Ecotherapy
Healing through nature
Introduction
As a seasonal psychotherapist I observe and honour the annual cycle of the seasons. This allows me to celebrate my connection with nature, and explore symbolism and meaning in personal growth and clinical practice.
Human beings are deeply intertwined with the rhythm of the land, and we can use the outward changes in nature to reflect the growth and evolution experienced in our own lives.
Living in harmony with the seasons that transform the nature around us, can help us cultivate a deeper understanding of ourselves and help us lead a more meaningful life.
Ecotherapy has a deep and prosperous history within the psychotherapeutic traditions, and its importance today lies in its value to complement a holistic approach to therapeutic mental health treatment.
Being with nature as a tool for healing
Ecotherapy recognises that through our connection with natural green spaces, nature has the ability to nurture us, and we can match this healing contact by nurturing nature.
Over the last decades poor mental health and chronic stress have substantially increased across the globe, with research indicating that nature can improve mental health. By losing contact with natural ecosystems people forget about the importance of nature to well-being.
Ecotherapy includes a range of re-connective practices which reconstruct the therapeutic frame in an outdoor setting and/or utilise the natural environment. Ecotherapy strives to form a platform that provides beneficial effects for humans and for nature where both have an effect upon the other, and it is the reciprocal relational aspect that are part of the therapeutic journey.
Nature's current seasonal rhythm
Ostara – fertile new beginnings & inspiration.
At Ostara there is a greening of the land, and the light and dark are of equal length. As winter makes way for spring, fertility and new growth can be seen all around. This can be reflected in our lives too when, like the seeds beneath the soil, our plans and ideas for the year ahead erupt into the light and warmth of the sun.
As the spring brings darkness to light and cold to warmth, make more empowered decisions about your life and become conscious of how you negotiate what no longer serves you. Turn your awareness to the cycles and rhythms that exist in your life, and let your senses expand your perspective. If you would like to attract love, health, or abundance, visualize that coming into your life in the coming months.
As you draw fresh energy into life and the whole world seems to be new again, now is the perfect time for energetic cleansing.
Ecotherapy offerings
Ecotherapy Workshops 2024
January 20th - Awakening & setting seed for the year ahead
March 16th - Fertile new beginnings & inspiration
May 18th - Burgeoning green shoots & dual energies
July 20th - A season of fruiting & abundance
September 21st - Harvest of completion & balance
November 23rd - Surrendering to death & darkness
To join an ecotherapy workshop visit earthwisdomecotherapy.co.uk
