Winter Soltice Forest Immersion & Art for Wellbeing

FOREST BATHING AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE...
Are you ready to re-enter the wild? This is an invitation for a half-day forest bathing & creative play in nature experience through Organ

Pipes National Park. Come and experience a vibrant collaboration of rewilding and creative art practice and play in nature, all are welcome with no previous nature based or art experience necessary. Wander with new eyes and immerse yourself in wildness, a chance for lunch and connection and immerse yourself in creative play with art materials out in nature.

In the times we are living through globally, it is important to make the space for ourselves to reflect and renew. This is an opportunity to allow the tendrils of wildness to re-enter you and allow yourself permission to be filled with awe again.

This event occurs annually on the winter solstice so we hold the theme of: "Letting go of what no longer serves to make way for the new". What is moving through you as we retreat into the longest night of the year? It's a time of inward looking, reflect and release. As we emerge from the longest night, what can be left behind? What no longer serves you as we enter this new chapter and the days begin to lengthen again?

We will meet at Organ Pipes National Park at 9.45am to re-remember mindfulness skills in orienting to the wild, followed by a solo wander through the Sanctuary utilising our new skills. There will be a steep hill involved as we walk down to the pipes and much later up again. We then come back together to share our experiences and have some BYO lunch. After lunch we are guided deeper into our wildness with music and nature-based art therapy, to help release what no longer serves us in order to make way for the new.

Please choose the payment option you can afford. If none are affordable, reach out to enquire about the possibility of a scholarship or discounted place. The Sky Tier includes a 10% donation to Firesticks Indigenous Corporation, who are working to protect country through a restoration of cultural fire land management practices.

You can also donate here... https://www.firesticks.org.au/donate/

The event is run by Amy Collard and Eva Vani Kaufman. Amy is a Counsellor and social worker with an interest in ecopsychology and inner rewilding. Eva Vani is an art therapist and social work Counsellor with a passion for mindfulness and creativity