Well being

Without nature, you wouldn't exist. To breathe, your lungs need air. To survive, your body is dependent on water. To calm a busy mind, you can foster a sense of ease by spending time in nature. You can cultivate feelings of awe, respect and gratitude for everything surrounding you when you're in the company of the great outdoors.

The Aboriginal word dadarri translates to ;'deep listening:humble contemplation of one's place in nature' . Dadarri suggests respectful, quiet patience as the splendidly slow tread of our rivers and weather systems unfold.' describes Megan Hayes in her book The happiness Passport. This notion of dadarri, which takes on qualities of deep inner listening and quiet awareness, encourages you to seek out appreciate all the beauty nature has to offer you and everything living and breathing around you.

Nature has such a profound healing touch.

Within Forest school sessions we try to have moments of quiet contemplation which can be created with activities such as our 'listening tree' at the start of a session. We stand by a significant tree that we have on site and close our eyes as a group just listening to the sounds of nature around us. We then share what we heard with the group paying our respects to the subtle sounds that come forward when you silence your mind and voice. Simple games can also give you moments of quiet such as hide n seek, the hiders have moments where they stop, listen and watch the forest around them waiting taking in sights and sounds which can cultivate feelings of awe.

Nurturing a Respect and gratitude for everything surrounding you. We have a greeting for our forest before entering.

Hello Mother Earth

Hello Father Sky

Hello Grandmother Trees

Hello birds that fly

We are the Sun Drum Woodland Tribe

Please may we enter Dear Forest?

We will see you inside.

For leaving the Forest

Goodbye Mother Earth

Goodbye Father Sky

Goodbye Grandmother Trees

Goodbye Birds that fly

We are the Sun Drum Woodland Tribe

Thankyou dear Forest

We will see you next time.