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Ecotherapy
Discover the Healing Power of Ecotherapy
Ecotherapy nurtures our relationship with nature, reminding us that we are not separate from the natural world but an integral part of it. This profound connection – often forgotten in modern life – is essential to our emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. When we heal our bond with nature, we also heal parts of ourselves, fostering a sense of balance and harmony in our lives.
In many cultures, this relationship has been deeply honoured and integrated into daily life. However, in some modern societies, the connection to the natural world has been pushed aside. This disconnection affects our health, happiness, and sense of purpose. Ecotherapy helps us rediscover this bond, offering opportunities to reconnect with our true essence, find inspiration, and be mentored by the natural world’s wisdom.
Ecotherapy in Counselling: What to Expect
Ecotherapy integrates counselling practices with nature-based experiences to support personal growth, healing, and resilience. Here are some ways ecotherapy can be included in counselling sessions:
• Nature Walk and Talk: Engage in therapeutic conversations while walking through forests, coastal areas, or other natural spaces, allowing the environment to ground and guide the process.
• Outdoor Movement Practices: Incorporate dance, yoga, or qi gong into sessions to connect with the body and the environment.
• Guided Nature Contemplation & Breathwork: Explore mindfulness practices that deepen your connection to nature and your inner self.
• Tea Ceremony in Nature: Slow down with a grounding tea ceremony amidst the serenity of the outdoors.
• Flower Essence Support: Use nature’s remedies to address emotional imbalances and encourage harmony.
• Hammock Hang Forest Therapy: Rest and reflect in a hammock, immersed in the restorative energy of the forest.
• Canoe or Kayak Counselling: Engage in meaningful conversations while navigating calm waters, blending adventure with reflection.
Ecotherapy invites you to step outside the confines of traditional counselling settings and embrace the healing presence of the natural world. Whether it’s the sound of waves, the feel of soft earth underfoot, or the whisper of leaves in the breeze, nature becomes a co-therapist, offering comfort, perspective, and renewal.
Flower Remedies
Flower remedies are pure, safe and natural vibrational medicines that work to harmonise emotions and bring balance and wellness. Flower remedies are such a blessing as they provide support for challenging times in gentle and powerful way.
Indigenous peoples of Australia have been using flower remedies for at least 40,000 years as have ancient Egyptians, Indians and peoples of indigenous cultures worldwide. Edward Bach rediscovered the healing properties of flower essences in the 1930's and today flower essences are re-emerging at a time when they are most needed.
Customised flower remedies available to support your personal healing between sessions.
The combination blends below are available anytime and make a wonderful heartfelt gift for loved ones.
Flower Remedies
Love Remedy
Making space for love and gratitude
The Love Remedy opens your heart to gratitude allowing you to receive love on all levels. Get ready for love!
NEW MOTHER
Confidence and support for mothers
This remedy smoothes the initiation of motherhood. Allowing new mothers to tap into their own inner knowing with confidence and self love.
Soul SOothe
A heart salve for the process of letting go
This remedy allows one to grieve in a healthy way whilst soothing the harsh feelings that often accompany the process of letting go.
Bollywood in the Bush
Combing two loves of my life - Bollywood and the bush!
All the benefits of dance, joyful movement, fitness, co-ordination, improved memory, community connection, enlarging your smile PLUS the benefits of nature connection!
Bollywood Dance Classes
Experience the benefits of joyful, modern Indian dance! Did you know that group synchronised dance has been found to significantly reduce pain? Not to mention the joy of connecting to others, moving to uplifting music, fitness, co-ordination, memory, brain function, dressing up and learning to shimmy like a Bollywood star!
Shamila loves sharing her cultural connection, and her love of a bit of bling and a swishy skirt! She has been teaching Bollywood dance classes since 2010!
Weekly group class held in Mullumbimby on Tuesday evenings.
Spend Time with Shamila
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