Register your interest for Autumn 2025
How it works: If you or your child will be at a stage to benefit from Nature Nurture from September to December 2025, then checking out this 'ticket' will register your interest. If we have sufficient participants to run sessions, we will contact everyone and open up bookings.
Sessions will run fortnightly on Mondays (during term time), from 13:00 to 14:45
More about Nature Nurture
Pregnancy and early parenthood are an impactful but sometimes stressful time. Nurturing your mental and physical health has lasting positive benefits for you and your child and is anything but selfish. Our therapeutic practitioner has specifically designed this programme to nurture new and expecting parents’ wellbeing, so you come away feeling cared for, supported and better equipped to ride the waves. In the small group setting you can connect with others and the natural world and feel part of a wider support network. For those with young babies, it is also a wonderful opportunity to bond, as you experience the gentle stimulation of the natural world in a safe and supported way. We strongly believe that you deserve this experience.
Sessions will include a short walk to a secluded part of Epping Forest, where you can choose to participate in what serves you best: guided meditation and mindfulness techniques, simple crafts, chatting with others around a cuppa, or relaxing in your own chill-out space to soak up the woodland atmosphere. We will set up picnic mats and simple sensory items for babies who are sitting and crawling, so they can engage at their level. All resources will be provided, including a range of seating or lying options for your comfort and relaxation.
Nature Nurture is designed to be more focussed on the parent, so those with youngsters who are toddling, may find it harder to fully participate. We suggest that children who are babes in arms up to crawling, are the best fit for this group. For children who are walking confidently, we would recommend our Squirrels Forest School, where the focus is more on play and the child’s development.
*Please note, that although this event is designed by someone therapeutically trained, it is not therapy. We can provide signposting to other services if required.
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