WELLBEING IN NATURE

Most of my sessions are designed to foster nature connectedness. This is a term describing the relationship between us and nature. It describes our emotional attachment to nature and our views about our inclusion within it. There have been many studies showing a strong connection between nature connectedness and well-being. Individuals who are connected to nature are more likely to be flourishing and functioning well psychologically and also have high levels of life satisfaction. Developing a deep emotional connection to nature is simply bringing us back to where we should be, where we are designed to be. It is bringing us back home.

There are a number of ways in which we can increase our connection to nature. We can do this using botanical creativity in a gentle, mindful way, or we can use it in a more therapeutic way, using reiki, the energy of flowers and the wisdom of nature. I am a reiki master and additionally have training in counselling and mental health first aid.

These sessions can also be designed for specific groups or green prescribing. I am currently working with Lincolnshire County Council, facilitating nature connectedness workshops for unpaid carers. If you want to discuss a specific group or project then please get in touch.

one to one nature therapy and reiki treatments

These sessions use reiki and nature as therapy in relaxing, mindful and empowering one to ones. These are designed for anyone who is feeling frayed around the edges, blocked, anxious, at a crossroads or who wish to deepen their own connection with nature or are curious about energy work and wish to explore their own experience of it in a personal, earthy way.

NATURE CONNECTedness workshops 

Join me for a mindful workshop designed to facilitate nature connectedness and enhance well-being. Using the beautiful grounds at Doddington Hall I have a number of opportunities for you to find some peace and headspace and deepen your own relationship to nature and the seasons.

NATURE CONNECTION RESIDENTIAL RETREAT 

Join Guy Petheram and myself for a beautiful nature connection retreat in Mid-Wales. We will be using a combination of guided walks, meditation, creative practice, yoga and sound baths to immerse you in the stunning landscape of our retreat location.

Floral retreats

A floral retreat is a powerful and beautiful combination of reiki, flowers and nature-based creativity. It is held in Rachel’s floral haven - a purpose built studio and flower therapy garden in the walled kitchen garden at Doddington Hall.

THE Coven

The Coven; a collection of individuals with similar interests or activities. A group or meeting of witches or crones.

Crones, hags, and witches frequently were the preservers of knowledge and the bearers of wisdom. They were the leaders, mentors, advisors, midwives and healers in their communities. They fully embedded sacred feminine energy and stood firm in their intuition, wisdom and power. The term Crone has been hijacked and has negative associations, leading to the view of older women as invisible, superfluous, unattractive and the sacred feminine qualities of intuition, compassion, connection to nature are dismissed as lesser and weak.

The Coven is designed for anyone who identifies as a Crone who feels that they would like some support to step in to this part of their life, or for people who embody sacred feminine energy and feels unable to express their true nature and feel disempowered in the environment they live or work in

The aim is to help women to have the confidence and self-knowledge to stand firmly in themselves, not to be swayed by what anyone else says they should be and to see and know themselves.