Close your eyes for a moment and picture yourself on a Greek island. It’s a beautifully hot day and you are sitting under the shade of lush pine trees. The salty air breezes over your skin and the gentle waves of the Aegean Sea lap in the background. You are disconnected from the fast pace of life and deeply connected to yourself and Nature, savouring the present moment through all of your senses….

Would you like to make that a reality???

When I got an email from Skyros Holidays inviting me to facilitate a Forest Bathing Course at their resort in Greece, I literally had to pinch myself. I was so blown away by this connection and amazing opportunity but immediately went into defence mode telling myself it probably wouldn’t happen and I shouldn’t get my hopes up.

But clearly, some things are meant to be because…..

I’M GOING TO TEACH THERE ON 12TH – 19TH AUGUST 2023!!!

(Can you now picture me, jumping around my kitchen, squealing and clapping like an excited child?)

So who & what are Skyros Holidays???

Skyros holidays are community-based with an informal, friendly and relaxed approach which thrives on diversity, bringing people together in a way that daily life rarely does. There you cast aside your habitual roles as partner, parent, boss or socialite and reconnect with your essence and enjoy the freedom to be who you really are.

As The Times newspaper wrote, Skyros is ‘the sophisticated urbanite’s retreat of choice’.

The benefits of a Skyros holiday last long after the suntan has faded. They include new friendships and relationships – sometimes even marriages, new interests and skills and a renewed faith in yourself and the world.

Being a solo traveller is not a problem. On a Skyros holiday, you’ll meet many people, relate to them as you do with old friends, engage together with them in many often hilarious activities and share the magic of truly spectacular locations.

Skyros holidays are all-inclusive experiences and include your chosen activity with eco-hut accommodation making it a truly immersive and sustainable experience.

Forest Bathing at Skyros

I am thrilled to be facilitating a 1-week course on Forest Bathing at the stunning location of Atsitsa Bay on Skyros Island. The resort is surrounded by lush green forests so offers the perfect space to explore Forest Bathing and your connection to Nature and yourself.

Forest Bathing is a mindfulness-based practice of connecting with Nature and inviting it into your experience through all of your senses. The term Forest Bathing comes from the Japanese words 'Shinrin Yoku' (Forest Bath) and means to bathe in the atmosphere of the Forest for a fully immersive experience.

With the fast pace of modern life, we have become increasingly separated and cut off from Nature forgetting that we too are a species of Nature and are part of the great web of life on Earth.

Forest Bathing research has provided amazing results on the benefits of mindfully connecting with Nature for mental, physical and emotional health and is supporting people all over the world to come home to themselves and Nature, to feel a sense of inner peace, connectedness and belonging.

On this course, I will guide you on a journey into the Forest to share the practice, principles and fascinating research on Forest Bathing so that you can cultivate your own practice and grow your own meaningful connection with Mother Nature.

Interested to know more??

I have been a Forest Bathing Guide for 5 years now and this will be my first time teaching abroad and I would LOVE you to join me too! Just imagine how amazing it will be to Forest Bathe in the sunshine with the sound of the Aegean Sea in the background and the beach nearby. Eeeek can you tell how excited I am??

Or contact me if you have any questions you would like to ask me.

Is Skyros Island calling out to you????