Since a few days I am back in Belgium, sooner than I expected when I was writing my last woodwide story about Belgium in end of November: A kiss in the shadow of a linden […]
Author: Ms Woods
A certified forest therapy guide and storyteller
A NW-European woman wandering in forests and fairytales
Changing the Stories We Live By #5: some romantic solarpunk for Valentine
We are still in Brigid’s realm. More solar energy is coming and it is time for romance to blossom. This blog promotes a short story I wrote for Uneven Earth, one year ago, inspired by […]
Spring Clean in early February
May the wind inspire you, earth protect you; water heal you, and fire always warm the heart I read this verse or spell in a book about Imbolc. They advice you to say this, when […]
Thai Way of coping with spirits in broken statues
Last year, during a transit I visited my former university in Thailand with a Thai friend, and again we talked about tree spirits and ghosts in Thai folklore. I took a photograph of a broken […]
Koyasan in winter- a masculine landscape with feminine lessons
On my way to Koyasan, I started to read the book ‘Nature Mystics: The Literary Gateway To Modern Paganism’ by Rebecca Beattie, because she is interested ‘in the writer’s relationship to their landscape, and the […]
Changing the Stories We Live By #4: Grief
Last month, I wrote how forest therapy in Japan is almost becoming an ecofeminist act. Last Saturday, I donated two workshops to the students of the HeForSheClub, the feminist student club of Nagoya University and members of […]
Winter solstice and Christmas in Japan
In Japan, Christmas is no holiday. I have now a small break from work to write this; but later I return to work. Christmas Eve is apparently a day for dating (because the Christmas illumination […]
Tea tasting: Kumazasa-cha
Originally posted on 茶柱 The Floating Tea Stem:
I was told that Kumazasa (Sasa veitchii) is a specialty of Hokkaido, where it is naturally grown. The kanji characters 熊笹 literally mean ‘bear’s bamboo leaves’ and no…
Lucia – the night of light … and trolls?
A Finish friend, with ties in Belgium, and with who I learn a lot about forest and nature based health practices in the last month, shared this video with me, and I like to share […]
The Snow White Effect: when forest therapy becomes an ecofeminist act
For some reason, I start to connect forest bathing experiences with fairytales. Last month, for instance, I got a Russian fairytale experience during a forest bath in Norway . Since a week I am back […]
