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Green Physical Activity – the benefits

This is a guest blog written by our Ecotherapy Nordic Walking tutor Michelle Cairns.  It features links to further reading and a full list of references in a slightly different style to our usual blog posts. We hope you enjoy reading it. If you are interested in joining our Ecotherapy programme you’d be very welcome. […]

Posted 2 October 2020 | Categories: Ecotherapy | Tags: cycling, green activity, green exercise, guest blog, guest post, nordic walking, physical activity

Ecotherapy diary: participant stories

Absorbing and relaxing, helpful, welcoming and friendly, and giving people the chance to learn new things about nature are just some of the ways people describe the Ecotherapy programme at St Nicks. In this blog, three of our participants share their personal stories about their Ecotherapy journey, showing that we really do help people in recovery from […]

Posted 22 December 2017 | Categories: Ecotherapy | Tags: ecotherapy, gardening, green exercise, health and wellbeing, mental health, nature, volunteer, wildlife, wildlife gardening

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