Courses

Nature Therapy CIC Courses

2025

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Nature Therapy CIC is an award winning nationally accredited training provider.

We deliver unique, innovative and engaging persona sessions, workshops and courses designed to enhance your personal and professional development.

Our primary tutor, Dr Kim Brown, has a Doctorate in Health Science thereby ensuring all our courses have a sound evidence base.

Kim is a national Expedition Leaders Tutor. This ensures our courses are grounded in best practice in terms of risk management and safety.

Kim is also a qualified nurse, midwife and teacher who specialises in Experiential Learning and Therapy - a way of hands on learning that involves using your senses.

Our courses will bring you to the beautiful shores of the Isle of Wight in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Coastal Heritage and a UNESCO Biosphere site.

A link to travel and accommodation is provided below.
Pushbikes are available for you to use free of charge. An electric bike is available for a small fee.

As a not for profit social enterprise all fees charged for courses and workshops go towards running our projects for vulnerable people.

We generally only run only one course per year on any specific subject.
Places are limited to ten people per course to ensure you have the best possible learning experience.

Click on green buttons below to find out more about the courses available, dates, booking and investment.

We also offer personal one to one trauma informed nature therapy sessions with Dr Kim Brown.

These sessions are journeys immersed in nature to discover your inner resilience and work towards
Post Trauma Growth

Post Trauma Growth one to one

Courses

Labyrinth
Leadership

Labyrinths are reported to date back 50,000 years. They
have been found worldwide across many different cultures

We bring this ancient symbol back to life through a three day training programme on how to facilitate walking a labyrinth using the Nature Therapy CIC model of practice.

This course provides you with scientific evidence as well as risk and safety management as well as guidance on styles of labyrinth facilitation designed to reduce stress and anxiety and enhance mental health.

It is ideal for professionals who want to take their practice out into the natural world. This includes teachers, counsellors, therapists, support workers, nurses and youth workers.

2025 date

May

Investment
£600

Labyrinth

Forest Medicine Leadership

Based on the ancient Japanese practice of Forest Bathing, the research over the past 40 years demonstrate sound evidence of the impact on human well being.

This three day course provides you with the basics in understanding the scientific evidence, risk management, safety in leading individuals into a woodland as well as taster sessions of engaging activities designed to reduce stress and anxiety and enhance mental health.

It is ideal for professionals who want to take their practice out into the natural world. This includes teachers, counsellors, therapists, support workers, nurses and youth workers.

2025 date

June

Investment
£600

Forest Medicine

Wolf Medicine

This four day personal course is one of our most popular. It has been running for some years now and was initially co created with ex veterans so is based on trauma informed therapy.

It is now available for anyone who feels in need of some addes strength It has been shown to significantly reduce anxiety and low mood whilst increasing feelings of spiritul and psychological connection.

This transformational course is a journey for you to step into your wisdom and ultimately walk in your own power.

Using a mix of ancient knowledge, meaningful interaction with horses and wolves, we spend time on beautiful beaches, listening to music of the plants in forests and setting free our creative spirit

2025 date

July

Investment
£400

Wolf Medicine

Group Bookings (for groups only)

Think Like an Octopus

Available to book for groups

This two day course provides you with the basics of a solution focused approach to the challenges we experience in life. This can be a personal or a professional development course.

The first day looks at the general concepts of focusing on solutions whilst the second day we take out in to the field - literally - to gain skills in the ancient Hawaiian practice of
Ho-oponopono

This course involves interacting with a small herd of friendly ponies. You can remain behind a fence.

Contact us direct to book for a group activity, learning experience, or team building exercise

This course is provided for a group of 10 or more. The cost is £120 per participant for the two workshops

Email [email protected]
for further information

Workshops

Kindness
(anti-bullying)

One Day Workshop, Guidance Manual and Resources

Shortlisted for a Teach First
National Award

If you are interested in introducing a proven, hands on and fun way to address bullying - then this one day workshop includes all the resources and instructions you will need to set up a unique approach in your school, club, or group.

Based on evidence that most bullying occurs because a child is seen to be different in some way,

Using experiential learning methods you are guided to lead children through a process of understanding that everyone is different in some way.

Proven outcomes through work with over 2,000 children to enhance acts of kindness and improve self esteem in those children most likely to be bullied.

The Sense Box contains everything you need to establish your own Kindness Programme in a school or youth group

£160 per participant

April 2025

Kindness

Sea Medicine

One day workshop

Immerse yourself in the ultimate remedy for body and soul - the medicine of the sea. Natures own elixir provides an unparrelled sourse of rejuvenation. Let the rythmic waves and salty air cleanse your spirit, ease stress and invigorate your senses..

The timeless medicinal embrace of our coastal waters awaits you to restore balance and vitality to your iife

This workshop will introduce you to the concept of Blue Space. and its therapeutic connection to nature that enhances mental and spiritual well being.

It does not involve swimming
£60 per participant

September 2025

Sea Medicine

Wolf Survival

Available to book for groups

This 4 day course is for young people aged 12 years upwards accompanied by an adult.

It is aimed at building mental, emotional and sensory resilience through learning survival skills.

The basis behind this course is your mind is your best asset in a survival situation - it can also be your downfall.

Basic survival skills such as
shelter building and coastal survival are part of this course along with helping young people process the information to gain insight in to their own way of being.

This course is provided for a group of 10 or more. The cost is £240 per participant for the four day workshops

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for further information

Medicine of the Wheel

One day workshop

There are many paths leading to mental health and spiritual well being - the Medicine of the Wheel being one such path.

This one day nature based workshop is a blend of ancient
knowledge drawn from different disciplines, time lines and traditions.

The course has been designed to introduce you to the Nature Therapy CIC model of practice. It will help attune you to the wonders of the natural world using the global symbol of the sacred circle.

The symbolic circle can be found in
ancient cave art
as well as within many of the major religions.

It is a symbol of introspection.

This workshop is grounded in Trauma Informed Growth to help you release your inner wisdom.

£60 per participant

June 2025

Medicine Wheel

Wolf Leadership

One day workshop

What can wolves teach us about leadership?

This is a one day Leadership Award where you will receive an accredited Go Lead award from
National Sports Leaders UK..

Although it is awarded by a national leader in sport, it is suitable for anyone who is interested in learning more about shared vision and leadership.

The Award is open to organisations who want to invest in their teams

£80 per particpant

Contact us direct to book on this workshop

Wolf Leadership

Nature based
Dementia Care

Available to book for groups

This is a 12 hour training programme for anyone who cares for someone with a dementia. It is usually run over two days.

It is aimed at helping you understand the impact of sensory deprivation and what can be done to help maintain communication when words get lost and memories become fragile.

Doing activities with someone with a dementia is not just a nice thing to do - it is vital to their mental and emotional wellbeing.

All our nature based dementia care training workshops involve working alongside people with a dementia.

This course is provided for teams or carers of 10 or more. The cost is £120 per participant for the two workshops

Email [email protected]
for further information

Drumming
for Dementia

One Line course available 2024

Our nature therapy work with people with a dementia has led us to uncover the valuable role drumming circles play with this way of being.

If you want to deliver drum sessions
in care and residential homes, with groups, and alongside other organisations, then this course is ideal for you.

There is no need to have any music knowledge or particuloar skills as anyone can be a drummer.

The curriculum involves understanding how to set up playlists, make your own recycled drums and gain skills in delivering our model of drumming.

The programme ensures you will be able to provide scientific evidence to support your Drum Therapy practice.

£80 per participant

June 2025

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