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TREE GLEE: How and why trees make us feel better 🌳💚 A book about #trees & #wellbeing #mentalhealth out now! @wellbeingauthor

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Spring has sprung, get outside for nature’s therapy 💚

#Derbyshire #peakdistrict #natureconnection #see #notice #appreciate #amazing #littlethings #simplepleasures #outdoors #getoutdoors #wellbeing #trees #woods #Forestbathing #shinrinyoku #breathe #light #photography #nature #spring #getoutside #your_peakdistrict #letsgopeakdistrict

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#mindfulmonday

‘’Mental health…is not a destination, but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going.”

What is your comfort book?

Today’s post is inspired by @booktris and her #greenstackformentalhealth October is Mental Health Awareness Month and she has asked people to post mental health book recommendations and green stacks. Check out her post.
I did not buy a self care book until my 50s and my mental health came very low in my priorities for most of my life. I went through redundancy and decided I would accept the offer of counselling because I was angry and it was free. The lady was lovely and I enjoyed the journalling but i was still angry. After suffering a mini stroke I attended cbt sessions. The 6 sessions were 30 minutes each. So many awful things were going on at this point 30 minutes didn’t really hit the spot.
Since then I have paid more attention to my mental health and self care books feature more prominently on my shelves.Here are some favourites-

Narnia series by C.S.Lewis - because to cope with this world I need my imagination to fly to another one.

Mary Oliver - Mary Oliver has helped me to find the connection and peace of nature.. the peace of words.

Enchantment - this was a revelation. The lovely @_the_book_bug_ gifted me a copy of WIntering and I have saved it to take me through winter.

A Manual for Being Human - so many things make better sense to me about myself and what I can do in future to make being a human a bit easier. The book is full of mindfulness exercises and techniques.

Tree Glee - This book looks at many aspects of trees including their impact on mental health and includes mindful activities like writing tree poetry, forest bathing.

Rise and Thrive For a Positive Mindset - this is full of inspirational quotes and helps me start each day positively

How to be Hopeful by @bernadetterussell - subtitled ‘Your Toolkit to Rediscover Hope and Help Create a Kinder World.’ I think hope is the magic that we all need, it is the light that keeps us moving forwards. This book is full of inspiration. I don’t know how to live without hope so this book is closest to my heart.

Wishing you a mindfulmonday 🌱

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Want a quick hack to make you feel less anxious, happier & healthier?

🌳 Research shows that spending time around trees can reduce stress, improve immunity, lower blood pressure, and accelerate recovery from illness or trauma.

Another bonus: when you hug a tree, you release a hormone called oxytocin – known as the hormone of love and trust – which gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling.

🌳 In Chapter 2 of my book Walk Yourself Happy I talk about the joy of trees and why we need them on planet earth (oxygen, soil quality, pollution filters, climate coolers... you know - no biggies 😂). I call trees 'friends with benefits.'

🌳 Hugging trees is one of the easiest ways of connection with nature. And look at what we get in return.

The excellent book Tree Glee explores this is detail by @wellbeingauthor

#trees #health #oxytocin #life #breathe #soil #happy

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I'm devastated to hear that the famous ancient beautiful tree at Sycamore Gap next to Hadrian's Wall has been deliberately cut down.

This is a mindless act of harm against nature and community. This precious icon can never be replaced. The wildlife and micro-species that the tree held within itself and supported on its bark, amongst its leaves and within the soil are also lost.

I feel so grateful to have shared some moments with this beauty.

Trees are vital living organisms that we need on planet earth. I call them friends with benefits.

Children & adults are spending less and less time outdoors, and with nature. This leads to a sad disconnect from the very thing we all need to survive. Every mouth of food we eat every drop of water we drink, every gulp of air we breathe..

In my book Walk Yourself Happy I dedicated pages to the beauty and wonder of trees, and why they're so important in our lives.
@drsuzannesimard was instrumental in the discovery that trees 'talk to each other' - communicating through mycorrhizal networks. Trees supply many of our modern medicines and cool down the planet, while filtering the air. They are friends with benefits.

@nationaltrust said it was "shocked and saddened" by the felling of the tree ( voted English Tree of the Year in 2016 in the Woodland Trust's awards.)

#trees #sycamore #sycamoregap #felled #lost #juliabradbury #treehugger

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Keeping warm from the inside out through the power of movement on one of the coldest and windiest mornings 🔥🌲🔥#come alive #nature #movementismedicine #trees #energise #pilates #grounding

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🌳 Research shows that spending time around trees can reduce stress, improve immunity, lower blood pressure, and accelerate recovery from illness or trauma.

🌳 When you hug a tree, you release a hormone called oxytocin – known as the hormone of love and trust – which gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling.

🌳 The sciency bit: Tree bark is a rich source of terpenes - a specific kind of phytoncide produced by trees. Some terpenes attract pollinators, others help to protect the trees and plants against diseases and being eaten. These compounds are what give trees likes Pines their distinctive smell.

🌳Exposure to phytoncides and terpenes has been shown to: Improve the functioning of the immune system; have an anti-inflamatory effect; reduce stress and anxiety; and improve mood. The closer you get to the tree bark the more you maximise your ability to inhale these beneficial molecules!
🌳 Most importantly - it connects you to nature! We all need nature. 💚

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"We have so much to thank trees for - their wood is used to make the cradle we're born into, they emit the oxygen we breathe and store the carbon dioxide we produce, they offer us shelter, fuel to keep us warm and cook our food, shelter from the midday sun and medicines to keep us healthy. Yet each year an area of forest the same size as Belgium gets destroyed. Why? Scientists describe it as "plant apathy" where too many love trees too little."

Read all about Tree Glee in an exclusive blog by
@treeglee @wellbeingauthor for @theoutdoorguide:
We all need trees, so why do we seem to care so little about them? Fall in love with their magic ... read here ⬇️🌳
#trees #nature #connection #earth #lifeforce

Link in bio ⬇️⬇️
https://theoutdoorguide.co.uk/tog-community-blog/giving-back-to-the-trees-that-give-us-so-much/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=giving-back-to-the-trees-that-give-us-so-much
https://theoutdoorguide.co.uk/tog-community -blog/giving-back-to-the-trees-that-give-us-so

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Proper thrilled to have an excerpt from TREE GLEE (@treeglee) featured in this month's Country Living magazine @countrylivingmag

Here's a little extract from the exerpt:

A woodland walk can calm our nerves, supercharge our memory and even help us sleep better. Cheryl Rickman (@wellbeingauthor) gets to the root of why

As William Wordsworth put it, trees can provide relief from “the fever of the world”. I find their strength, constancy and dependability comforting. It’s almost as if they whisper, “It’s okay. We are here.” But trees aren’t just a reassuring presence. Being around them can also improve our attention, help us sleep, speed up how we recover from stress and raise our cognitive ability – and it’s all down to science."

#TREEGLEE #Treegleebook #CountryLiving #CountryLivingMagazine #woodlandwalk #sleepbetter #memoryboost #getcalm #treesmakeusfeelbetter #feelgood #natureconnection #nonfiction #booksofig📚📚📚

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I wrote a thing for @yogamagazineofficial (immediately after taking part in a 3 hour Forest Bathing session) because yoga and nature connection have some similar qualities.

With each slow step you take on the leaf-carpeted forest floor, you step away from your mind-chatter to become more present in the moment and more able to observe how you feel in your body. You’re connected to nature, to the physical presence of the trees and beauty surrounding you but, as you wander and wonder, you find yourself more connected to YOURSELF too.

In this way, there is a kind of kinship between Yoga and trees. Just as practising Yoga aims to calm the mind, improve vitality, and connect us more readily to our bodies and ourselves, trees too serve as a stress-reliever, vitality-booster and increasingly revered way to deepen connection to body and mind.

#YOGA #yogamagazine #treeglee #natureconnection #selfconnection #mindbodyconnection #interoception #stressrelief #vitality #forestbathing #treepose #breathwork #trees #healingpoweroftrees @treeglee

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I wrote a thing for @yogamagazineofficial (immediately after taking part in a 3 hour Forest Bathing session). With each slow step you take on the leaf-carpeted forest floor, you step away from your mind-chatter to become more present in the moment and more able to observe how you feel in your body. You’re connected to nature, to the physical presence of the trees and beauty surrounding you but, as you wander and wonder, you find yourself more connected to YOURSELF too.

In this way, there is a kind of kinship between Yoga and trees. Just as practising Yoga aims to calm the mind, improve vitality, and connect us more readily to our bodies and ourselves, trees too serve as a stress-reliever, vitality-booster and increasingly revered way to deepen connection to body and mind.
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#YOGA #yogamagazine #treeglee #natureconnection #selfconnection #mindbodyconnection #interoception #stressrelief #vitality #forestbathing #treepose #breathwork #trees #healingpoweroftrees

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Have you ever noticed that you feel calmer or happier when you are walking in a forest or next to trees?
Free advice about how to feel happier 🌳🌳↙️↙️

🌿 In the book Tree Glee: How and why trees make us feel better... Cheryl Rickman delves into the reasons Why and the deeper role that trees play in our life.
🌿 Cheryl has written a beautiful piece on the outdoor guide (www.theoutdoorguide) about the important place that trees have in our world and for us as individuals.
🌿 Her book Tree Glee is beautiful and a perfect gift for yourself or someone who needs a bit of happy in their lives
🌿 How and why do trees make us feel better?
🌿 What can we do to help ourselves and contribute to the success of tree planting projects??
🌿 What everyday products are harmful to trees?
🌿 Check out www.theoutdoorguide.co.uk to read Cheryl Rickman's exclusive feature + hundreds of walking routes to download for free
(including loads in beautiful woodlands!)

LINK IN MY BIO 🌳🌳🌳🌳

#Trees #nature #getoutdoors #treeglee #naturefix #walking #explore

https://theoutdoorguide.co.uk/tog-community-blog/giving-back-to-the-trees-that-give-us-so-much/

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Proud to be shown off in the fine company of the book 📚collection of @strachan.michaela who kindly shared the reading love 💕 High fives 🙌 to @birdgirluk @thewillowtit @treeglee @safari_smiles @nicholaraihani & @julia_seal_illustration #wednesdaywisdom✨ #bookclubofinstagram #thankyousomuch #naturalintelligence #naturalenvironment #goodtoread #sustainableleadership #leadershipcoaching #equineretreats #equinetherapy #bedtimereading

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