NATURE WISE

How can we tap into the wisdom of nature to grow in life? Featured on this page is a curated selection of articles, films, poems, and stories that share some useful insights from the natural world.

We hope they help you in navigating life’s journey with resilience, wisdom, and authenticity.

For those of you who wish to dive deeper, please try our Nature Calm course. The course features 150+ nature activities that take you on a journey of change and transformation through nature.

All articles also contain a few forest gifts for you. Explore them at your own pace and do share the ones you like, so it reaches those who may need it. After all, wisdom grows when it is shared.

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Nature Insights

Insight learning is defined as the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something. It is a fascinating process of the human mind to transform what is observed in the outer world into a simple idea that expands our inner world exponentially. Here’s a selection of some invaluable lessons from nature that one can apply at work, in relationships, and in life.

>> Nature Insights – Wisdom To Grow

Nature Meditations

Nature meditations offer you simple ways to still your mind and re-center your spirit, so that you may deal better with the challenges of life. In this article we learn from wise masters, established teachers and wandering seekers. You will find a collection of exceptional meditations that take inspiration from Nature. The cloud, tree, forest, river, ocean, desert, and mountain can all show you the path of cultivating deep calm.

>> Nature Meditations – Find Your Calm

Managing Emotions

If you could change one thing to transform your life what would it be? What if it was your own mind? Learning to train your mind starts with learning to regulate your emotions. It’s because they affect your thoughts, your choices and also the people you attract into your lives. Those who can achieve it know the secret of leading richer lives with greater success, harmony and more fulfilling relationships.

Wisdom of Birds

What can the wisdom of birds teach us about creating a life filled with joy, spontaneity, and song? Birds are thinkers. Not only are they capable of abstract thought, but they can also communicate with humans, solve problems, and experience complex emotions like grief.

Explore remarkable insights from a variety of birds. You will also find helpful bird games that people of all age groups can enjoy.

>> Wisdom of Birds

Resilience

Let the rivers of the world show you how to be resilient in life. Dive in, as we share inspiring examples and stories of resilience from the rivers. Resilience is the ability to withstand adversity and bounce back from difficult life events. Floating down the river of time, each one of us will meet our own set of obstacles, hurdles and difficulties. How we overcome them or deal with them is based on our resilience.

>> Resilience: Stories & Examples from Rivers

Meditation Garden

Learn to create your own meditation garden and get a list of engaging garden meditations. Make an island of calm that you can return to, whenever you need.

A true meditation garden is not about the space you have on ground, rather it is about creating the relation between your mind and your garden.

>> Create Your Own Meditation Garden

Art of Communication

Flowers have mastered the art of communication over a hundred million years. They have crafted and perfected this skill because their very survival depends on it. What they have realised is that the secret to great communication is a mix of the visible and the invisible. In this article you will find 7 intriguing tips from flowers on how to better your communication skills.

>> Art of Communication: 7 Tips From Flowers

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