A 3-hour Workshop

Nature Connection plays a role in mental health recovery. Research  suggests that slowing down and connecting with nature through the senses can help reduce negative thinking patterns. Humans seek connection to nature due to our evolutionary development within it. Connecting to nature can reduce distress and act as a source of Meaning in Life.

ARCHES Recovery College is partnering with HSE Health and Wellbeing to collaborate on the Nearby Nature Project. The aim of this project is to create a mindfulness-based nature connection walk along the Dodder River walkway in Clonskeagh.

The walk will consist of 5 wooden plaques based off the ‘5 pathways to nature connection’:  Beauty, Meaning, Emotion, Contact, and Compassion. Over 5 workshops, we will reflect on these nature connection pathways and create the plaques.

Location: ARCHES Recovery College, Clonskeagh, Dublin 6

Workshop 3 (Emotion) takes place 1pm – 4pm Tuesday 23 July. There are 5 workshops overall. Note you do not need to have attended Workshop 1 and 2 to attend Workshop 3.

The Recovery College welcomes anyone residing in Community Healthcare East (Dublin South East, South Dublin, and East Wicklow) who either (1) identifies as having a lived experience of mental health difficulties; (2) is a member of a family impacted by poor mental health; or (3) is a mental health professional working in the Cluain Mhuire or HSE Mental Health Services.

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