes still do – it’s part of the human experience in a modern world where our relationship with nature is fractured and we are disconnected from our true power.
This 6 week course, will take you on a journey of reconnecting with your nature consciousness, grounding you deep into Earth energy so that you:
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Strengthen and soothe your nervous system to build emotional resilience
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Learn ways to quieten your mind and come home to your body
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Realise a sense of belonging and interconnectedness
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Connect with your true nature and authentic wisdom
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Make better decisions with ease and clarity
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Feel more energised, whole and confident in your authenticity
Rekindling and deepening your innate connection to nature, really is like plugging in to your natural regulating and neutralising energy source. Nature is our natural habitat. It makes perfect sense that we feel at home and thrive when connecting with the natural world.
Deeper nature connection, really is like a true home coming and from here, you have the perfect foundation and energy source to go forth in your authenticity, wisdom and power. To finally be able to stand in your grounded power, regardless of what emotions and challenges come along.
Who is this programme for?
I launched this programme in 2020 and have run several cohorts now. People who have registered in the past tend to come from very diverse backgrounds however there are some common characteristics to the clients that engage the most and gain the most benefit from working with me:
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The majority of clients who come to me have already been on some kind of healing journey. They have developed some self awareness and have insight around their experience. They still however feel stuck with various elements, they take full responsibility for their own wellbeing and they want to connect, deepen and make permanent shifts in their lives. These clients report that working with me has been transformational or life changing.
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Many clients are looking to change or are going through some kind of transition. The programme offers an opportunity to come back to centre, connect to the inner peace within and to anchor into a safe space while travelling through challenging times.
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Everyone that comes to me has a love for the natural world and is curious about deepening their relationship with this, or connecting with others who feel the same.
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A number of qualified psychotherapists and counsellors have enjoyed the journey and found fresh insights that not only inspire their work, but also offers them some deeply essential self care too.
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Qualified forest school teachers, outdoor activity leaders and others considering a career in ecotherapy and forest bathing have also been inspired and nurtured, leaving with a greater sense of wellbeing AND ideas to carry forward with their work and training.
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People passionate about the environment and wanting to connect in a safe space, where they can express any grief or anxiety around the direction of the status quo, whilst also receiving inspired positive insights to help cultivate hope.
If you identify with any of this, I’m confident you will absolutely LOVE this journey, but if you're still unsure, let's have a chat to explore whether it's a good fit for you.
Your guide for this journey...
Hi, I'm Tina. Like many others, I have been on a long journey to emotional health, having experienced mental illness around 25 years ago. I have been on prescription medication, have experienced several years of psychotherapy, have travelled, enjoyed yoga and meditation and embraced whole heartedly any personal development offering I can in order to find peace of mind.
I'm sure that all of those experiences, played a significant part in my journey, especially psychotherapy. However it is when I discovered flower essences and deepened my connection with nature, that I really started to feel as though I had arrived home... home in my heart, home in my body and home on this beautiful planet, as part of a miraculous ecosystem.
I started offering nature based wellbeing experiences in 2018 and during lockdown I decided to create an online nature connection journey. I quickly discovered that this approach empowered people to develop their own nature connection practice with the nature on their doorstep and had a greater long-term impact on the wellbeing of participants. I then created a number of programmes as clients wanted to stay connected and deepen their nature connection and now there is a suite of courses that cycle through the year, to make a complete journey, called The Art of Blossoming.
I am an Advanced Flower Essence Practitioner accredited by the British Flower and Vibrational Essences Association, an authorised Human Toolbox Practitioner, have completed natural mindfulness and forest bathing guide training with author Ian Banyard, and Earthwalk leadership training with John Cree. I completed a Holistic Health Foundation course, with Ian Watson and Rachel Singleton, where we took a deep dive into different health and medical paradigms and explored the essence of Health itself, drawing on the understanding of The 3 Principles. I continue to deepen my knowledge, understanding and embodiment of nature's wisdom, through regular training and support.
Nature is my church and through my practice I have developed a personal nature based spirituality that is influenced by neo paganism and indigenous wisdom from around the world. I am currently slowly making my way through Druidry studies with the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, as this is the closest I could find to understanding the indigenous practice of our native land here in the UK. My work is naturally and organically influenced by my personal practice, however I do not teach a faith - people from all faiths and religions are welcome on my courses and in 1-2-1 sessions
It is my greatest pleasure and honour to walk beside you as you rediscover or deepen your relationship with the natural world, tap into the heart of your true essence and explore ways in which nature can become your teacher and guide.
The course is 6 x 2 hour weekly online sessions, every Tuesday evening, starting 4th March 2025 7pm.
Your investment is £95 for the full 12 hours online, audio files of 6 meditations and PDF summaries of course content. That’s less than £8/hour for live online contact time, with practices and resources you can use for life...
I also offer concessions plus one completely FREE space on each course for anyone with particular financial challenges – so please do get in touch if you feel a full hearted YES to this journey, but don’t have the funds available..
