NatureMinded Solutions & Consulting
To increase awareness of nature’s psychological and health benefits, the following services are offered, tailored to your needs and situation.
Life Resilience Programme – Weaving Nature Contact into Wellbeing
NEW: A 7-week group trajectory to bring you closer to nature, improve your wellbeing, and take steps that benefit the living Earth. The first Training for Trainers will be held in Finland this August. Download the brochure.
Resilience trails
Together with partners from the public and private sectors, resilience trails can be developed that include sensory and reflective exercises placed strategically in the environment to support restoration and strengthen resilience. Each resilience path reflects a specific theme, defined in collaboration with the surrounding nature and our project partners.
NatureMinded resilience paths so far include:
Veerkrachtpad in Borgwal (2020)
Veerkrachtpad in Deinze (2023)
- Seaside retreat/Zee van Tijd pad in Oostende (opening in September 2026)
Nature Connection Workshop (1,5 hrs)
Grounded in scientific evidence, these workshops invite participants to experience the different pathways to nature connection through guided exercises and group reflection. Participants explore how contact with the living world supports regulation, clarity, and connection both individually and collectively.
Ideal as a meaningful team-building experience that creates shared insight.
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Forestminds guide & instructor trainings
Forestminds® is a Finnish wellbeing method that combines forest bathing with mindkills exercises (e.g. mindfulness, self-reflection). A Forestminds walk or workshop can be facilitated in a forest, park, garden, or even indoors, using natural imagery.
Forestminds Guide Training is a 1-day course that gives you the tools to lead groups of friends or colleagues in basic Forestminds exercises to support well-being.
Forestminds Instructor Training prepares you to guide others more deeply in the method, leading walks and sessions, and organizing Forestminds well-being days.
Both trainings are recommended to be complemented with the NatureMinded MBSR training. A special price is available for Fms trainees/guides/instructors.
Nature Ateliers for Youth and Youth Workers
In a unique collaboration with BOS+, and theater company COL vzw, we developed a specialized experience booklet for youth and a guidebook for caregivers and youth workers. These resources are centered around three core themes where nature immersion and creative expression go hand in hand. Forest bathing was naturally the starting point of inspiration. The goal was to provide a simple, accessible way for young people to reconnect with themselves, each other, and the world around them. You can download the booklet (in Dutch) for professionals here and for youngsters here for free. For a facilitated workshop live or online in English, Dutch or Finnish, please get in touch.
Sauna sessions
In today’s sauna trend, what is often bypassed is sauna’s potential for more than simply a wellness solution. Rooted in a culture with thousands of years of sauna practice, I offer guidance for those who own a sauna, or are considering building one, on how to work with this healing space beyond wellness. My sessions reveal the sauna’s origins and explore how your existing or future sauna can be used respectfully and in connection with nature’s healing forces. I offer advice tailored to your sauna and situation, as well as sauna workshops with self-made vihtas.