Heartwood Nature Bathing

Connect with nature. Connect with yourself.

Heartwood offers you a path through nature to a place of calm, clarity and connection.

Nature Bathing is a way to support your health and wellbeing, reconnect with nature, and wash away the stresses of the modern world — no water necessary! Inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, it is involves slowing down, and immersing yourself in nature in a conscious and contemplative way.

Heartwood’s experiences are led by ANFT-certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide Monique Ross, in Brisbane/Meanjin and surrounds. Monique is also a fibre artist who teaches regular weaving workshops in a variety of styles. A. non-Indigenous weaver, she believes in the power of weaving to foster mindfulness and cultivate community.

Monique also offers bespoke corporate wellbeing experiences and has worked with companies including Ernst and Young, Bupa, and AllTrails.

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  • Nature Bathing

    Inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, this simple and meditative practice involves slowing down and immersing yourself in nature.

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  • Basket weaving

    Weaving is an ancient craft that helps cultivate calm, community and creativity. Learn to weave using premium hand-dyed raffia and a variety of techniques.

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  • Workplace wellbeing

    People are capable of extraordinary things when their work actually works for them! Let’s connect and help your employees unleash their full potential.

    Bespoke offerings

Hi! I’m your guide, Monique

I feel honoured to do this simple and powerful work, which has profoundly transformed how I walk through the world, and taken me from burnout to a place of passion and purpose. I see my job as noticing and loving nature, and helping others do the same.

I believe Nature Bathing is the antidote to the sense of disconnection many people feel in the modern world, and can be a reliable partner as we navigate the uncertainty, stress and messiness that is life. I also believe it can lead us towards a more sustainable future; one where we take the action that is needed to save this planet. After all, we only fight for what we love.

Find out more about me.

“People say we’re all seeking a meaning for life. I think what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive.”

— Joseph Campbell