Creative Journeys

resources and inspiration

Books

Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing by Dr Qing Li

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Nature Fix by Florence Williams

Ian Siddons Heginworth’s “Environmental art therapy and the tree of life”.

Natalie Rogers – Person centered expressive arts, 2 wonderful books and more

Francis Weller “Entering the healing ground”

“your guide to Forest Bathing” by M. Amos Clifford

“Shinrin-yoku” by Professor Yoshifumi Miyazaki.

“The secret network of Nature” by Peter Wohlleben

“8 master lessons of nature” by Gary Ferguson

Healing Trees: A Pocket Guide to Forest Bathing by Ben Page


Articles and papers

CREATIVITY AND THE NATURAL OUTDOORS

Why do creatives love nature so much?

What trees teach us about life

Feel Better outside, Feel better inside MIND   

Shinrin-yoku and nature therapy

Beyond blue to green: the health benefits of contact with nature. Deakin University.

Mindfulness in woods and forests

human health and the natural environment

Tree therapy – The guardian

Immerse yourself in a forest. – article with links to many papers on the benefits and effects of spending time in Nature.

Forest therapy – the ANFT way


Organisations  (see Links page for more)

http://www.natureandforesttherapy.earth

https://www.treesisters.org/