ALL ABOUT ME

Welcome! I'm Nel. Growing up near a wildlife refuge in California, I spent my early years exploring the local wildflowers, woodlands, and plants. Drawn to the wild, I felt a deep love that grew and grew as I got older. Whether it was smelling the sweet scents of Spring blossoms, backpacking through South America, or listening to the gentle babble of a creek, I have always felt the most connected and grounded when in nature.  

 

For over 13 years, I have helped women learn how to practice self-care and wellness--in this space, I have seen the negative effects (mental, physical, spiritual) of disconnection from nature: stress and burnout, depression, anxiety, fatigue, inflammation, etc.

 

Today, as a certified forest therapy guide, I am so grateful to share my love of the forest with women to help them reconnect with themselves, rejuvenate, replenish, and relax! 

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Training

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Certified Forest Therapy Guide (2023): The Forest Therapy School

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Wild Food Cooking Workshop (2023) with Christopher Nyerges 

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Survival Skills 2007X with Christopher Nyerges (2022): Pasadena City College

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Certified Global Sisterhood Facilitator (2020) Global Sisterhood

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Wild and Medicinal Plants  (2019) with Christopher Nyerges 

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Primitive Survival Skills (Intensive)  (2019)  with Christopher Nyerges 

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Wild and Medicinal Plant Identification Skills (2016) with Alan Halcon 

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Memberships:

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Association of Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT)

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The Sierra Club

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