FOREST BATHING
Emma Capper is coming on my show.
She led me on a guided walk you know.
It was a snowy winter’s day,
The deer in a field were eating hay,
In the Deer park at Dartington Hall,
Which is surrounded by a recently repaired wall!
There were four participants including me…
Becky and Roma and of course Emma, the other three.
The weather was bracing as I have said,
At first sight the woods appear dead.
But there was plenty of wild life.
Particularly Birds who ignored us, because we didn’t create a fuss!
We exchanged energies with the trees…
I feel they communicated with me,
Then a guided meditation.
Based on sensing the ecology.
Through smell taste sight and sound,
As we sat on the welcoming ground!
And finally a cup of warming tea
Enjoyed by everyone, especially me.
It was made from leaves of a fir tree,
A Douglas fir in fact,
Enjoyed in a hollow off the track.
With a feast of nuts, fruit and flapjack
All in all the event I did enjoy,
Even though I was the only boy!
Emma was the perfect host
Not flinching when I spoke of my father’s ghost!
She treated us with such compassion,
That will never go out of fashion!
I really do recommend,
That you attend
And walk with Em.
To feel more connected with nature.
A Bathe in the Forest is the stuff,
That can succour and heal all of us!!
JOHN ANON 2019