The heart of the forest. The heart of the human.
The Mindful Tourist is an interdisciplinary space for nature-based interventions, nature connectedness, Shinrin-Yoku, mindfulness, meditation and wellbeing — bringing research, practice, education and lived experience into relationship.
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The Mindful Tourist
Nature is not only a place we enter.
It can be a relationship, a living context, a mirror, a source of knowledge and a participant in how we learn to live.
Our work explores the meeting point between the human inner world and the more-than-human world through evidence-informed practice, Japanese cultural perspectives, contemplative inquiry and professional education.
Our fields of work
Different paths.
One relationship.
These areas meet through a common question: how can a deeper relationship with nature support human wellbeing, ethical practice, learning and care for the living world?
Nature-Based Interventions
Exploring how relationship and activity in natural settings can support wellbeing, education and care.
Nature Connectedness
Moving beyond nature contact toward an affective, cognitive and meaningful relationship with the living world.
Shinrin-Yoku・Forest Bathing・ Forest Therapy
Research, practice and professional guide education rooted in the Japanese context.
Mindfulness
Attention, presence and relationship with experience.
Meditation
Contemplative practice as inquiry into attention, experience and stillness.
Wellbeing & Wellness
Feeling well, living well, meaning, resilience, purpose and relationship.
Professional learning
Learn to guide with depth, ethics and responsibility.
Shinrin-Yoku Guide Training TMT®
Science, Japanese context, nature connection, ethics and guiding practice.
↗ 02Nature Connectedness Guide Training TMT®
Facilitate deeper relationships between people, place and the living world.
↗ 03Mindfulness Guide Training TMT®
Presence, attention and facilitation.
↗ 04Meditation Guide Training TMT®
Meditation guidance with clarity, care and responsibility.
↗Community, standards & research
From individual practice to wider systems.
The work continues through professional communities, education, research, resources and international collaboration.
What changes when nature is no longer the background?
Much of our work begins here: with attention, relationship, direct experience, and the willingness to encounter the living world as more than scenery.
Research, writing & resources
Ideas to return to slowly.
Nature Connectedness & Wellbeing
Research, relationship, meaning, resilience and flourishing.
Culture, contemplation & transformative experience
Japanese thought, contemplative practice and deeper reflection.
Forest Therapy Guide Dictionary
Resources for guides, practitioners and people curious about nature connection.