Short programme: 12.00-13.30: Welcome, lunch and conversation about plant agency in design and arts at De Zwarte Doos, TU Eindhoven campus (5-10 min walk from the central train station) 13.30-14.30: Forest bath on campus 14.30-15.30: […]
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Writing(with)plants in Merksem (Antwerpen, met ontbijt – in Dutch)
Kom naar Merksem voor een middag vol schrijven, wandelen en tot rust komen te midden van de niet-menselijke bewoners van deze plek. Dit is schrijven (met) planten zoals het hoort: in de buitenlucht, en samen. […]
The wounded healer and wounded healing land – The on-land Writing(with)Plants workshop at the Rooted Festival 2026 in Aarhus, Denmark
Website screenshots from https://www.rootedfestival.com and https://institutforx.dk/ Last weekend, I attended the Rooted Festival in Aarhus. It was already the second time edition, and probably not the last edition. The program You might recognize two bloggers […]
Ecomythology – Facilitating collective imagination of a convivial Spring Ritual and a mythic river monster in Antwerp 2050
The 3D object and the science fiction prototype are created by students Leandra Rombauts, Emy Verschueren, Louis Artois, Mona Mariën and Dries Willems. This workshop in Antwerp was co-funded by the RAW project (European Innovation […]
Learning more about the effects of a nature immersion with the help of children’s drawings before and after a forest bath
Some weeks ago, just before the second lockdown in Belgium, I had the honor to guide a forest bath to 34 Flemish children in a nearby village. They were age 10-11. I know one of […]
A Poem about Forest Bathing
Foreword (by Wendy): Please meet my fellow forest therapy guide Carolyn Peduzzi. We belong to the Squirrel Tribe, a group of 20-30 guides, all of them situated in North-America, who started their practicum to become […]
Let Us Believe in the ‘End’ of the Cold Season – a snow flurry forest bath
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
My tent is still drying in the veranda as I am writing this. This past weekend I got to take part in the event supported and funded by BOS+ (my favourite forest advocate organisation in Flanders) and CM (my favourite health insurance provider in Flanders). The concept of the weekend was to offer people different kinds […]via Thoughts & ideas after BOS+Badweekend —