9 June, 2023

Let's go forest bathing Part 3 - Forest Bathe & Become More Present

Nigel is the founder of REROOT YOURSELF™ - a detailed look at the science behind nature and wellness, helping busy people with limited time tap into the art of forest bathing and the healing power of nature.

Throughout June I’ll be sharing tips and insights on how to Forest Bathe exclusively on 9KM BY 9AM and the Outside & Active website.

A 30-minute forest bathe once or twice a week will help you slow down. It will bring you into the present moment and de-stress and relax you.

FOREST BATHE AND BECOME MORE PRESENT

A core part of the process of Forest Bathing Rerooting Yourself is the practice of mindfulness.

The calmness you reach in the forest can be harnessed and accessed in your daily life.

Nature offers an ideal environment to meditate and reach a state of mindfulness and presence given the absence of the distractions of day-to-day life.

As well as this, the sounds of the wind in the trees, birdsong plus the patterns of the trees and the smells of the forest provide natural anchors. Through opening your senses and letting nature in you shift towards a calmer more relaxed state.

Thousands of thoughts race through our minds every day.

These thoughts normally come in groups e.g. work, relationships, money; etc. These groups of thoughts are like TV channels and the content is nearly always worries about the future or past. We are not present.

We are constantly flicking between these TV Channels - never finding one we’re happy with.

There is one channel THAT ALLOWS US TO BE AWARE of all of these thoughts and find the space between them - the Discovery Channel.

Many of us have never switched this channel on and some of us don’t even know it exists.

YOU CAN ACCESS THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL THROUGH MEDITATION AND BEING MINDFUL AND FOREST BATHING IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THIS.

My book, Walking Back To Happiness: The Secret To Alcohol-Free Living & Well-Being and my coaching course Reroot Yourself shows how you can massively improve your mental and physical well-being, through re-connecting or rerooting with the natural world, walking outdoors, watching sunrises, forest bathing and being more mindful about the changes in nature that are happening all around you.

BOOK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nigel...

COACHING - If you are interested in finding out more please contact me direct https://www.reroot-yourself.co...

Let the forest quieten your mind.

Nigel Jones

Founder of the health and wellness channel 9KM BY 9AM.

Author of Walking Back To Happiness” The Secret To Alcohol-free Living & Well-being.

Certified Positive Psychology & NLP Coach - with the internationally recognised, double accredited, International Coaching Federation and Association for Coaching, AreteWay Coaching Course.

Founder of REROOT YOURSELF™ - a detailed look at the science behind nature and wellness. Helping busy people with limited time tap into the art of forest bathing and the healing power of nature. A group masterclass / workshop – designed for organisations and businesses to help improve the mental health and wealth of employees.

Nigel holds a Diploma (Distinction) in Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing). Is trained in the Power Of Awareness, University of California, Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and the Awareness Training Institute.

Nigel shares with us is Lived Experience of over 700 walks in nature - walking 9 kilometres before 9 o’clock every day since May 2021. Highlights include:

The power of being present at every sunrise for the past 21 months
Insights into his meditation processes and techniques
What he saw and learned on over 6,000 kilometres (equivalent of 150 marathons) of walks in the forest, mountains and coastal areas of the UK
How you can benefit from these insights

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