Harmony in Nature with Katie Robinson

Katie is a Nature Connection Forest Bathing Guide, Natural Health Practitioner & Mentor

Her business is Harmony In Nature.

Katie is a freelance forest bathing guide and natural health practitioner who offers well-being mentoring, including nutrition, natural first aid, Reiki, and sensory nature connection practices. The outdoors has been a constant companion in her life, spending many family holidays camping, walking and climbing mountains. 

She is co-founder of Harmony In Nature, with Joanna Bristow-Watkins, running nature connection events in Surrey, London and the South of England. She has been involved with four UK university research studies into the benefits of nature connection for wellbeing, and the rolling out of ‘green prescriptions’ in Surrey, through charities supporting adults with a variety of challenges. 

Harmony In Nature has run well received sessions at National Trust & RSPB sites, Kew Gardens, RHS Wisley and London parks. Katie appeared on the 2020 BBC programme Stories of Us with Reverend Kate Bottley, leading a group of young adults with varying disabilities. She is on the guide training team and is a lead guide assessor for The Forest Bathing Institute.

In this talk Katie covers –

✔️ What IS forest bathing, and is it the same as nature connection/immersion? – Speed of brain, breath and movement linked, tips for enhancing the senses.

✔️ Why would I want to do it? The physical, mental and emotional benefits.

✔️ Why would I do it if I already go out every day with my dog/run twice a week/walk with family or friends regularly? Attention and the nervous system.

✔️ How does it have these benefits/what’s going on to have these benefits? – Nature’s compounds, parasympathetic nervous system, urban stressors.

✔️ When can I do this? How often is best? Does it have to be a long session specifically in a wood?