Forest Bathing, Shinrin-Yoku in Essex

05/05/2026

Something to think about when we wake up in the morning

82K likes, 1.4K comments. "Listen To This Before You Start Your Day | Sadhguru"

30/03/2026

If you watch one film this year make it this, don't give up on the German and Dutch spoken parts, turn on subtitles !
This is how we are connected to planet earth.

Filmmaker Marijn Poels embarks on a riveting quest to uncover the profound primal code that was once captivated and rewritten by intelligence and power struc...

04/03/2026

Time to get out and explore our beautiful country

03/03/2026

6pm UK time on the 21st of March 2026 people from all over the world will be synchronising and sending out four words..
PEACE - LOVE - RESPECT - UNITY
Be a part of this positive movement, each morning at 11:11am in the days leading up to the 21st for 5 minutes have a break, meditate and set your intention to send out to the world Peace, Love, Respect and Unity to all.

https://vision2028usa.org/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAQT-IhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEez7E4F8NZR9szbLrX4kf8sAw-3J9hN8vrT1Uux0Rgi_C-PgNHxQCRV5du2v4_aem_QoJBcTwzbZyZP4reTFRWOA

March 21, 2026 • 1:00 PM Eastern • Five minutes • Four words: Peace Love Unity Respect.

03/03/2026

A much easier method is stop ! Withdraw, 3 deep breaths and centre and get on with your life.. but if you wanna know the ins and outs 👇

02/03/2026

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUBEcaOFabc/?igsh=MXdmMTJ3bHlkb3J4Yg==

28/02/2026

The Great Synchronisation is coming.

01/01/2026

Rest is productive!

My mum always used to jump up as soon as my dad came home.
Like there was something wrong with sitting down for a minute. Does anyone else do this?

I definitely carried that pattern.
As if resting meant you were being lazy.
Or that you should always be “doing” something.

I actually had to train myself to believe resting was ok. Which sounds silly now… but it felt very real at the time.

Because honestly, where would we be without a little sit down and a cuppa?
Or a small cat nap when the body asks for it?

We’re not designed to deal with the level of stress we live under. Rest isn’t a luxury. It’s how the system resets.

So if today feels like it’s asking you to slow down… Come rest with us too in the new year 🤍

26/12/2025

Time for a spot of mindfulness, relax and concentrate on the flow of the water and the calming sound, doesn’t that feel better 😉.

24/12/2025

Nature landing us another lesson

Ecologist Suzanne Simard has changed how we see forests.

In the 1990s, Simard was studying Canadian forests when she noticed something strange: when loggers removed birch trees to help Douglas firs grow, the firs didn’t thrive. In fact, they struggled. Curious, she began tracing where nutrients were going — and what she found overturned a century of forest science.

Using radioactive carbon tracing, Simard showed that trees were sharing nutrients underground — not just within a species, but across species. Birch trees were passing carbon to fir trees through networks of mycorrhizal fungi — microscopic threads that connect tree roots. These fungal networks form a vast, hidden web beneath the forest floor, linking trees in systems that act less like individuals and more like communities.

She found that older, larger trees — often birches — served as central hubs, redistributing resources and stabilizing the ecosystem. When these trees were removed, the entire network weakened. Forests didn’t just lose biomass — they lost connection.

Simard’s discovery challenged the long-held view of forests as places of fierce competition. Instead, she revealed a system based on cooperation, signaling, and mutual support — a living network where trees share water, nitrogen, carbon, and even warning signals about pests and drought.

Her research reshaped forestry, conservation, and our understanding of how nature works: not as a fight for survival, but as a web of interdependence — mostly hidden beneath our feet.

To learn more, read Simard’s book:
"Finding the Mother Tree." Knopf, 2021.

23/12/2025

The calming sound of the waterfall