Nature connection · Awareness · Becoming whole in nature · · 5 min read
The empty chair
A night, an empty chair and the question of who we have forgotten this year.
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Forest stories
Here I share thoughts, small exercises and background on sylvotherapy, nature connection, research, awareness and becoming whole in nature.
Awareness · Nature connection · · 8 min read
Where the jaguar lurks
A song with a Portuguese title, a predator that only appears at the very end, and a narrator standing at the water, drinking. On humility, mirrors and the question of who is looking at whom.
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The tinder fungus doesn’t need a message
Recently, I stumbled across two texts about the tinder fungus. In them, it was the guardian of the forest, the fungus of fire, the healer of the soul, and the teacher of transformation, all at once. As I read, I realised: the more solemn it sounded, the less it had to do with the fungus I know from the forest.
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The forest has no money mindset
A coach takes on money mindset and the pressure to be visible. I share much of her anger, reach for a pencil in a few places and wonder what the forest has to say. Nothing. That is exactly what I like.
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Who tends also weeds
An essay celebrates care as a way of relating to the world. I share its direction, but ask: who decides what may grow – in the garden, the forest and care itself?
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Anyone can breathe
On breathwork, terpenes and the question of why the oldest thing we can do suddenly needs instructions.
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No river without banks
Heraclitus, the Pegnitz and an alder: why change alone is not yet an art of living, and why of all things a forest gives us footing, even though it never stands still itself.
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The Forest We Sowed
Beekeepers, pines, protected forest: a short history of the Reichswald and humanity’s tendency to put everything in order until it breaks.
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Rübezahl is in a bad mood
On an essay that renames the present, three legendary figures without shadows, and whether the forest is pleased when I arrive.
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Underneath Lies the Forest
An essay full of awkward words, a tuft of weeds from 1503, and the question of what a forest guide actually does. Spoiler: not much.
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Home again
Electric sheep in the Reichswald – about artificial humans, real needs and the question of what makes us human. From Blade Runner to the Steckerleswald.
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The healing power of laughter
Why humour can set us free – from nature to political satire. About distance, self-irony and laughter that connects instead of hurting.
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Consciousness Sometimes Needs Distance
Why the forest can be a counterpoint to our digital everyday life – an invitation to quiet the mind, open the heart, and rediscover the ember beneath the ashes.
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Fly agaric, Alice in Wonderland and the art of truly seeing again
What a mysterious mushroom can tell us about nature, perception and finding our way out of digital everyday life.
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What is sylvotherapy?
Sylvotherapy means spending time in the forest mindfully and with guidance. Here is what it involves and what it is not.
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Connecting with nature in everyday life
Feeling connected to nature does not require a holiday. Five small habits that bring you closer to the living world, even in the city.
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What research says about forest bathing
Studies on stress, mood and the immune system: an honest overview of what we know and what remains open.
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Awareness in the forest: from thinking to perceiving
In the forest, attention can move from the head into the senses. A small exercise you can try for yourself.
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Healing through nature – what it can mean
"Healing" is a big word. Why I use it carefully and what kind of becoming whole nature can offer you.
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