Creative Wellbeing: Nature Doodling at Wild Haweswater
at nature’s pace
Nature Doodling is a wonderful, mindful way to develop a deeper connection with nature through the creative experience of sketching. It’s not however, about being great at drawing! It’s not actually about the drawing. And that’s important. Anyone can do it. It’s a totally inclusive activity.
The aim of Nature Doodling is to learn how to see, not how to draw and to discover how spending time noticing nature and doodling nature can improve your health and wellbeing.
The focus of these Nature Doodling workshops is on observation, not artwork; enjoying nature, not learning about it; finding beauty and sketching in your own way for your own wellbeing, tapping in to the Five Pathways to Nature Connection developed by the University of Derby.
The benefits of creative wellbeing in nature include – helping you to see and notice more, improving memory, slowing down, focusing and being mindful, improving mood and lifting the spirits. And all of these things help to reduce stress and anxiety and draw on the healing power of nature.
All materials supplied.
Location: Naddle Forest, Haweswater
Date: Sunday 8th June 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Cost: £35 p.p. includes hot drinks and cake!
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Wild Haweswater encompasses 30 square kilometres of mossy woodland, rushing streams, moorland, heath and bog, and farmland set within a mountainous landscape on the eastern edge of the Lake District National Park.
Nestled in the folds of Haweswater’s dramatic landscape lie pockets of wildness; alpine plants cling to cliffs and ledges, whilst woodland birds, red squirrels and badgers teem in the woodlands
Wild Haweswater is a partnership between the RSPB and United Utilities, who are working together to manage the site for people, water and wildlife. With farming running alongside habitat restoration and thriving upland wildlife, the reserve demonstrates how people and nature can thrive together.
A percentage of your booking fee goes back to into supporting the fabulous work of RSPB Haweswater.