Ecotherapy is the healing and nourishing effect of being in nature. Science is catching up with this free, age-old practice of looking to nature for improved health and wellness.

Learn how to deeply experience nature and build your mindfulness muscle on this slow wander and reap the mind and body benefits.

Your ecotherapy guide, Sarah Freeman, will take you on a mindful wander through nature to help you connect with yourself, your senses and the natural world around you.

During the activity there will be periods of silent mindful walking to practice connection with nature and opportunities to reflect on and share your experiences.

The benefits of Ecotherapy include:

Connect with nature to feel grounded and calm
Increase your ability to access creative thinking to help with important decision making
Understand the science – calming the nervous system and accessing the brains prefrontal cortex
Connecting to place and understanding that we are ‘a part’ of the earth not ‘apart’ from it
Mindful connection to the earth helps reduce feelings of anxiety, stress, fear, and depression
Mindful connection promotes feelings of joy, creativity, strength, and resilience
Totally free and easily accessible form of (self-guided) therapy to increase wellbeing
The walk goes slowly through part of the Warriewood Wetlands path, then cross the road at Garden steet to follow the path to Irrawong Falls. The route is under 2km in total and the group will stop and start along the route.

What to bring: Water, hat, sunscreen, mozzie repellant; and wear good footwear and weather appropriate clothing.

Please note: this location is not wheelchair friendly.