Forestminds Method Certification Paths for Professionals
Forestminds is a highly adaptable method used globally by the network of certified experts. It serves as a practical, professional tool in healthcare, education, corporate wellbeing, and tourism.
If you want to integrate Forestminds into your professional toolkit, we offer two main international certification paths:
1. Forestminds Guide
- Who it is for: Tourism providers, nature guides, educators, community leaders, and hobby group organizers.
- What you learn: You will learn how to safely and effectively lead basic Forestminds exercises for individuals and groups in outdoor settings. The focus is on relaxation, presence, and enhancing the natural well-being benefits of nature.
- Outcome: You receive the official qualification to host guided Forestminds walks, nature well-being events, and experiential workshops.
2. Forestminds Instructor
- Who it is for: Coaches, therapists, psychologists, HR professionals, healthcare workers, and advanced well-being consultants.
- What you learn: This deep-dive training goes beyond basic relaxation. It focuses on the psychological frameworks of the method, including resourcefulness, self-compassion, cognitive skills, and long-term habits. You will master the deeper, goal-oriented use of the exercise catalog.
- Outcome: You will be certified to utilize Forestminds as a structured coaching tool, integrating it into corporate strategy, deep personal coaching, and professional rehabilitation programs.
In the Forestminds Instructor or Guide courses, you will become acquainted with the theoretical background of the method, well-being effect of nature, what constitutes the so-called "mind skills", and the basics of guiding the Forestminds method. You will gain more skills for maintaining your own resources and concrete skills for utilizing Forestminds exercises as part of your own work, such as coaching, teaching, program services, or nature-based tourism.
In order to be admitted to the instructor or guide course, you will need to have at least one of the following backgrounds (Application by e-mail in free form):
(a) Nature education, experience or long - term volunteering
b) Educational background in teaching, coaching, mind skills or well-being services.
Participants are required to read the Forestminds- material in advance, so in the course we can focus on backgrounding the exercises and practicing guidance.
Ask Forestminds Educational Programs from Trainers:
Martina Holcová
Katriina Kilpi
https://natureminded.consulting/consulting/
Laura Lundell
https://lauralundell.nl/forestminds/
Hannele Pulkamo
hannelepulkamo(at)gmail.com
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