A stream in a forest whose water is used for forest bathing.

Forest bathing and wellbeing

What is Forest Bathing? Forest bathing in a woodland environment has the potential to transform our wellbeing for the better, especially when experienced as part of a peaceful forest retreat

October 30, 2019

Ecotherapy in the forest?

I’m always amazed by the profound effect being in the forest has on our guests. Almost daily I read guest reviews that blow my mind. Is it the effect of

September 16, 2019

Beautiful view from a yurt on a weekend retreat

Make time for a weekend retreat

Today I took a day off for myself. I made peace with the messy house and relaxed expectations around my level of engagement with the children, preferring to use the

May 23, 2019

Opening our 6th season!

Dear friends – I spent last weekend looking out at the snow as I sorted bedding and counted pillows and boxes of teabags … It brought back memories of our

March 18, 2023

Foraging for Wild Foods

Dear friends – As summer gives way to autumn we have been enjoying the changing colours and moods of the forest as always. As we all make our peace with

September 30, 2020

Food Systems: Soil as the foundation of resilience

Dear friends – We have had such a wonderful summer since re-opening in July, reconnecting with the forest and with our guests after long weeks of lockdown. As life returns

August 7, 2020

Happy New Year!

Another New Year is beginning, and as I look around the world and see things getting faster and faster, and more technology-driven, I often wonder what the coming decades have

January 5, 2025

Living peace

Happy winter solstice! 2023 has been another beautiful season at Eco Retreats, connecting with guests old and new and spending lots of time in the forest, feeling her changing moods throughout

December 21, 2023

Spring awakening

The day before the equinox, we collected our first egg from our first hen, and as we drove into the forest, the fields were full of tiny lambs (to the

March 26, 2024

The age of information

A few of us were chatting the other day at our forest retreat and got to reflecting whether it’s possible to have too much information in our lives. Of course, this information age offers us so

July 11, 2024