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May update. Mind, forest bathing and mental health funded programmes

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We are delighted to announce our next partnership with Mind, including feedback from past events! The attached image shares moving feedback from participant referrals attending the previous sessions organised with Mind. For the TFBI team, it is heartwarming to read that forest bathing can make a difference to people referred by mental health charities. The …

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PRESS RELEASE | FOUNTAIN CENTRE GUILDFORD STAFF EXPERIENCE FOREST BATHING+ NATURE THERAPY

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The Forest Bathing Institute (TFBI) were delighted to host members of the team from The Fountain Centre in Guildford to a Forest Bathing+ nature therapy session in the beautiful ancient forest at Newlands Corner. Founded in 1998, the Fountain Centre is a local independent charity based in St Luke’s Cancer Centre, in the Royal Surrey …

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PRESS RELEASE | MINDFULNESS IN NATURE VERSUS MINDFULNESS INDOORS, LATEST UK RESEARCH IS REVEALING

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TRADITIONAL mindfulness practice versus forest bathing nature therapy, is one better for you than the other?  Both practices involve spending reflective time to quieten the mind. However, the key difference between the two disciplines is that forest bathing is usually spent outside in a woodland environment, bathing in the aromas of the oils emitted from …

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PRESS RELEASE | UK’S FIRST PUBLISHED RESEARCH PAPER INTO HEALTH BENEFITS OF FOREST BATHING+

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A Pragmatic Controlled Trial of Forest Bathing Compared with Compassionate Mind Training in the UK: Impacts on Self-Reported Wellbeing and Heart Rate Variability In 2019 The Forest Bathing Institute in partnership with researchers from the University of Derby, led by Dr Kirsten McEwan from the Department of Health, Psychology & Social Care, carried out the first …

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PRESS RELEASE | Voluntary Action South West Surrey experience Forest Bathing+ nature therapy session

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During December 2020, The Forest Bathing Institute (TFBI) hosted a special Forest Bathing+ immersive nature therapy session for the team from Voluntary Action South West Surrey (VASWS). VASWS is a registered charity whose purpose is to provide support to community groups based in the boroughs of Guildford & Waverley. Services offered include providing advice, information, …

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Nature Connection & re-wilding yourself in all weathers

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Why not make getting out in all weathers your next adventure? Whilst we love being in woodland and forests, we realise that during autumn and winter, especially when we are in another lockdown, it’s not always possible. However, getting outside and connecting with nature, in whatever way you can, has been proven to help mental …

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Forest Bathing+ Guide training – Philippa’s experience

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Forest Bathing Guide training online? How does that work? Very well, as it turns out. FB+ Guide-in-training Philippa Bassett shares her experience. This time last year, if you had asked me what my plans were for future training courses, I am pretty sure that one of them would not have been to train to become …

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