An Introduction To Mindful Nature Connection
Get started on your journey to a deeper and more mindful connection to nature with my free intro course on nature-based mindfulness.
Includes 6 videos, 2 downloadable practice audios and a pdf manual detailing everything covered in the course.
Let's begin!
Welcome To Mindful Nature Connection!
In this short welcome video I'll briefly introduce myself and outline what you'll learn in this 6-part video course. See you inside!
Session 1: Mindfulness And Connecting To Yourself
In this video I'll be sharing an understanding of what mindfulness is, its benefits, and practical ways to develop mindful intentions, attention and attitudes in nature.
Mindfulness Practice - Mountain Pose
Adopting mountain pose to align the body, set intentions, or as a quick practice to connect to the body in nature.
Download the practice audioSession 2: Nature Connection
Understanding why nature is so beneficial for our health and how mindfulness and nature connection can be combined to enhance the relationship.
Nature Connection Practice - Earth Body Scan
Preparing to practice an earth-body scan in nature.
Download the practice audioSteps On The Heart Path
To conclude I'll take you on a short nature walk that introduces the attitudinal foundations of mindfulness as well as further practices and nature topics you can explore to deepen your mindful nature-connection.
Thank You For Taking This Short Journey With Me
It's a joy for me to share nature-based mindfulness with you. I hope that you learned something new and experienced some valuable perspectives and approaches during our time together. May this be the beginning of a lifelong exploration for you!
If you'd like my help to take your journey deeper at any time, please know that I have an 8-week programme available which can facilitate a deep grounding in mindful nature connection. You can find out more about this programme just below.
Wishing you all nature's blessings,
Hazel
Check out my 8-week programme
The Mindful Nature Connection Programme
An 8-week online journey to help you develop mindful awareness, connectedness to nature, and a more balanced way of living.
"This course absolutely changed my relationship with the natural world. No longer is nature something 'out there', beautiful but somehow out of reach. Now I feel more as though I am part of nature and nature is a part of me. It's a subtle but very deep shift that I can feel growing stronger every time I practice."
– James
Beautiful medicine for our time
Mindful nature connection is one of the most gentle yet powerful healing and personal development practices there is, combining the two fundamental realms of mind and nature into one holistic practice. Give yourself the gift of going straight to the source of health and wellbeing - nature itself.
Here's what's inside the programme:
Week 1 - Opening
Connecting to Nature – Awakening the Senses
- Mind wandering and mindfulness
- Automatic pilot and attention
- Awakening the senses, exteroceptive sensations
- Mindfulness Practice - mindful eating
- Open sensory awareness and fascination in nature,
- Nature-based Practice – sensory nature meditations
Week 2 - Earth
Nature Connectedness – Grounding and Breathing
- Perceptions, beliefs and assumptions
- From doing to being
- Awareness of the breath as an anchor
- Mindfulness Practice – earthing meditation
- Finding your sit spot
- Breathing with nature – cycles and exchanges of oxygen
- Nature-based Practice – green breath and ocean breath
Week 3 - ‘Water’
Connecting to Nature’s Rhythm – Flow and Movement
- The mind in motion – scattered acorns and pebbles in the pond
- Mindfulness Practice – three step breathing
- Mindful movement – the body and breath in harmony
- Flow and movement in nature, adaptation and flexibility
- Practices – stretch and breath, Qi-Gong
- Nature-based practice - mindful walking in nature
Week 4 - Storms
Challenging Connections – Recognising Mind Storms
- Turning towards the difficulty - assessing the storm
- Mind storms in times of stress
- Mindfulness practice - RAIN
- The benefits of storms in nature
- Bringing rainbows into our life
- Nature-based Practice – mountain meditation
Week 5 - Clearings
Connecting to the Space – Allowing and Letting Be
- Allowing and creating a space - letting be
- The principle of emptiness
- Mindfulness Practice – sitting in the space
- From self to oneness - insight and whole brain functioning
- Walking a labyrinth
- Nature-based practice - Lake Meditation
Week 6 - Air
Connection and Disconnection – Passing Thoughts
- Thoughts and mind traps, letting go of the conceptual
- The sky of awareness, a new relationship to thoughts
- Mindfulness Practice – Sitting meditation, With sounds and thoughts
- The nature of impermanence, imperfection and in-completion
- Making nature offerings
- Nature-based Practice – cloud watching and wind meditation
Week 7 - The Forest
Nourishing and Flourishing – Compassionate Action
- Nourishing and taking care of yourself
- Walking through the forest- befriending
- Mindfulness Practice – Loving kindness meditation
- The tree of contemplative practices, creating a MAP
- Forest bathing and forest therapy
- Nature-based Practice – Tree meditation
Week 8 - The Heart
Connecting to your true nature – Following the heart path
- Your personal Unilome – the path to enlightenment
- Environmental Gratitude
- Pro-environmental behavior
- Mindfulness practice - What is your true nature?
- Planting your garden – reflections and dandelion seeds
- Cross-fertilization – where to now?
Ongoing Community
Journeying With Others - Nourishing Connections
Included with this course is 6 months of membership to my Mindful Nature Community, a beautiful tribe of people who have been through my programs and stayed around to sustain and deepen their practice.
You can get started today
There's a self-study version of this course which you could jump onto right now and get started on developing your relationship with the natural world and your natural self.
Enroll on the Mindful-Nature Connection Programme nowThis programme includes
Education
Get the benefit of my masters-level knowledge of the philosophy, psychology and neurobiology of nature-based mindfulness approaches.
Practices
Learn practical exercises and meditations to retrain your attention and create new awareness, align your body and mind, and connect you to the natural world.
Support
Join me and a community of likeminded souls on this beautiful interactive journey, connecting during weekly live calls and in my online community space.
It's time to learn deep listening
To better align ourselves with the Earth, as we must now, it's not enough to add on another piece of information, learn a new technique or change our life situation. We need to learn to listen, to be with nature and each other, to connect in a deeper and more authentic way to our own true nature and heart path. There is no better teacher in this than nature itself.
"This course is what is needed in our world at a time like this. When we connect with nature we realise how interconnected and interdependent we are. It encourages us to continue to save and protect our natural world in any way possible."
– Christine
What are the main gifts this course will bring you?
Personal Health, Wellbeing and WholenessĀ
A Deeper, More Mindful Connection with Nature
A Sense of Belonging and Connection within a Like-Minded Community
Tools for a New Way of Naturally Connected Living in Harmony with the Environment
I would dearly love to help you develop a deep and lasting mindful nature connection practice.
Because I know that this practice will benefit not only you but the entire Earth through you, and keep giving its gifts for your whole life and for generations to come.
My friends and I are looking forward to meeting you inside :)
With nature's blessings,
Hazel
** Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions about this or any of my courses.
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