Nature connection and creativity to support wellbeing in the New Forest and the Waterside.
About My Mindful Self CIC
Amy from My Mindful Self has a wealth of experience in environmental education spanning 17 years. Seven of these have been spent as Education and Youth Officer at the New Forest National Park Authority.
She has firsthand knowledge of the positive impact nature can have on wellbeing and draws on this experience to offer a range of nature-based sessions designed to share those benefits.
My Mindful Self CIC helps you reconnect with nature discovering its positive impact on your wellbeing so you can learn to slow down, become more mindful and present in the moment, and enjoy a greater sense of calm, relaxation, and inner peace.
Activities available
My Mindful Self CIC offers a range of sessions. These include:
- Root and restore
- We aren’t made for the pace of modern life. Root and Restore is a guided sensory experience in a private, ancient woodland in the New Forest designed to bring you back to a calm body, a present mind, and a grounded self.
- Monthly forest bathing sessions (April – October) based in Minstead.
- Getting there
- On-site parking
- Access and facilities
- Suitable for 18+
- Toilets available
- Disability friendly
- Activities are outside
- Getting there
- Nature and creativity for wellbeing
- Experience the benefits nature has on your wellbeing. Connect to nature through mindful and creative activities and leave feeling calm and relaxed.
- This programme is offered seasonally (Sept/Nov/March/June) in Lymington as a series of six weekly sessions, subject to funding and delivered in collaboration with New Forest Primary Care Network through social prescribing.
- Getting there
- Public transport available – bus, train with a short walk, walking from Lymington
- On-site parking
- Access and facilities
- Wheelchair accessible / level access
- Toilets available
- Seating/rest points
- Disability friendly
- Activities are inside and outside
- Suitable for older people
- Getting there
- Wellbeing walks for parents and their babies
- Designed to focus on you as a caregiver and support your wellbeing, because we know that when we look after ourselves, we can support others better.
- Weekly in and around the Waterside, term time. Check My Mindful Self CIC’s website for upcoming dates.
- Getting there
- Locations change each week
- On-site parking
- Access and facilities
- Activities are outside
- Walks are pram and baby carrier friendly
- Getting there
What My Mindful Self CIC participants can expect
- An experienced facilitator with 17+ years background in nature connection
- Joining information provided upon booking so you know further details i.e. location, facilities, what to expect and bring with you
- Gentle invitations to explore the environment in different ways – sensory / creative / mindful
- Activities can be adapted to suit participants
Where sessions take place
- Various locations, depending on activity. See individual activities for more details.
When sessions take place
- Root and restore
- 9:30am – usually once a month on a Saturday (April – October)
- Nature and creativity for wellbeing
- Usually Friday mornings (10:30 – 12noon)
- Wellbeing walks for parents and their babies
- Term time only – likely Friday morning – start date September
Who can participate?
- All events are 18+ and for those who enjoy being in nature or those who are happy to see how nature can support wellbeing.
- NOTE: Wellbeing walks for parents and their babies – for babies aged between 6 weeks to 18 months
Cost
- Root and restore
- £25
- Nature and creativity for wellbeing
- Subject to funding
- Wellbeing walks for parents and their babies
- £3
How to book
- Send an email and contact My Mindful Self CIC
- For Nature and creativity for wellbeing sessions sign ups for patients of New Forest PCN can be through social prescribing or self-referral. Patients of Lymington Hospital or email to find out more.
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Not the right group for you? Find our other groups and opportunities on the Green Health Hub, or search by activity. Find out how to enjoy the New Forest on your own through the National Park Authority.
