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Forest bathing has also taken root in Belgium. The definition of forest baths includes all preventive or curative practices that take place in the forest environment. Terms you often hear are shinrinyoku, forest bathing, forest therapy, forest mindfulness, forest mind and so on ... This can all be quite confusing. These practices have a similar characteristic: they aim to stimulate as many senses as possible. Many practitioners will slowly sharpen their capacity of feeling. As a result, our body relaxes and ultimately the mind relaxes and clarifies as well. Forest therapy goes a step further. You can call it forest baths, but not every forest pool can be called forest therapy. In forest therapy, the forest becomes the therapist who gives the practitioner what he or she needs. Forest therapy guides provide a comfortable and safe environment for the practitioner to find his or her own medicine, at his / her pace. Click on one of the right buttons to discover more. We don't want to reinvent water. There are already many articles and books about forest baths. Also in Dutch. That is why we bundle all information sources together on a few pages. We also recommend that you sign up for our newsletter . This way you will gradually learn more about forest baths. Not all buttons work yet; because the website is still under construction. If it is in orange, it means it is not ready yet. But we will already show you what we are working on. (Last update: May 15, 2020) Forest Baths: An Answer For? Forest baths for your health: prevention Forest baths for your health: help with healing Forest baths against loneliness Why should I pay for a guide? How do I choose the right guide? Forest baths in Belgian media Books about forest baths I want to become a guide. What now? When can I join the forest baths? More about forest baths abroad

Wereldwoud is the 'overarching' project of Wendy Wuyts. Working as a volunteer on this portal website falls under 'world forest', but also organizing circle moments, writing creative stories, helping partner organizations and so on. Communication: Instagram account (since spring 2019) 'world forest' English blog (since autumn 2018) ' woodwidewebstories' Forest baths: See the separate page about forest baths . Virtual Circle and learning moments: Root-wise (February 21 to December 21, 2021) Re-rooting (February 22 to December 22, 2021, in English) A guest at: 5th Earthwise Circle (February 9, 2021): The role of ecolinguistics and the stories we live with The Nature of Cities Festival 2021 exhibition, with work 'A pine tree in the Campine' (end of February 2021) Virtual Forest therapy Guide (April 12-13) at 5th International Conference on Ecolinguistics Podcasts: Climate festival Antwerp # 14 Circular economy: what can we learn from nature? (July 2020) Inspiring Different: # 38 Forest Therapy Guides Make Better Lovers? (February 2021) - or see the podcasts page Publications on the Internet MO * magazine - zeronauten blogs (selection of the most relevant for the forest baths website): Even on the last day of the world I will still plant trees (November 2020) When a white nature person wanted to write about whiteness (June 2020) Hay fever in times of corona (and tree sexism) (April 2020) On foraging and Dòigh Nàdair, the Scottish way of nature (March 2020) Tree Time in Scotland (March 2020) Doctor, can you prescribe some more forest? (November 2019) Forest baths on samurai trails (June 2019) Uneven Earth - Short story A wood wide web story: an apple tree in Daegu (February 2020) About Wendy: Wendy Wuyts ( instagram @wereldwoud ) is an eco-communicator, a certified forest bathing guide, an academic researcher in environmental science, and writer. She has worked for television and documentary houses, has been writing blogs for Mo * Magazine since 2016 and has already published two fiction books herself: 'Als Meubels Konden Speken' and ' the white dream '. In the writers academy she is working on a third book project. Roots and sense of belonging have been a major theme in her projects for almost fifteen years: as a geographer, she studies the importance of place in our well-being. She is also a serial rooter: she has rooted in various places in the world, received many of those stories of deeper rooted beings in that place, and also given something back. In countries such as the Czech Republic, Japan, Norway and the USA she has built up experience and knowledge in ecolinguistics, ecopsychology, natural philosophy, deep ecology, ecofeminism, intersectional environmentalism and change management. She works as a volunteer, sometimes in tractor roles this portal website (bosbadenvlaanderen.com) international collective of collectors of stories about the relationship between forests and humans (woodwidewebstories.com Bold Burners ( boldbranders.org ) Robur op Den Eik vzw ( https://roburopdeneik.org/ ). International collective of ' Belonging in Belgian Nature ' international collective of ' Health Gardens Brussels ' ...

Essential oils A new section in the newsletter. Each time, Ilona Gosseries highlights an essential oil. Contact her for more information via the contact form of this website. Who am I? I am a mom of two teens and a full time working woman. I am a perfectionist and therefore often take too much on my fork. I also want to do everything myself. Fortunately I have been able to go for a forest bath a few times, which was a real relief for me, a relaxation from the hectic life, away from it all ... This combined with the essential oils really works to relax you intensely. Which brand do I choose and why? I personally work with Young Living essential oil. They give the guarantee 'From seed to seal', which means that they follow the entire process from the growth of the natural ingredient you need (flower, tree, herb, etc ...) through the manufacture of the oil until it is put into the bottle is. They therefore work with their own farms and only with natural means, for example to combat caterpillars, they just use a vein of herb that they put next to the herb they need to chase away the harmful animals. They never use chemical and toxic substances. The oils are also 100% natural. Tips for use You can always smear, smell or diffuse the oil diluted. When diffusing, you have to make sure that you do not heat the oil, because then you burn it and you do not get the desired effects. Use a good diffuser for this. Why is it so important to get a good quality diffuser? The way of spraying is very important. Of course you want your quality oils to be optimally dispersed in the air. Young Living's diffusers have been extensively tested for their atomizing power. Due to the ultrasonic vibrating plate, the diffusers are cold atomized in the room in a good way, so that the quality of the oil is guaranteed. In addition, the material of which the diffuser is made is essential. The inside of the diffusers is made of high-quality plastic, which will not be affected by the oils and so that no plastic will end up in the air (and your airways). There are a lot of lesser quality diffusers on the market that are not made of this high-quality plastic and where the plastic is therefore affected by the pure oils with all its consequences. So consciously choose a Young Living quality diffuser to diffuse your oils. To smell, you only have to put 1 drop on your hand and then rub both hands together. Then make a bowl with both hands and place it over your nose. Do not inhale too closely and vigorously at first because the oils are so intense. To lubricate, use a few drops of the essential oil and then dilute it in what we call a carrier oil. At Young Living they have the V6 oil for this, but you can also use almond oil or jojoba. Usually the correct ratio is 1 drop of essential oil (EO) to 10 ml of base oil. You should never put the oil in your eyes or ears. If you did get oil in your eye, you have to dilute it with carrier oil, never with water, which really does not work and will only make it worse. If you use an oil for the first time, always try on your arm to see if you do not react allergic and do this best diluted because they are so powerful. Often it is smeared on the feet because it is one of the fastest areas to absorb the oil because the pores are so large there. Other areas that absorb the oil quickly are the wrists and the area behind the ears. Connection with Bosbaden (This explanation follows) February 2021 - newsletter: Lavender March 2021 - newsletter: Lemon

Soul Activities The following list of activities are not executed under this collective. It is a list of activities in which the individuals of the collective are involved and are in compliance with the mission of this collective. This list does not include all activities, but showcases our experience and our connections in webs of interbeings. Websites and social media groups, as administrators and / or writers: Forest bathing (Flemish) www.bosbadenvlaanderen.com Wood wide web stories (English) www.woodwidewebstories.com NatureMinded (English) http: //www.natureminded. be Health Gardens in Brussels (English) https://www.facebook.com/groups/486614772154190 Medicinal Plants in Belgium (English) https://medicinalplantsinbelgium.wordpress.com/2018/10/26/the-journey-begins/ Websites, as facilitators, collaborators and / or supporting roles Wood Wide Web Belgium (English) https://www.woodwideweb.be/en/ Healing Forest blog (English) https://healingforest.org/ Robur op Den Eik vzw (Dutch & English) https://roburopdeneik.org/ Artistic projects, as artist Online short story, blending ecofeminist ideas and solarpunk elements, situated in Daegu, South Korea, submitted after a call for local science fiction (which is not in a 'traditional place'): https://unevenearth.org/2020/02/a-wood-wide-web-story-an-apple-tree-in-daegu/ Participation as artist in The Nature Of Cities Festival With short story 'a Pine Tree in the Campine' (URL not known yet) A circular fiction story, co-funded by the Flemish Ministry of Environment (in Dutch): https://www.boldbranders.org/bold-het-boek Artistic projects, as co-creator Common Dreams School in order to explore, imagine, create alternatives to face climate changes and societal transformation with Maria Lucia Cruz Correia (Portugal / Belgium) http://www.cifas.be/en/workshops/maria-lucia-cruz-correia http://mluciacruzcorreia.com/works/common-dream-school Walking from Scores with Elena Biserna (Italy / FRance, residence at Q-O2 in Brussels) to explore walking as collective creative practice to transform landscapes into inclusive public spaces (it also covers nature environments) http://www.q-o2.be/en/event/elena-biserna/ http://www.q-o2.be/en/event/elena-biserna-walking-from-scores/ Connection Design 101 with The Magic Department (Helsinki, Finland) to learn together about methods to experience deep human connections that can extend beyond human https://www.themagicdepartment.com/blog/what-the-past-year-has-taught-us-about-connecting-remotely Re-imagine leadership (Malmo, Sweden), cocreating methods supported by art for self-managing organizations https://universe.qiqochat.com/e/qDfNGQKuFWrQdSPMZxhVcjZET How to support communities grow and drive change? From Inner Leadership to Co-creation Cultural and Creative Spaces and Cities Cocreating methods supported by art for Participatory and Various virtual spaces. https://www.spacesandcities.com/news/practical-information-for-ccsc-conference/ Live Events, as incubator and / or organizer International Forest Therapy days (English) https://www.foresttherapydays.com/iftdays-tribe/ The Nature of Cities festival (TNOC festival) Self-care within nature during covid-19 pandemic: transformation and cultivation of nature experience https://tnoc-festival.com/wp/?fbclid=IwAR3cGg2GU2JJi3xd02OOfGc1ya0d19c22ICW7EWNWSz-ETqVHHrvVcfVgEE#about InVIVO Planetary Health Therapeutic landscapes in Brussels city for human health promotion and disease prevention https://www.invivoplanet.com/2020-meeting.html https://www.invivoplanet.com/uploads/1/0/1/9/101900204/final_program_nov_30_2020.pdf Photo 1: "Where is home?" A web of interbeing for the period September 2019-March 2020 (training as forest therapy guide) by Wendy Wuyts Photo 2: Tea ceremony at the end of a short forest bath, February 2021 one cup for Asya one for Quentin one for Nathan one for the guide one for the forest Photo 3: A Virtual circle in the forest Concept by Wendy & Priscille Read more about the idea behind this in 'tools and methods'

Previously asked questions Here we list the questions that guides (in training) or people who would like to do training have already asked. Can you make a living as a forest bath guide? No. Not full time. Not in Flanders. I definitely recommend reading an interesting blog by an experienced (and well-known international guide) before you resign and start training: https://juliaplevin.medium.com/can-you-make-a-living-as -a-forest-therapy-guide-30033a04ec02 You certainly cannot get rich. And even then it would not fit the authenticity of your calling. My costs (including investment costs) are even greater, but since I see forest bathing guide training and the things that will happen to you afterwards as part of my personal development and health promotion and quest for authenticity, that's okay for me. Which training suits me best? You will already find a (not complete) list on the page of courses. We recommend that you first find out for yourself why you want to do a training and what you want to get out of it. From this you can distil your own criteria. Contact different study programs and see which study program best meets your criteria. Here are some guiding questions: Do you want to strengthen your own 'nature connection'? Do you also want to make a personal development yourself? Do you already guide forest baths? Are you a nature coach? And are you mainly looking for a way to validate that with a certificate? Are you a clinical psychologist or doctor and would you like to understand the (medical) science behind forest baths? How much money do you want to spend? How much time do you want to - and can - invest? (Usually the time to want is longer than to be able to). Do you want to do this in Belgium? Or are you willing to go abroad? Do you want to do this at your own pace? Or via a timetable of the trainer? How creative and enterprising are you? (Especially if you want to earn some money afterwards) ... At FTI and ANFT we have to take an outdoor / wilderness first aid (4 pm - 2 days) to obtain our certificate. Are you informed or can you recommend an organization in Belgium? An organization organizes it once a year, but then I have to wait another 9 months. Ah yes, the wilderness first aid training is really very difficult to find in Belgium. I also had to do that from ANFT. It is also recommended by ANFT to do this every two years as well, as a kind of refresher. You can also contact an organization to provide training this summer in Belgium, perhaps especially for forest bathing guides. There are several organizations that can give that in Belgium. You must have a minimum number of participants, but maybe you can look through the facebook group of the FB guides to see how much interest would be in such training and then appeal to an organization? Another option is to follow that online. I was lucky that ANFT allowed me to do it online at the end of my practical, also because that was all I had to do and the pandemic was then called. The problem is that there is a lot of physical contact: you should always have a regular 'sidekick' to practice on. I had to take pictures of how to care for a broken leg and was lucky that my mum (my hug contact) was willing. Don't they allow online courses in FTI as well? More questions Don't hesitate to ask us. --- These questions have been answered by Wendy Wuyts.

In deze blog lees je meer over bosbaden en Authentic Movement. Wat hebben bosbaden en authentic movement met elkaar gemeen? Hoe versterken deze praktijken elkaar? How the Celtic annual festivals can give an in-depth accent to a forest pool By Emmy Schockaert - www.barrevoets.be March 16, 2021 Like an onion The intense nature connection that you can experience during a forest bath is very special. As a forest bathing guide, I love the moment when I see the participants merge with the forest and with themselves. You can see it in their eyes that get a little glassy and the blissful smile playing on their faces. It strikes me time and again that this moment of connection usually already takes place during the beginning of the forest pool. From that moment on, a hidden gate opens up somewhere in us through which the forest can easily penetrate into us, deeper and deeper. I like to compare the experience with an onion of which we remove a peel more and more during the forest bath to eventually reach the core. Each forest pool is different and each participant experiences a forest pool in his own unique way. And every forest bathing guide is also different and has its own specific accent in his / her offer. What I think we all have in common are the basic ingredients of a forest bath, namely the stillness, slowing down and the conscious opening of the senses so that the atmosphere can flow into the forest. In addition, there is a whole range of different ingredients that forest bathing guides use to create their own style. Special ingredient What I love as a 'special ingredient' are the Celtic seasonal festivals. Since my early years, these parties have been an important guideline and that is why it is a matter of course to weave them into the Barrevoets offer. They act as coat hangers around which I build my walks (but also by extension my life). Our Celtic and Germanic ancestors (by extension all natural peoples) probably did not know a word like 'nature connection' at all, they were so intensely one with nature in a way that we do not know today that such words were completely unnecessary. I don't see them agreeing to go forest bathing 😊 That is precisely why their past offers such a rich source of inspiration to integrate into nature-connecting activities such as forest bathing. The cycles of their annual celebrations are like gateways that open a profound connection with the natural world and with our own true natural inner world - our inner landscape. As a forest bathing guide and nature coach, I like to lift the veils that hang around these gates a bit and make them visible to the participants. For example, some of the invitations or exercises that shape the forest pool each time become a small ceremony or ritual that serves as anchor points to internalize that from the outside world. The seasonal parties are, as it were, a kind of natural mirror where we can become aware of what is really going on, separate from the everyday, but linked to the transition from one to the other. They are linked to change, to transitions and can help us to make contact within ourselves with what we want to change, renew, process. Ancient roots My experience with integrating the seasonal parties in a forest pool or nature coaching is that it brings an in-depth accent. By integrating a touch of our common ancestry, we also connect with our ancient common roots. It is plugging into our collective rhythm that lies deep within us, stored in our genes. Celebrating the feasts together connects the generations: we inherit the customs of our ancestors and at the same time we give them to our children. In this way we are connected with the past and with the future through honoring the old traditions, while we are just very mindful in the now. This writing makes me curious about where fellow forest bathing guides place their emphasis. What different ways does the forest bath world have? What effect does this have on the participants? How does this translate into their natural connection? Fascinating! --- Emmy Schockaert is a creative forest bathing guide / nature coach. She mainly guides in forests in the Flemish Ardennes. She is also the driving force behind Barrevoets . Nature is her passion and green thread in life. With Barrevoets she wants to be a link in the connection between man and nature. She combines her training as a nature guide, herbalist, nature coach and forest bathing guide (Shinrin Yoku / Metzamieli) in guided hikes. It is not walking but the slowing down, stillness and stimulation of the senses central. Emmy likes to use our Celtic background as a guide. The seasons and the rhythm in nature are her source of inspiration. She also often works with CM . You can follow her on facebook and instagram . Her website: www.barrevoets.be Het volgen van je eigen ritme In deze drukke wereld waar veel van ons verwacht wordt en we ook veel van onszelf vragen, zijn we soms zo ver van onszelf en onze eigen innerlijke natuur en ritme verwijderd. Bosbaden en authentic movement kunnen ons helpen om ons hier terug mee te verbinden. We stimuleren het zelfgenezend vermogen van ons lichaam, dat precies weet wat goed voor ons is. Daarbij worden er, door te bewegen, ook gevoelens, denkpatronen en eventuele blokkades in beweging gezet. Het meditatieve aspect van zowel bosbaden als authentic movement, maakt dat we sensitiever worden voor je eigen sensaties. Door in verbinding te blijven met ons lichaam en aandachtig te luisteren naar innerlijke impulsen en fysieke sensaties, ben je volledig aanwezig in het moment. Bewustwording van gevoelens en gedachten die op dat moment aanwezig zijn, en de acceptatie hiervan, geven een helder inzicht en brengen je dichter bij je authenticiteit en natuurlijke ritme. Zin om zelf te gaan bosbaden en dansen in het bos? Ik nodig je van harte uit om te genieten van de enorme kracht en schoonheid van de natuur, een moment te nemen om te herbronnen, je zintuigen open te stellen en je te verbinden met de verschillende elementen. En om je van hieruit te laten inspireren tot beweging en authentieke dans in interactie met de natuur tijdens een van de Move your Nature workshops. Deze reeks geef ik in samenwerking met mijn collega Lore Jonckheere. Over de auteur en gids: Usha Henning van Inside Nature neemt je graag mee de natuur in tijdens bosbaden, sessies natuurcoaching, loopbaanbegeleiding en/of dansworkshops (authentic movement). Ze is vooral actief in Gent, Merelbeke, Brakel, Geraardsbergen, Wetteren en Zottegem. Tijdens deze activiteiten word je uitgenodigd om je te verbinding met de natuur om je heen en je eigen innerlijke natuur en ritme. We maken immers deel uit van de natuur. De rest van de natuur spiegelt ons veel over onszelf en hoe we in het leven staan. In een bosbad nodigt Usha je uit om bewust en in stilte de natuur in te gaan en zo ervaar je het leven in het bos op een intense manier. Je zet al je zintuigen open en dompelt jezelf dus echt onder in de geuren en kleuren van het bos: een waar bosbad. Dit brengt je in het hier en nu en geeft je energie, ruimte, gezondheid en inspiratie. Tijdens het bosbaden , de coachings en workshops bundelt ze haar kennis en ervaring als bosbadgids en natuurcoach (opleidingen bij Shizendo en Innersteps) natuurgeneeskundig therapeut, lichaamsgericht therapeut, en psychisch/sociaal coach en counselor (Hogeschool Hippocrates NL) sjamanisme, familie- en systeemopstellingen en dansexpressie/Authentic movement. Usha werkt samen met o.a. CM, Markant en Steunpunt geestelijke gezondheidszorg Je kan haar volgen op facebook of via haar blog en nieuwsbrief . Neem gerust contact op: info@insidenature.be https://insidenature.be/contact.html of telefonisch via 0474936867.

De bosbadkring Organiseert bosbaden, veerkracht- en stiltewandelingen Opleidingen tot bosbadgids. Voor meer info mail naar bosbadkring@gmail.com Groeperen opgeleide bosbadgidsen en beheer website BosbadenVlaanderen Enkele van onze leden... Ingeborg Verplancke Bosbadgids en wandelcoach Ingeborg Verplancke is een wandelcoach en bosbad/Shinrin-Yoku-gids. Ze gidst vooral in het Muziekbos, Bulskampveld, Bellegem Bos, Mortagnebos, Orveytbos, Brakelbos. Haar website is https://levenswandel.be/ . Ook heeft zij een facebook pagina . Zij geeft ook opleidingen, en heeft verschillende gidsen (vooral in West-Vlaanderen) opgeleid. Contact: ingeborg@levenswandel.be Steffie Vandierendonck Natuurgids en bosbadgids - Qi Gong Steffie Vandierendonck is relaxatietherapeut, stress- en burn-outbegeleider en natuurgids. Ze volgde haar bosbadgids opleiding bij Provinciedomein Bulskampveld en gidst in West-Vlaanderen. Daarnaast is ze ook een moderne druïde waarbij opnieuw leren leven en werken volgens je eigen ritme in overeenstemming met de natuur centraal staat. Steffie hielp mee aan de bosbadgeluiden podcast en ze ontwikkelde de bosbadkaart met bijhorend e-book en audioversie waarmee je in eender welk bosrijk gebied zelf op bosbad kan gaan. Je kan haar volgen via haar website https://www.zinbrengers.info Contact: bosbadkring@gmail.com Inge Vromant Natuurcoach en bosbadgids - Loopbaancoach Inge Vromant is loopbaan- en natuurcoach en bosbadgids. Ze wil graag samen met jullie de natuur intrekken en daar stilstaan, wandelen, ervaren, zien, voelen en omarmen. Ze laat jullie de natuur beleven met alle zintuigen. Zo ervaar je de schoonheid ervan en voel je je één met de natuur rondom je en in jezelf. Dat geeft tegelijk rust en een boost van zuurstof en energie. Puur genieten! Inge gelooft sterk in dat de natuur bijdraagt tot een goede gezondheid, zowel om gezond te blijven als om terug gezond te worden. Ze volgde haar opleiding bij Ilse Geusens van Shizendo. Ze gidst in Midden- en Zuid-West-Vlaanderen en aan de middenkust. Ze gidst voor organisaties, groepen, gezinnen en bedrijven. Contact: inge.vromant@gmail.com Karlien Verhaeghe Bosbadgids, natuurcoach, verbinder, ontdekker, slow walker, ... enthousiast deeltje natuur! Karlien neemt je mee langs bos en beemd! Vertragen, verstillen, verbinden met jezelf én met de natuurelementen om opnieuw thuis te komen in jezelf én in de natuur. Ben je op zoek naar een bosbad waar je echt tot rust komt of waar je soms uitgedaagd wordt om je eigen nieuwsgierigheid en speelsheid te herontdekken? Het kan alleen of met een groepje van max 8 personen in een bos in West- en Oost-Vlaanderen. Karlien, slow walker, niet de kilometers tellen maar de tocht op zich, het pad dat je stapt! We stappen tussen de 8 tot 12 kilometers per dag aan een rustig en eigen tempo . Je kan kiezen voor een tocht van één dag of meerdere dagen met overnachting en ons eigen potje koken. Even weg uit de dagelijkse rat race om een traject, slow walking, te volgen. We nemen de tijd om in stilte te wandelen maar ook om te delen en te verbinden. We werken rond een thema, dat je zelf kan aangeven of we ontvangen gewoon wat de natuur ons aanbiedt. De meerdaagse tochten gaan door in het Heuvelland of in de Vlaamse Ardennen en houden we low budget van prijs. Karlien begeleidt jaarlijks in de herfst het bosbadweekend van Natuurlijk Beleven, neem gerust een kijkje op www.natuurlijkbeleven.be Benieuwd? Neem contact op via karlien_verhaeghe@yahoo.com of 0494/86.13.08

Als bosbadgids begeleidt Ils regelmatig een bosbad. Hier vertelt ze over haar missie om andere gidsen basiskennis en zelfvertrouwen te geven over wat ze moeten doen bij een ongeval in een meer afgelegen plek. EHBO, is dat zo belangrijk? Door Ils Van Dun 08 oktober 2021 Een ongeval is snel gebeurd. Maar als je meteen hulp biedt, voorkom je vaak erger. Eerste hulp kan echt een verschil maken. Veel mensen hebben niet door dat de eerste minuten na het oplopen van lichamelijk letsel zeer belangrijk zijn. Vaak denkt men dat ze iemand het beste kunnen laten liggen totdat professionele hulp is gearriveerd. Maar, wist je dat het gemiddeld 10 minuten duurt voordat een ambulance op de plek van het ongeval is? In die 10 minuten is het dus heel belangrijk dat een slachtoffer zo snel mogelijk goede hulp krijgt. Dus als je weet hoe je moet reageren in een panieksituatie en je weet wat je moet doen om iemand te helpen kun je in sommige gevallen echt iemands leven redden. Wie ben ik? Ik ben Ils Van Dun, ondertussen werk ik al bijna 20 jaar bij Defensie. Ik werk bij de Medische Dienst als ambulancier / instructeur. De lessen die ik geef zijn basis EHBO aan de militaire ploeghelpers en specifieke EHBO opleidingen. Recent heb ik een opleiding gevolgd tot trainer Wildernis First Aid. Waarom? Voor mijn werk, maar ook in mijn vrije tijd, vind je me heel vaak in de natuur. Als bosbadgids, begeleid ik regelmatig een bosbad. Ik moet jullie niet vertellen dat we toch vaak op afgelegen plaatsen zijn. Heb je al eens over de volgende vraag nagedacht: “Wat als er hier iets gebeurd? Iemand valt, iemand wordt onwel,… Wat doe ik dan?” Als je eerlijk bent, is vaak het antwoord: “geen idee.” Dat is precies waar ik iets wil doen. Het volgen van een EHBO cursus kan dus voor iedereen belangrijk zijn en het is echt niet zo moeilijk als het allemaal lijkt. Vanuit mijn ervaring voorzie ik lessen basis EHBO en Wildernis First Aid, niet omdat ik je wil omtoveren tot dokter, maar om je zelfvertrouwen te geven in bepaalde handelingen. Ik ben er zeker van dat je de handelingen die je leert niet alleen in het bos of de natuur kan gebruiken. Je kan deze thuis, op vakantie,…. Echt overal toepassen. Het leuke aan de lessen is eigenlijk dat het geen standaard EHBO les is. Ik heb er mijn kennis als militair, ambulancier, bosbadgids,… bij in gestoken en dat zorgt soms voor creatieve oplossingen voor minder ernstige letsels. Onwetendheid is vaak de reden voor mensen om niet te handelen en dat is nu net wat ik wil voorkomen. Ben je nieuwsgierig geworden en wil je meer info over een EHBO cursus? Dan kan je me mailen op ilsvandun@gmail.com

The 'Humans' behind this Collective Wendy Wuyts I will take the leading role. My story starts in Japan. From the second half of 2017 until early 2020, I lived in a male dominated environment in a Japanese city and tapped into nature based art and health practices and organized voluntarily other forest baths for fellow international fellow feminist students of my university to cope with loneliness and experiences of micro-aggression. She returned to Belgium in February 2020, just before the first COVID-19 related measures got implemented there. These measures (eg social distancing, forbidding places and moments of gathering and participation) have an impact on the mental health of many citizens. I started to build a network of forest therapy guides in Belgium, a portal website about the practice. Photo 1: A park in Nagoya, Japan, with feminist students from Nagoya University After the forest bath, there was a circle moment where we read an old Japanese myth of Amaterasu's rape and the impact on her environment (humans and the more than human world). Some students shared there for the first time their personal experience why they engage in voluntary work for this feminist student club. Read more in a blog at woodwidewebstories.com Vitalija Povilaityte-Petri I was born and raised in Lithuania. I experienced soviet regime followed by big political and societal transformations which enabled me to develop strong resilience skills from a young age. Since 1999, from the age of 26, I was living and doing research in several places in Europe: France, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. My interests shifted from plant chemistry into understanding of functioning of ecosystems and interactions of people with each other and other than the human world. I have been living in Belgium for 15 years. After traveling in different scientific fields (pharmaceutical and food sciences, botany, social anthropology and environmental-community psychology) in various cultural landscapes and interacting with people of different backgrounds, I came to understand that many challenges we are facing globally can be addressed only collectively as we are all one and interconnected. I believe we can succeed together by transforming into cocreation, trust, togetherness culture where we embrace complexity of various systems and where we work in multiple contexts at the same time. We can move together by nourishing our senses and skills of belonging and oneness. Our personal development is fostered by giving meaning to our collective actions where each person has the opportunity to discover their own place and true nature by living in a nature-connected world. In this his project we aim to explore the need of belonging as a main driving force to trigger and open the highest human creativity and engage deeply into creating communities of meaning. Photo 2: In November 2020 we organized cocreation research day at Jean Massart experimental garden of Brussels Free University (Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB) and Sonial forest (included in UNESCO heritage list) to explore possible transformation between gardens and forest. Can garden be perceived as a forest and can we experience forest as a garden? The study day started by 2 hours guided forest bath walk which included a forest tea ceremony and group exchanges about local forest medicinal plants. I am a pharmacist and transdisciplinary researcher focusing on nature-based health practices for health / wellbeing promotion and disease prevention. Last 2 years I was exploring participatory research and cocreation methods with local multicultural Brussels communities to understand better ongoing transformation of local inner and outer therapeutic landscapes. In the Health Gardens of Brussels project with more than 200 co-researchers I was co-learning about our relationships with nature and how those relationships affect our health and the health of the local urban ecosystem. Belonging to place and connection with one-self, community and other than the human world is central in co-creating Health Gardens in Brussels. We experienced that need of belonging to human and other than human world if a fundamental need and prerequisite to human good functioning, flourishing, fulfillment and life filled with meaning. Katriina Kilpi (will be updated soon)

Gidsen in Limburg Ils Van Dun is opgegroeid met het gewestbos in Ravels als haar achtertuin. Nu woont ze in het prachtige Haspengouw, omringd door fruitbomen, bossen en veel natuur. Ze heeft al haar hele leven natuur nodig om tot rust te komen. Als ze belangrijke beslissingen moest nemen, trok ze zich steeds terug in het bos, daar vond ze de kracht en de antwoorden die ik zocht. Deze kracht wil ze met iedereen delen. Ze heeft haar opleiding tot shinrin Yoku gids gevolgd bij de academie voor helende natuur . Ze begeleidt shinrin Yoku sessies op verschillende plaatsen in Vlaanderen, maar vooral in Limburg. Het is een luxe om zoveel prachtige bosgebieden in de buurt te hebben. In Haspengouw o.a. Domein Nieuwenhoven - St Truiden, Herkenrodebossen - Hasselt De Antwerpse Kempen, nl. Gewestbos - Ravels (omdat ze hier is opgegroeid, blijft ze er graag komen) en Vlaams Brabant, nl. Averbode bos en heide - Averbode. Je kan haar volgen op instagram of haar een email sturen: ilsvandun(at)gmail.com Laura Bock is een bewustzijnscoach & bosbadgids. Het is haar missie om deelnemers zich relaxed en geaard te laten voelen door hen te helpen zich terug te verbinden met zichzelf en de natuur. Wandelen in de natuur heeft enorm bijgedragen aan haar herstel van burn-out. Daarom verdiepte ze zich in natuur- en wandelcoaching en kwam ze per toeval uit bij shinrin-yoku. Wat zij intuïtief al ervaren had, kreeg eindelijk een naam. Ze besloot om deze bijzondere manier van natuurbeleving te delen met anderen en schreef zich in voor de opleiding tot gecertificeerd Shinrin-yoku gids bij de Academie voor Helende Natuur. In oktober 2021 rondt ze haar opleiding af. Ze gidst vooral in Bosland (Noord Limburg) en midden Limburg. Meer info op haar website . Je kan haar contacteren via laura@woudwijs.be Marijke Bastiaens volgde de cursus tot Shinrin Yoku gids aan de Academie voor Helende Natuur . Ze voelde dat ze, naast dicht bij een bos gaan wonen, ook iets meer wou doen voor haarzelf en voor anderen. Toeval bestaat niet en ze kwam op een onverwachte manier met deze cursus in contact. Na het doorlopen van de training en al best wat sessies achter de rug, wil ze graag mensen op een authentieke, 'no nonsense' manier (terug) in contact brengen met de natuur. Haar slogan is: Shinrin Yoku gaat over verbinden, herverbinden of onze verbinding met de natuur versterken. Het gaat niet over denken, feiten of analyseren. Het gaat over 'er zijn.' Ze spreekt Nederlands en Frans en gidst vooral in Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen. Momenteel werkt ze nog aan haar website. Meer informatie volgt.

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