Our partner: ZenGuiding

ZenGuiding provides Ecotherapy Nature Connection experiences in the form of Forest Bathing, Zen Safaris, Guide training and Facilitator training, which involves spending time in nature (forest, savanna, coastal and desert) and taking in the atmosphere through all the senses.

The Nature Connection experience is a peaceful, slow, mindful interaction with nature, in the form of meditative and awareness-building exercises that are often life-changing for living a more peaceful and healthy life in the future.

The aim is to help reduce stress, promote overall well-being, and experience nature’s therapeutic benefits. The experience of Nature Connection is a process of rewilding and is a release from all our learned behaviours so we can reacquaint with our true selves (the Ecological self) and with the web that comprises every living thing.

What is special about joining an experience with ZenGuiding?

ZenGuiding facilitates various nature connection experiences with a difference, promoting the discovery of the true self and new life paths revealed by reconnecting to nature.

These experiences help reduce stress, promote overall well-being, and allow you to experience nature’s therapeutic benefits.

The experience of Nature Connection is a process of rewilding and is a release from all our learned behaviours so we can reacquaint with our true selves (the Ecological self) and with the web that comprises every living thing.

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What is the philosophy behind ZenGuiding?

In ZenGuiding, founder Grant combines his experience as a nature guide with his background in psychology – inspired by Buddhist and Taoist (Zen) philosophies of life.

The experiences offered combine a love of the natural environment, the wish to provide a better life for all and to share an understanding of how being in touch with nature brings us closer to our own true nature.

With insight, Grant gives you an opportunity to experience the natural environment through meditation, awareness and mindfulness exercises brought together in tracking your true nature. With a better understanding of your true self, you can approach your day-to-day living with a very different and fulfilling approach of happiness and contentment.

Grant offers Nature-based Life Guidance, which is coaching with a difference: it takes place in nature, allowing for the discovery of the true self and the revelation of new paths through reconnecting with nature. The philosophy of ZenGuiding is in line with the overall aim of Conscious Explorer, promoting ‘mindful’ travel experiences that benefit both the natural environment and participants, going forward for a more fulfilling and healthy life.

What experiences does ZenGuiding offer?

Forest bathing experiences: This involves spending time in a forest, taking in the atmosphere through all your senses, meditating, becoming aware of your connection to nature, and enjoying the mental and physical benefits of being in nature.

Ecotherapy Guide Training: To develop and set a professional standard of Nature and Forest Ecotherapy Guides in Southern Africa. The art of facilitating nature therapy experiences is for the enhancement of the mental and physical health of participants. The aim is to deepen respect for the natural environment by bringing awareness to the interdependence of our own connection with nature.

A Zen Safari: By reconnecting to nature through our senses, we “bathe in the atmosphere” of the Savanna bushveld, we come to a greater understanding of our own true nature and our ecological self. Just by reconnecting, we not only feel at peace, but we also benefit psychologically and physically through the natural therapy that nature provides. Learn a mindful approach to deal with your everyday living in a calm and peaceful manner. The Zen Safari experience reconnects you to nature and, based on 30 years of scientific research, provides you with an opportunity to improve your immune system and your psychological well-being.

Nature-based Life Coaching: Ecotherapy and Nature-based life coaching provide an opportunity to reconnect with nature to discover your own true ecological self and life potential.

Discover the wilderness with ZenGuiding!