“…you will find much more among the woods than ever you will among books. Woods and stones will teach you what you can never hear from any master.” St. Bernard of Clairvaux.
Have you ever experienced a time when one day engaged with nature felt as if you were away for a weekend?
Nature-based coaching includes one-day hikes, multi-day hiking trails or wilderness hikes or one-day kayaking outings and multi-day trips.
Clients having been coached outdoors describe their experience as invigorating, mentally stimulating, grounding, and refreshing, leading to surprising breakthroughs. They felt free, open, comfortable, calm, relaxed, energised and exhilarated.
Nature-based coaching can be included in Executive Coaching Programmes for individuals, Leaning Circling groups, or group coaching groups.
Applicants need to qualify with a reasonable level of fitness and health. Logistics will be selected and coordinated in collaboration with the client.
Also see VISION QUEST RETREATS
In the words of John O’Donohue from his books, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace and Divine Beauty:
This invitation to friendship with nature does of course entail a willingness to be alone out there. Yet this aloneness is anything but lonely. Solitude gradually clarifies the heart until true tranquillity is reached. The irony is that at the heart of that aloneness, you feel intimately connected with the world. Indeed, the beauty of nature is often the wisest balm for it gently relieves and releases the caged mind.
When serenity is restored, new perspectives open to us and difficulty can begin to seem like an invitation to new growth.
The elements of water, wind, earth and fire, offer us wisdom and guidance. Earth is the original coach.