Tag: counselling

  • Connection to Nature: The trauma of being a jellyfish

    Connection to Nature: The trauma of being a jellyfish

    Jelly fish are one of those creatures that we rarely see in day to day life. You will be surprised to hear they have been around 600 million years, before dinosaurs, tree’s, fungi, and have survived five mass extinctions. They definitely know a thing or two about survival! Stranded Sometimes jellyfish get washed up on…

  • The Search for Self

    The Search for Self

    How can we find our self by connecting with nature? We spend our whole lives ‘searching’ for our self, in the hope that when we find it, we will have all the answers, the road mapped out, we will know our direction, purpose, who we really are, and yet we will never really know our…

  • Meditation: The Mindful Leaf

    Meditation: The Mindful Leaf

    This experience is a great way of taking a mindful moment. There are leaves pretty much in most places so it is an easy object to choose. The purpose is to use our senses to explore in a mindful way, and this grounds us in the present, and takes us away from ‘unhelpful’ thoughts into…

  • The Butterfly Hug Grounding Technique

    The Butterfly Hug Grounding Technique

    What do we see when a butterfly flies passed on a summers day? do we see the journey they have taken to become, the changes that have taken place to create such beautiful creatures? The Butterfly Hug Over the years, when working with clients who have experienced trauma, or anxiety, I have found the butterfly…