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Well-being from nature
Nature-based the service supports the deepening of self-motivated nature experience, responsibility and values in order to
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The research evidence suggests that a person who has had a great relationship with nature understands on top of nature and health activities.
– Tuija Brax, Secretary General, Finland´s Heart Association
OUR SERVICES
We offer professionally and creatively implemented nature-based Green Care Nature Power welfare services for small groups.
Deepening the connect with nature
Sensory forest® | Asahi Health® | © Forest mind |
Geopark Ranger |
Exposure to nature is worthwhile
We rely on authenticity and the unifying impact of nature. Nature power (work) well-being supports the goals of physical, mental and social well-being. The key is to promote health, quality of life and maintain functional capacity. Our methods are nature-based and certified. Multisensoryity is realised in nature when the customer experiences the experiences of their own sense of mind individually and when sharing these feelings and experiences with others. The deepening of the nature connection has been studied to be linked to man's desire to protect nature.
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Values and resources
Nature is key to wellness
Sustainable well-being
Our services intertwine aesthetic experiences, diverse sensory experiences, functionality, the ability to regulate social interaction and environmental experiences. Recent environmental psychological studies reinforce the importance of emotional nature experiences for environmentally responsible behaviour. It is good to emphasise environmental sensitivity, i.e. the empathetic ability to sense and observe the environment – the importance of senses, perceptions and imagination in the context of aesthetic environmental education.
Listening and silence – respecting nature and people
Being in nature and slowing down the pace bring solutions for stress management and recovery from everyday stress. Natural environments provide an antidote to the continuous pressure to perform. The balance of the autonomic nervous system is restored. There is extensive research evidence of the calming effects of natural environments.* Studies have found that staying in nature calms the heart rate and lowers blood pressure. Changes in the body’s level of stress hormones and defense cells while in the natural environment are currently being studied.
https://www.gcfinland.fi/green-care-/vaikuttavuus/luonnon-terveytta-edistavat-vaikutukset/
Visoko respects nature and man and is visible in action. The constant changing world, globalisation and climate change are forcing people to review what they are doing. The change around the world brings questions. Visoko is brave enough to open up and broaden the debate on values and environmental issues in a forward-looking way.
We are raising awareness on the themes of nature, natural well-being, human rights, etiquette in nature, climate change mitigation, biodiversity, species conservation and ecosocial education and thinking.
Ecosocial Education challenges us to question the prevailing ideal of existence, emphasizing material well-being in the pursuit of a sustainable society on a limited planet. It means that people understand the importance to themselves of the vibrant natural surroundings as well as other people, the environment and the planet as a whole. An ecosocial person is aware of his or her own impact on nature and other people, and takes responsibility. An ecosocial person strives to promote a sustainable lifestyle.
Green Care method
Green Care is a nature-related activity that promotes people's well-being and quality of life. Green Care Finland ry. develop nature-assisted activities in connection with welfare and health services. Green Care wants to highlight people's rights to nature, physical activity and communal experience.
Ecopsychology as a theory base
Ecopsychology forms the central basis for all Green Care activities. It is originally a branch of psychological theory and practice developed in the United States, where man is seen as part of the rest of nature. In this case, the well-being (or nausea) of man and nature is also linked. The aim is to prevent human alienation from nature and to build a sustainable lifestyle.
In Aistimetsä® our connection with nature deepens
Aistimetsä® takes you into nature, to a nature trail of an agreed length. The trail is usually a marked one, such as in a national park. Aistimetsä® is also suitable for use indoors.
The versatile Aistimetsä® exercises deepen participants' nature connection. They support activation of the senses and promote health and the joy of life as well as expression of creative thinking and emotions.
There are sensory forest topics which vary according to the customized program or target group. A multisensory experience is realized in nature, with each participant having their own sensory experiences individually and sharing these feelings with the other participants in the group (inclusion, experientiality, community, learning new things, having realizations and learning from others). Creativity and relaxation go hand in hand. Each participant’s own processing and dialogue with nature are at the center.
VISOKON Sensory forests include "Presence, Nature Connection, Senses, Movement, Tranquillity, Natural Amphitheatre, Fairy Tale, Art and Thoughts"
Asahi Health®
Asahi Health® is a certified health exercise method that was created as a result of the cooperation of four Finnish karate teachers in 2004. It is a somatic method that teaches use of the body as well as a “bodymind” type that engages in body-mind communication. There are more than 800 Asahi instructors in Finland and most of them are health and exercise professionals: physiotherapists, exercise instructors, doctors and coaches.
Asahi was originally developed as an easy-to-adopt way of treating modern people’s pains and ailments. It was based on Eastern forms of health exercise, but was adapted to Western medicine’s frame of reference. The Asahi movement is slow and conscious.
Asahi is based on a series of movements that open, stretch and strengthen the whole body. Every movement targets a problem area in the body, and reinforces and opens that area so that the problems will, hopefully, be prevented. Asahi could be compared to physiotherapy or massage, but in Asahi a person treats him- or herself. Asahi is used to prevent and treat the various ailments of modern, sedentary people.
Read more about the Asahi at https://www.asahi.pro/asahi-health
The Principles of Asahi
© Metsämieli (Forest Mind) balances your mind and body!
The © Metsämieli method combines the health effects of nature with exercises that strengthen mental skills. © Metsämieli consists of presence, relaxation, recreation, resources, and mental exercises.
The method, developed in Finland since the start of the millennium, is based on research findings on mental and physical well-being and the effects of nature on well-being. © Metsämieli groups also utilize the power of appreciative interaction and peer discussion.
- Identifying your own sensations, perceptions, reactions, thoughts, and emotions increases self-awareness, strengthens resilience, and develops mental skills.
- Everyone has their own relationship with nature. © Metsämieli exercises are suitable for any nature, yard or garden environment. With © Metsämieli exercises you can also use pictures of nature to improve your well-being.
- One benefits from the effects of nature both consciously and unconsciously.
- © Metsämieli mentality exercises increase self-awareness, strengthen physical and mental well-being and help you to live a rewarding life – even when there are challenges in your life or you are re-evaluating the direction of your life.
Geopark Ranger
In geopark ranger training, I have been able to guide groups on phenomena related to Geopark and the whole area.
The training has gone through:
• UNESCO Global Geopark concept and networks, Finnish Geoparks
• Geology and nature of the area, as well as culture and livelihoods
• Safety issues for nature movers
• Natural well-being impacts
• Sustainable tourism
• Guiding international group guiding in English (Cultural Skills in Guiding International Groups)
• Educational tourism, its tasks and related distribution channels