Wild Pines Forest Bathing

23/02/2026

Monday Mindful Moment 🌿 ✨

Join me this week as we discover hair ice! A relatively rare phenomenon that requires a specific set of conditions to form: moist air, temperatures just below zero, and the presence of the fungus Exidiopsis effusa. Very cool! (Sorry, couldn’t help the pun! 😁)

If you look closely at the rock face alongside the river, you might also see lots of icicles clinging on to the side there.

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16/02/2026

Monday Mindful Moment 🌿 ✨

This week we visited Argaty Red Kites to watch the incredible sights and sounds of red kites diving and swooping as they feed and fend off the competition. These beautiful birds of prey were once extinct in Scotland, but have made an amazing comeback following successful reintroduction programmes like the one here at Argaty.

If you get the chance to visit and see them feeding, I highly recommend it! Here at Argaty they have also been busy with a beaver reintroduction programme, and if you join one of their tours you can see the amazing work the beavers have done to increase biodiversity, improve water quality and help protect against flooding.

Thank you, Ranger Ollie, for the fascinating tour!

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02/02/2026

Monday Mindful Moment 🌿 ✨

This week we take some time to stop and appreciate the sound of the birds in the beautiful winter sun. I love the way the green needle foliage of the Scots Pine stands out amongst the bright blue sky, and the way the sunlights brings out the reddy brown colours of the vegetation all around. Just stunning 💖

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26/01/2026

Monday Mindful Moment 🌿 ✨

We're back in the beautiful Balloch Castle Country Park among the birds and satisfyingly crunchy gravel. As our bold robin friend continues to follow me in case I have something to offer, I'm delighted to meet a tree I've never met before - a Tulip Tree - so called because they apparently produce tulip looking flowers. I'll need to come back later in the year to see these for myself.

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19/01/2026

Monday Mindful Moment 🌿 ✨

This weekend it's the Big Garden Birdwatch, so for our mindful moment this week we're getting some practice spending time watching our feathered friends fluttering around in the bushes and rustling through leaf litter looking for food. I'm even approached by a bold little robin no doubt hoping I might have something to offer. Hipidy hop 🐦

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12/01/2026

Monday Mindful Moment 🌿 ✨

"Before you stands Europe's - and possibly even the world's - oldest living thing."

Over the festive period, I took some time to visit the Fortingall Yew, an ancient tree that could be around 5,000 years old! The claim that this is Europe’s (or the world’s) oldest living being has since been disputed, but there’s no doubt it is incredibly old (at least 2,000 years), and standing before this tree, it’s hard to comprehend what it might be like to live quite so long. Sadly, the tree has reduced in size greatly due to environmental factors and human activity, but it is still going strong and hopefully will do for many years to come. If you love trees as much as I do, then I recommend going to say hi 🙂

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05/01/2026

Monday Mindful Moment 🌿 ✨

For our first mindful moment of 2026, we’re in the frosty woods, enjoying the way the sunlight casts a lovely orange glow on the trees and how the water still flows in abundance, while my handsome assistant tends to the plants 😬

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22/12/2025

Monday Mindful Moment 🌿 ✨

This week we spend some time with a granny Scots Pine known locally as the Monster Pine. This tree is hundreds of years old and is one of the largest in the UK! Scots Pines are one of my favourite trees and I feel very lucky to live so near to this majestic old being.

Watch until the end to see a cameo from the most handsome assistant that ever did live😁🐶 💖

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18/12/2025

Looking for a gift that supports wellbeing and relaxation? There’s still time to give a Wild Pines forest bathing gift voucher.

Vouchers can be used to join one of our public group walks, or towards a more personal experience through a one-to-one or private group session.

Gift vouchers start from £20 and are available to download instantly. Physical cards can also be posted, although these will arrive after Christmas.

Find out more at: www.wildpines.co.uk/gift-vouchers

15/12/2025

Monday Mindful Moment 🌿 ✨

This week I take a moment to enjoy my sit spot from a different angle while watching my handsome assistant take a wee dook in the stream. I love how the carpet of orangey-brown pine needles looks so bright and inviting!

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13/12/2025