The Natural You

Timothy Wood

A Podcast to inspire & help people connect or re-connect to Nature both inside & out. read less
Health & FitnessHealth & Fitness

Episodes

Dan Gainsford - Mental Fitness
17-07-2024
Dan Gainsford - Mental Fitness
Send Tim a messageInstagram (gains123)Facebook (Daniel Gainsford (Way of the Viking) LinkedIn Daniel Gainsford (Behaviour Change Coach)www.way-of-the-viking.comFounder and creator of Way of the Viking Mens Mental fitness programme This programme utilises the protocols of behaviour change, mental and physical fitness, competition, camaraderie, challenge and of course our natural environment to support men in reigniting their passion for life and fitness once more. We have an aim to support men in feeling happier and more positive daily.An underlying aim of the programme is to encourage men to talk…..to be willing to show vulnerability all in the process of making themselves stronger and more productive in all facets of life than they have ever been in the past. Having lost a great friend to suicide, along with many other old friends, this necessity to try and create a PRE-habilitative approach to mens mental fitness has been at the core of our method. If men can see that being open and discussing issues and stresses with other like minded individuals can bring great success in their health, wealth and other components of life..then the aim is that more men will be encouraged to talk openly and therefore prevent that overwhelming feeling of internalising all pressure until it boils over in self destructive ways.Our moonshot idea is to reduce the male suicide rate which currently lies at approximately 75% of all successful suicides in the UK and the world at large through a prehabilitative approach preventing a larger number of men ever having to reach that point of no return. What better way to encourage men to talk and feel better about life in general whilst building up their physical fitness in the process than exploring nature with cold water dips in the sea, hikes over the South Downs and more intense sessions using the natural terrain of the hillsides for greater challenge?Nature plays a huge role in Way of the Viking as it always naturally calls us in when we need to heal and has the most incredible relaxing properties. It also feels far more comfortable to talk whilst in nature with less distractions. Contact: tim.thenaturalyou@gmail.com Instagram FacebookProducer Matthew Wood - mw250204@gmail.comMusic by MarkJuly from Pixabay
Kris Petersen - Nature does not end here on earth
21-06-2023
Kris Petersen - Nature does not end here on earth
Send Tim a messageWe had a number of technical challenges with this episode and unfortunately lost about 10min of the recording. I hope it didn't detract too much. Eden Trails  ....&....  Facebook Kris KinosisAlternative schooling at Rudolf Steiner. Leaving school at 16 he has followed a different path to many. He was able to reconnect to Nature as a young man. How caring for his autistic brother led him to be able to help others with mental health challenges. Story telling, therapeutic and holistic crafts. He became interested and continues to learn about the parallels between Native American and Celtic shamanism. The interconnection of all things. The Scottish Caledonian mountains were once part of the Appalachian mountains in North America so the land is the same. The original teachings of Shamanism are lost and we only have fragments. Their spirituality was based on Natural Law and Animism, where every natural thing is living (animate or inanimate) and a rock or a mountain is a “being”. Nature has a sentience far beyond our own.Druids whole system was based on oral teaching and the only records we have are from Romans which contained much propaganda. The documentary The Last Druid gives good insights. Druids were told to integrate within the Church and new society. We see this integration in church buildings. Even the Celtic Church word Kerk, the root of that word means Circle and the churches were circular.  Unlike the square or rectangular Catholic  church.Celtic cross was the symbol was integral to Druids and is the symbol of the Celtic Cross (Crighton E Miller)Nature does not end here on earth.Trees were central to Druid (Scots - Oak Knower) or (Irish - Red God)Yew tree was sacred and grow for thousands of years and can regenerateStone carvings of foliage personifies the landscape and may represent part of the Druid history. Around the 11th century The Green Man started to emerge in European Cathedrals & Chapels.Pagan revival in 1940sContact: tim.thenaturalyou@gmail.com Instagram FacebookProducer Matthew Wood - mw250204@gmail.comMusic by MarkJuly from Pixabay
Tone Tellefsen Hughes - Connecting to Nature, Others and Self
02-06-2023
Tone Tellefsen Hughes - Connecting to Nature, Others and Self
Send Tim a messageInstagram #1000Outside   FacebookThe Green Hub Project for Teens - Volunteering – Learning - ConnectingTone a chiropractor of 32 years experience. Taught under and post graduate paediatric chiropractic many years. Runs a multi-disciplinary practice in Godalming, Surrey, UK. She sees her role as clinic owner as allowing staff and associates to bud , grow and flower individually. Rather than insisting that they follow her model of practice. A healer connects people to themselves, allowing to recognise their own bodies. She operates from an intuitive level using the idea of "Physiological Consent" when the patients "system is open".  Interoception means sensing internal signals from your body. Listening to your body's signals. Loves lighting fires in others.Chiropractic helps you re-connect to yourself and allows you to Find your Genius.Along with a team of dedicated volunteers, she has helped turn the walled garden behind her practice into an oasis of calm and healing. Where first staff could take time out. This transitioned into providing a safe space for Teens with anxiety and other mental health challenges to come and garden. Now with Registered Charity status, The Green Hub Project for Teens allows them to connect with Nature, themselves and others. The combination of the healing elements of bacteria in the soil, volatile chemical compounds from the plants, repeated patterns in nature, the wavelengths of green, movement and volunteering all produce a calm brain, increased motivation and enhanced immune function. With participants scoring notable improvements in wellbeing after taking part. With both short and long term mental health benefits. Tips:L Bring nature to you,m grow something. Sit outside in a park. Look on Facebook community boards, to join or volunteer in Community Garden Projects.Contact: tim.thenaturalyou@gmail.com Instagram FacebookProducer Matthew Wood - mw250204@gmail.comMusic by MarkJuly from Pixabay
Charlie Moult - A Breathwork Healing Journey
23-05-2023
Charlie Moult - A Breathwork Healing Journey
Send Tim a messageSource Breathwork  https://linktr.ee/Charliemoulthttps://www.instagram.com/charliemoultLoving me, Loving you - Day Retreat in London- 4 June and 21 October.Spotify playlist for breathing practice Breathwork and Chiropractic work in similar ways, to bring the body into a place of safety, remove resistance to life force, profoundly affect our emotional state and connect us to source energy. She believes that in deepening the relationship we have to our body and breath, we hold the keys to healing and transformation. Ayahuasca experience in Mexico (Arkana with Shipibo tribe changed) had a rebirth experience and gained a deeper understanding that has changed her life, BW practice and how she wants to help people. It has been difficult to integrate back into normal life and not have an ego about her special experience.Her own life changing experiences through this work  has seen her life and practice continually evolve. Now started singing more (makes her joyful), doing movement work and grounding (being in your body, calm and steady - staying in the light/joyful things). The plant medicine is still evident and still speaks to her. Chiropractic Subluxation: 3 different resistance (mental/emotional, physical or spiritual) to life force (express and experience of life). Our body is a map of our life experiences, stored trauma is both in the body and the nervous system.Charlie prefers private one-to-one basis and these usually take longer. Group settings are varied depending on audience and the group experience can magnify the experience. The group can help people feel comfortable and safe. Richer experiences have more joy and synergy and she appreciates her friends more. Altered states of consciousness can be attained with BW without taking plant medicines. You need to feel safe and looked after, by those guiding you and for integration after journey. Mindset in any of these experiences is very important.Consistency with a Daily Breath practice, calms the nervous system and allows you to feel safe and experience more joy.  Connect and Ascend with Destiny and Tim 23-24 June in KentContact: tim.thenaturalyou@gmail.com Instagram FacebookProducer Matthew Wood - mw250204@gmail.comMusic by MarkJuly from Pixabay