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Nicola at Company of Nature

nicola at company of nature

Welcome! Company of Nature supports wellbeing and sustainability through nature connection. It offers forest bathing walks and nature-based activities in the beautiful woodlands and natural areas of Bedfordshire. Company of Nature also offers events, advice, training and packages to support organisations’ work in wellbeing and environmental engagement through nature. It was set up by Nicola Scholfield who has a background in ecology and sustainability and is a qualified forest therapy guide. my story I’ve felt a deep connection with the natural world for as long as I remember. I grew up in rural Bedfordshire and have fond childhood memories of roaming the countryside and visiting beautiful natural places. My love of the wilds led to a degree in ecology and later a masters degree in leadership & sustainability. I’ve enjoyed sharing my love and understanding of nature in many ways since then. I spent many years in the business and charity sectors delivering projects and campaigns to engage people in environmental issues. During this time I experienced first hand the crucial role that nature can play in supporting our mental health and wellbeing. I also developed an understanding of how connecting with nature not only helps our wellbeing but also encourages us to value and care more for nature. I have trained as a Forest Therapy Guide through Nature & Therapy UK, and guide shinrin yoku (forest bathing) and natural mindfulness walks. I also deliver nature-based activities for groups and families in Bedfordshire for The Wildlife Trust. I’m excited by the potential of nature connectedness to support not only our wellbeing, but to encourage the positive actions we need to restore the natural world. I set up Company of Nature to help us restore our relationship with the natural world – to benefit both people and planet. I believe that at the heart of our own wellbeing is a thriving and nourishing planet. We live in the company of nature; we are part of nature and it is part of us. Today I live and work in and around the beautiful Greensand Country of Bedfordshire, and feel very much at home among its heaths and woodlands.

Touch the Earth

touch the earth

Minster

Shamanism is a way of life of our ancestors understand the connection to our Ancestors and spirits of nature that exist outside and inside us. Shamanism is the oldest spiritual path on the planet, it is in our roots. Wherever we live, all dimensions are real and everything in our world has a spirit, a life force. Walking this path deepens our communication with our Earth Mother and all that is. Within shamanism there are time tested healing practices which can guide our way to attaining balance and connection in the life journey that we are walking - "Rites of Passage" and "Handfasting" to help you to pass into the new phases of your life and just some of the ceremonies that can help you find your place or help you to embrace a new phase in your life. Connecting with creation can make us more balanced, and therefore healthier in mind, body and spirit. Shamanic journeying and life-energy restoral: the foundation of shamanic healing is the use and connection to the drum. The steady heartbeat of the drum carries us to the other worlds, to other realities. It is on this journey that the shaman encounters the healing powers, connects with the life force and can help to facilitate the healing process of mind body and spirit. With the use of the shaman's horse (the drum) a level of awareness can be entered at will, in which inner, spiritual realities can be perceived and experienced. A shaman journeys into the landscape of the person they are journeying for, always with the right intent and with their permission to determine what help is needed. Sometimes they can bring back a lost fragment and restore it to the individual, providing the person with the opportunity to integrate it within the totality of their being. They can also bring power allies back with them to help aid the healing process. During our life we can have traumatic events. These events can cause us to become out of balance. We bury them deeply within us and hold onto them. We send an aspect of our self into hiding. Within the journey we can seek out and find these fragments, return them. The shamanic journey is a powerful one. With experience one can travel to their own landscapes, look for their power animals, seek guidance, knowledge and interact with non-ordinary reality. Drum healing & drum washing: the drum is used like a scanner, and one is able to tune into the energy of the drum as it is passed over the person's body. It shows us the weakness of certain points throughout the body. Drum washing is a wonderful cleansing of the body. With the vibration of the drum the sound waves penetrate the aura and the physical body to bring about healing. It is a refreshing and invigorating experience. Science has proven that a constant, rhythmical drum beat can boost the immune system and relieve stress and tension within the body. Shamanic divination: divination opens doors, it is a guide to finding ones own answers. We all have the answers to the questions we seek within our own selves. Sometimes, however, we feel a need for guidance from someone else. Divination will help to show you to the door, but you must walk through it. Gaining knowledge and wisdom comes from our own experience.

The Soul Shed

the soul shed

4.8(6)

Alton

                       Draw deeply from your own well of wisdom and inner guidance A gathering place  for creators,  healers, unseen sustainers and those longing to cultivate depth and sacredness in everyday life. The Soul Shed offers tools and intuive creative practices to support you in discovering your own well, and in drawing deeply from it. SoulCollage® is a process of allowing  imagery that speaks to you to arrive on your own deck of oracular cards, and hearing what they  have to say.  Orienting to your deeper life and its meanings requires  listening to all the parts of you and their guidence. SoulCollage® is a way to meet and be in counsel with them. More here [https://www.thesoul-shed.co.uk/soulcolllage] Deep-Mapping supports you in rooting into your instinctual knowing and find your own sense of belonging to place. Explore the rich experiential textures of your own square mile of location as a place of orientation and re-sourcing. More here [https://www.thesoul-shed.co.uk/walking-with-trees-1] Walking with Trees is a journey into your connection with wildlife through the lenses that really spark you, whether that be walking, mythology, poetry, photography, journalling, breath and bodywork and finding where they meet you in the  archetypal spaces of your imagination. Based on the book: 'Take it to the Trees' which you can find here [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Take-TREES-Samantha-Taroni-ebook/dp/B09LVDZ2BL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=32CXODU9P33B9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qE5_omqT3JY2svEYh-V0fNWYOnn-lLkB31e0BuGc7bxwStkVCqwZ78DdenqH5VsrTxXaq93_mfS2t5EDibBDKwX-yGUt43QX9RdOdX6xkNuO4Mu8jatWxBqmSz-aMkqrnqA3Wshi6RK6R0-OSB0nf8a_zgglcpwf8ad-8QUisoE39S1hJ14ADoqhym2qBZaXVgZ4Dv8cPjfoiqYhrjIhkEn65sqJ8I0-K--EenU3Rbo.VN4UL6eUViTW7V2NZC9cFEcXp9XfugwjaRddmDSIWN0&dib_tag=se&keywords=take+it+to+the+trees&qid=1711287447&sprefix=take+it+to+the+trees%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1] The Soul Shed ethos is underpinned by a belief that making sense of life involves going both inside and outside, and is dialogical and  collaborative, curious and creative.   Learn about our offerings here [https://www.thesoul-shed.co.uk/currentevents]