Forest Bathing workshop with students of ESA Saint-Luc, Bruxelles

Introducing the context

• connecting to the macro-cosmos:
  • walk in silence
  • mute phones
  • open up to experiments, even if there can be some resistance
• Bois de la Cambre / Forêt de Soignes:
  • 5km walk
  • max 3hs

Introducing some species

Looking at bark, leafs, fruits, specific values in use, in Celtic use - beech - hornbeam - poplar - oak - linden - maple - chestnut

Experiments

• share a memory of a tree
• choose a tree and say hello, observe its bark, look up to the leaves, down to the roots, be conscious about the wood wide web
• how does a tree manage to have its leafs change colour and fall down (this workshop was in autumn)
  • photosynthesis
  • basic exchange tree-human: oxygen & CO2
  • breathing together
• guided meditation: become an oak of 35Oys old, smell the soil in which it is rooted
• meet a tree
  • find a tree that calls you
  • greet the tree
  • ask a question following Philippine practise
  • explore your expression with your own medium (drawing/writing/photography...)
• final sharing