Author Archives: Sonya Dibbin

Beat the Winter Blues with Nature Connection

How does Nature Connection help stave off ‘the winter blues’? Winter is typically the season [...]

Tree Hugging – 5 Amazing Benefits

Reasons why you need Tree Hugging in your life! “Tree Hugging” might sound like hippy [...]

Gardens for Health and Wellbeing

To celebrate National Tree Week back in 2020 (seems so long ago now!), I spoke [...]

All you need to know about Woodland Burials

To celebrate National Tree Week back in 2020, I interviewed several of my colleagues who [...]

Keep the Forest Alive at Home using Essential Oils

For National Tree Week earlier in December, I met with several other practitioners who, like [...]

Virtual Outdoor Team Building: What do a fox, Zoom and the Kalimba have in common? Remote Forest Bathing might well be the next big thing!

To say I was unsure about introducing virtual outdoor team building is an understatement. Virtual [...]

What is Forest Bathing (Shinrin-Yoku (森林 浴))?

Find out everything you ever wanted to know about Forest Bathing When you hear the [...]

Adore Your Outdoors wins Silver in the 2020 SOStar Awards!

I am thrilled to share that Adore Your Outdoors was recently awarded SILVER in the [...]

Mindfulness Cards – Shinrin-Yoku / Forest Bathing

10 beautifully illustrated mindfulness cards Learn more about my Shinrin-Yoku Mindfulness Cards to help you [...]

Why Glorious Autumn is the best time to go Forest Bathing

Predictions have been made for a glorious autumn display this year. Why? It’s all thanks [...]

Adore Your Outdoors in Planet Mindful Magazine

As forests begin their dazzling autumnal colour transformation, Sarah Dawson chats with Sonya Dibbin from Adore [...]

Forest Bathing – Getting in amongst the Greenery

In Japan they put so much importance on being in nature it is considered a [...]

Forest Bathing Alone – 5 Simple Steps (with Free Guide!)

5 Simple Steps to Enjoying Your Own Forest Bathing Session I love running my group [...]

Liz’s poem about her Shinrin-Yoku experience with Adore Your Outdoors!

Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) with Sonya 🌿The mind? It may well fight –its churning turning into ‘what a [...]

What are the Benefits of Forest Bathing?

The Health Benefits and Stress Reduction Explained Forest Bathing is an excellent way to reduce [...]

Common Misunderstandings about Forest Bathing

12 concerns, barriers and misconceptions about Forest Bathing addressed I hear so many misunderstandings about [...]

Hampshire Living report on Bathing in Nature with Adore Your Outdoors

During lockdown, Hampshire Living asked me to contribute to a feature on how nature can [...]

Richard introduces himself… to his tree!

While I was with Richard Vobes, aka The Bald Explorer the other day, I wanted [...]