Qigong and Forest Bathing: Outdoor Practices for Grounding w/ Elizabeth Mintun of The Calming Ground

Elizabeth Mintun of The Calming Ground is a psychotherapist, forest bathing guide, qi gong teacher, and runs an online self-care membership for women. She is also the host of The Calming Ground podcast. In each of these practices mentioned above (psychotherapy, forest bathing, Qigong, and the online self-care membership) she helps others connect with themselves and the natural world in order to enhance their sense of vitality, connection, and peace. In this episode Elizabeth and I chat about qi gong and forest bathing as outdoor practices for grounding. Connect with Elizabeth: Website - ⁠⁠⁠www.thecalmingground.com Podcast - ⁠⁠The Calming Ground Instagram - ⁠⁠instagram.com/thecalmingground Facebook - ⁠⁠facebook.com/thecalmingground ~~~ Upcoming Online & In-Person Gatherings with Mandee: ↟ Magic Moon Paint Nights (online + in-person):  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠innerlightbotanicals.com/magicmoonpaintnights⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↟ Nature Meditation LIVE (Zoom/Instagram) on Sundays. Replays will be available on Instagram if you can't make it live! Register Here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠innerlightbotanicals.com/naturemeditation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Earth- & Energy- Conscious Community for Self- & World- Healing: Are you following the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Just Earthly Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠? Follow along to be notified when new episodes release every Tuesday + Friday! Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.innerlightbotanicals.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@innerlightbotanicals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Inner Light Botanicals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ My book recommendations - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bookshop.org/shop/mandeenicole⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About Your Host: ↟ Mandee Nicole, founder of Inner Light Botanicals and Just Earthly Podcast host, gathers earth- and energy- conscious community and hosts online workshops, in-person outdoor adventure retreats and trainings in nature that always have a deep focus on building conscious community, creating a safe space, and a foundation for going deeper in personal practice with hands-on practices to embody the work.  Mandee is also a Creative Rituals Guide, Reiki Master, + Process Artist that paints with nature's cycles and helps you accept where you are in life. Stuck in limbo? the unknown? uncertainty? the VOID? She believes it’s all about trusting the process and journey, rather than the product, outcome or destination. Mandee creates Magic Moon paintings with positive affirmations + reiki as the inner landscape layer on New Moons + a moonscape as a reflection of the outer layer on Full Moons and hosts online and in-person Magic Moon Paint Nights. She shares her writing through gentle mornings☁️, a weekly Sunday morning newsletter with thoughts, feels, reflections & writings for a slow, simple + cozy life. Learn more and explore at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠innerlightbotanicals.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ She is an advocate for self-healing and world-healing through nature and aims to do this through her work.