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Storytelling and Triggers
Once upon a time in a land far far away … or so the story goes. They are words that have started so many stories over the years. That have taken us to lands where everything and anything is possible...
Forest Therapy: What is it & How Do You Find a Guide?
In our industrialized, technological society, many people fear that while we intuitively have a connection with nature, that connection is becoming weak as we spend less and less time in the outdoor...
Can Forest Bathing Make You Healthier?
Are you stressed? In this modern era, we all are. But right outside our windows is a solution: Forest Bathing. Have you heard this term yet? What does it really mean to “bathe” in the forest? Forest...
First Responders & The Forest: Ancient Meets Modern
Forests have existed for millennia. Like first responders, they offer reassurance, and by the power of their existence, help us to breathe and live. Just as first responders hold the power of life...
Replace Your Technology with Shinrin-Yoku
Have we all been overpowered by our increasing (nonstop) use of technology? There are so many types of technology surrounding us that we can barely keep up with all of our gadgets. From our wearable...
A Message in the Trees
Last summer was a time of great transitions in my personal life and the conversations that led to the creation of this business, Wild Communion. The woodpecker had left my side, after 3+ years of...
A Watery Companion
Between Mother’s Day and the talk with the bishop, there was a month of work travel overseas and a week of family vacation in northern Michigan. These weeks were full to the brim with beautiful...
When the Serpent Appears
Last summer, I was only home for short stints between work travel. The days I was home, I often guided walks for different local organizations. The people who show up are always such an amazing...
Forest Bathing During COVID-19
We wanted to provide you with a list of some articles that have been written about Forest Bathing during the COVID pandemic. Hopefully they will provide resources that will help you as you continue...
How Contact with Nature Can Improve Your Mental Health
For all of human existence the concept of nature as a Maternal figure has been a comforting thought. Mother Nature, Gaia, Terra, Mother Earth all are names we’ve given to nature, something that...
Scrolling Through My Medicine Walk
“Let the silence do the heavy lifting.” A phrase often heard before one goes into a negotiation.I wasn’t going into a negotiation, I was going on a Medicine Walk but it seemed appropriate in the...
Nature Therapy and its Effects on the Human Body
99.9% of humans that have ever existed did so in a natural environment, the remaining .01% have lived in the urbanized post-industrial revolution era. This modern age with its artificial settings...
