Episode 13: Andy McGeeney Interview

09/27/20 • 39 min

Nature Therapy Online (Ecotherapy Podcast)

In this week’s podcast, I interview the inspiring ecotherapy author Andy McGeeney about his life with nature.

Andy McGeeney has been promoting nature as therapy for years, from back when few people in the mental health world were willing to consider the benefits of nature as therapy.

In this week’s ecotherapy podcast, Andy shares the story of his unique journey with mental health and nature, as well as sharing some beautiful nature therapy exercises that you can try for yourself at home. I’m sure you will find him as inspiring as I do!

In this week’s podcast, I interview the inspiring ecotherapy author Andy McGeeney about his life with nature.

Andy McGeeney has been promoting nature as therapy for years, from back when few people in the mental health world were willing to consider the benefits of nature as therapy.

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Episode 12: The Sound of Birds

In episode 12 of the Nature Therapy Online podcast, we talk about how powerful the sound of birds can be. The idea for this episode was sent to me by Deirdre from Long Island, USA, and I thought it was a wonderful idea for an episode! Today I start by talking a little about birds, and reflecting on the potential therapeutic effects of the sounds they make, whether singing, cooing, tooting or crawing! We listen to various different birds whilst I offer you gentle invitations to reflect on their effect on you.

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Episode 14: Encounters in Nature

In this episode we go for a Scottish ecotherapy walk. We explore how we can use mindfulness to truly have fresh encounters with nature.

Those of you interested in forest bathing (otherwise known as shinrin-yoku), may be particularly interested in this episode. Today we go for a walk together in the South Esk Valley in Midlothian, Scotland. It’s a very green Scottish ecotherapy experience—I instantly started getting attacked by falling Autumnal pine cones! I encounter the calming sound of the running river, noisy crows, a worm-like pine tree and a little insect making its’ way through a world of moss. These kind of encounters are the most ordinary experiences that we can have as human beings. They also happen to be some of the most beautiful things we could possibly experience while we are alive.