Nature-based Approaches for a Resilient Future: Bridging the Gaps.
From the Book - Forest Bathing with My Clothes On!
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Our certified personal trainers will work with you to create a customized workout plan based on your fitness goals and abilities. They will provide guidance and motivation to help you achieve your desired results.
Free - List of "What You Will Learn" List of Resources and Links
Free - List of "What You Will Learn" List of Resources and Links
Free - List of "What You Will Learn" List of Resources and Links
We believe that nutrition is a crucial part of living a healthy lifestyle. That's why we offer nutrition coaching services to help you make better food choices and achieve optimal health.
For Professionals
New Program Coming Soon
Designing for Wellbeing (Deep Dive)
13 - weeks
A 13 - week, advanced, deep dive program for busy serving and caring professionals seeking community. Offered virtually with regularly synchronous community video calls. Connect with me for more details. Certificate of attendance available.
These calls will not be recorded. Learn how to prepare for a virtual experience here.
Wellbeing & Nature Connection (Mini)*
2.5 hrs, Available all year
Are you pressed for time? Are you feeling stuck in a rut and ready to embark on a journey of rest, reflection, self-discovery and personal growth? Gather in community for sharing and support. I've developed a 2.5 hr program for busy professionals seeking to deepen their own biophilia and enhance wellbeing. Connect with me for more details. Certificate of attendance available. (*Minimum group number of 4.)
Learn how to prepare for a virtual experience here.
*Minimum of 4 attendees required to run workshops. Prices subject to change without prior notification. Signed waiver required for events, . Facilitator transport costs may apply depending on selected workshop location.
What is the Art of Awareness?
What is the history of The Art of Awareness?
The Art of Awareness Studio was created about 5 years ago after volunteering at a local retreat center, I was then asked by an acquaintance to curate a healing arts retreat for her. This transformative retreat, which included music, dance and other forms of creative expression, took place in my family’s little weekend cottage which was located in a small, historic and forested artist and writers’ community in the USA. The following year, having personally recovered from loss and a spinal cord injury, and from my own journey knowing first-hand the healing aspects of mindful creative expression and nature immersion, I developed an evidence-based wellbeing workshop series for USA physical therapy patients experiencing chronic and ongoing pain.
Around that time, I also created a wellbeing program for USA middle school students and facilitated a number of wellbeing retreats for carers in the USA and Aotearoa New Zealand. In addition, I separately taught an Australian masters subject on nature and wellbeing and, via my virtual studio, offered various community support programs pre, during and post pandemic. This virtual option for creative expression and nature-based design for wellbeing and adaptability still remains and is now available all year. In summer I open my physical studio (The Art of Awareness) for a limited time and offer restorative, 1-1, nature immersion wellbeing retreats which include contemplative pedagogy, healing arts and creative expression. I have also hosted an Artist-in-Residence to support the wellbeing of people and planet.
Who has benefited?
Educators, carers, researchers and more! You can learn more here.
Art - "The bridge connecting the spiritual and physical"
Awareness - "A quality of being"
Holding Birth and Death in a New Year