On this episode of Be Like a Tree, Dr Kelly and Nicky speak about the relationship between yoga and nature. Nicky shares how we can learn to match our energy to nature and move with the seasons.

About Nicky Skinner

Nicky has been practicing yoga for over 20 years. She teaches in Yarm North Yorkshire and also online. Her classes are suitable for all levels. Nicky believes yoga is a valuable tool to help us navigate our way through whatever life brings gently guiding us to a place of inner peace and acceptance. Nicky encourages her students to use the different energy from the seasons as a guide to transformation, offering practices to help us connect to nature and our true selves

Website:https://www.nickydragonflyyoga.com/

Instagram: nicky.dragonfly.yoga 

On this episode of Be Like a Tree Dr Kelly talks with outdoor adventure and enthusiastic Dr Abi Tarran-Jones about how she has taken therapy outdoors!

About Dr Abi Tarran-Jones

Dr Abi Tarran-Jones, is a Clinical Psychologist, also known as The Outdoor Psychologist. She has over 15 years experience working in the NHS supporting adults of all ages to live well and meaningful lives despite the mental health, physical health and cognitive difficulties they may be struggling with. Now she is pushing the boundaries of her therapeutic approach to offer people a more creative and holistic approach to address their wellbeing needs. She set up in independent practice this Autumn as The Outdoor Psychologist. Dr Abi delivers therapy for clients and supervision for clinicians, outdoors in the North York Moors (Cod Beck Reservoir, Osmotherley) or indoors from her rustic woodland lodge (Yarm, Teesside). She skillfully uses the natural setting to enhance the work and support clients to understand themselves and their experiences better and develop healthy ways to cope and live.

Website: https://theoutdoorpsychologist.co.uk/

Instagram: @theoutdoorpsychologst

Do you believe that Tress have wisdom? 

And if you listen close enough they will share their knowledge, strength and courage. Jannine does and, in this episode of Be Like A Tree, Jannie shares about how she learned to listen to the whispers of trees.  

About Jannine Barron

Jannine Barron is a business mentor, strategies and intuitive mentor.  She is the founder of Regenerative Business Mentoring. 

Website: 

www.https://janninebarron.com/

Tedtalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFywJfkvnvg

Did you know that our hands are shaped like tree branches?

In this episode of Be Like a Tree, Yannick Dubois shares his views on the link between trees and human beings. He described how he learned to listen to tree wisdom and how he now shares is knowledge with the world.

About Yannick Dubois

Yannick creates magical artwork inspires by his love for the forest and tress. He lives in a woodland in Devon and is a modern day story teller, shamanic practitioner and druid. 

Instagram: forestheart.art 

It can be both liberating and frightening to know that our minds grow where our attention settles.

It means that we have control and can shape our encounters in the world.

If we focus on threat and negativity - our minds fester with darkness.

If we turn our attention to positive - we fill our lives with love and light. 

On this episode of  Be Like A Tree our guest, JK, speaks to Dr Kelly about how human beings can construct the stories of their lives. JK shares how nature has shaped her life and allowed her to create a business in which she helps people and teams transform their health and well-being by facilitating their engagement with nature. 

About JK

JK (Jennie-Kate) is a  coach, facilitator and founder of Where The Mind Grows. She is obsessed with everything nature, especially trees. She is also fascinated how our minds work. JK 

Website:

https://www.wherethemindgrows.co.uk/

Podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/10fesMJ4QksowDFrmcYSmE

I coach people to transform the mind muddle, overwhelm and sad stories into some powerful and purposeful. So you get to love being you, more. 

Ever wondered what YOU can do to help the environment?

Do you struggle to see how you can make a difference?

I get it - thinking about our role in our ecosystem can feeling overwhelming. It can make us feel like we are helpless and unable to make changes to our environmental footprint. Any yet there are solutions. In this episode of Be Like A Tree Nicola Peel speaks about how you can actively participate and become a part of environmental change.

How?!

Through Biomimicy. Want to learn what that means? 

Listen in. 

About Nicola Peel

Nicola is a solutionist, environmentalist and inspirational speaker who has spent 20 years working in the Ecuadorian Amazon. As a film maker she had made documentaries to raise awareness, built rainwater systems for those drinking contaminates water and brought together scientists to use fungi to clean up oil spills. Rather than feeling overwhelmed by the environmental problems we face Nicola is committed to doing whatever she can to make a change in the world; that is why she calls her self a Solutionist. 

Instagram: nicolapeel_eyesofgaia

Website: www.nicolapeel.com

Have you ever taken off your shoes, placed your feet on the ground, looked around and felt inspired by trees?

Lisa Murdoch has.

In fact, playing in the forest is a key part of her creative process.  In this episode, Dr Kelly speaks to Lisa Murdoch about her connection with trees and how going into the forest helped Lisa to overcome difficulties in her life.

About Lisa Murdoch 

Lisa is a singer, songwriter and sound bath therapist. She has released two albums: Fungi and Mycelium.

Instagram: itslisamurdoch

In this episode of, Be Like A Tree, Dr Kelly speaks to growth facilitator Charlene Anglade. They explore themes of embodiment, emotions and movement.

Are you wondering how this links to trees? 

Listen in to find out more.  

About Charlene

Charlene is a retired school teacher, who decided to take a leap of faith towards her purpose and continue her journey as a growth facilitator. She talks about her life and how she found her purpose through movement.

Have you ever felt the need to belong?

It feels like an innate desire to feel connected to something bigger than yourself. Community brings connection, love and support.

In this episode of Be Like A Tree Dr Kelly talks to Marcia Manderson about the importance of community and how humans can learn from tree communities. Listen in for our thoughts.

About Marcia Manderson

Marcia is a psychotherapist with over 10 years experience. She is the host of the podcast Black People Don't Do Therapy. A weekly podcast that explores topics that affect that black and brown communities.

Instagram: bpddTherapy

On this episode of Be Like A Tree Dr Kelly talks with Don Pierce about how nature can help to awaken happiness.

About Don Pierce

Don  has spent nearly his whole life working to protect the environment. After decades of work as a professional environmentalist, Pierce concluded that a new approach––one focused on the environmentalist and not just the environment––was needed.

When famed conservationist David Brower asked him to write "a piece" to show environmentalists how to persevere, the result was a series of books and courses that are good for both environmentalists and anyone seeking happiness and the preservation of nature. The series––the Heartwood Path––helps people to develop spiritually, helps people discover the benefits of communing with nature, and helps people find the abundant, abiding, and authentic happiness that comes from helping others, including natural beings.