Tree Song & Yoga Nidra (for adults)

Course dates Sept 14th 2025, 10-3pm Forest Row, East Sussex. Location announced upon booking

Price Options

By donation

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About the day

Sing and Rest with the Trees

Join Anna and River in the beautiful Ashdown Forest for a profoundly nourishing and restorative day, exploring our connection with the woodlands and all that they offer us.

The day will include a musical walk through the woods, sharing songs in celebration of the trees and other woodland life; a hearty lunch around a wood fire; sensory work with the trees, and a ‘tree nidra’ supported journey of deep rest, before completing with a sharing circle.

The day will be held lovingly by Anna Richardson and River Jones of OBOD (Order of Bards & Druids). Between them, Anna and River have many years experience of working with people and trees. They love singing together, and have shared many wonderful magical and musical adventures in the woods.

Who is this day suitable for?

  • This course is suitable for adults, no experience necessary.

The day will cover

  • Learn tree songs that nourish the heart and nervous systems and boost wellbeing
  • Rest deeply with a tree themed yoga nidra session in nature
  • Learn tree wisdom, folklore and medicine
  • Create an opportunity to engage in simple nature connection
  • Connecting with local community

Course Fee

By donation.

These days are generously funded by the National Lottery Awards for All, which enable us to offer these days for free. Fully funded places are available and if you feel called to offer an exchange and are able to, we welcome any donations to support our work in planting trees with children. Thank you.

Terms & Conditions

Please read our Terms and conditions, linked here.

About the tutors

Anna Richardson: Founder of the Children’s Forest, Anna is an experienced forager and nature mentor who shares her expertise and enthusiasm for rediscovering the uses of wild plants for food, medicine and practical craft with people of all ages. Over the last 20 years her interest in plants and traditional skills has developed through practicing, training and teaching bushcraft, plant spirit medicine, and forest school work. A fiddle player and singer, Anna also brings her love of music and appreciation of the folk tradition as a source of inspiration and celebration of our connection with the natural world.

River Jones: River is a celebrant, who creates and conducts vital and inclusive rituals with and for people from all walks of life. Over the last 35 years she has worked as a facilitator of creative writing and personal development, a yoga teacher, a leader of holistic adult education and community outreach projects for the University of Sussex and a retreat facilitator. A member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) since 2000, River is course director of OBOD’s School of Celebrancy.

Testimonials

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“I love everything about Children’s Forest's courses. These immersive nature days are filled with so much enchantment and joy that leave me feeling deeply connected to the more than human world and to my true self as an inseparable part of nature. I particularly adore singing tree songs together, which feels like a beautiful way of reciprocating the many gifts the trees offer us. I've shared with my children and they are now Children's Forests biggest fans!"

Rachel P
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"A really wonderful day connecting with trees and learning more about our own indigenous traditions too. I'd highly recommend these workshop for anyone looking for a couple of hours escape - I arrived exhausted and left energised and rejuvenated!"

Lucy R
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"I've attended numerous Children’s Forest short courses and each time I leave brimming with inspiration and new knowledge that I can't wait to share with my family and the groups I teach. I've learned so much from the wealth of wisdom they share on tree lore, responsible foraging and some truly connective nature crafts, games and songs that will really enrich my educational groups!"

Sally B
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“Thank you so much Children’s Forest, the days you bring feel very special, like a forest school for adults. Beautiful beloved songs sung from the heart, weaving and connecting hearts together, hands on experience with nature from source to creation, gathering in circle and being truly human and releasing all the bliss you have inside can be shared.”

Jo P
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"I loved learning how to process and eat the nourishing acorns on the acorn workshop. The Children's Forest course was fun and left me with skills that I will be using for the rest of my life!"

Millie D
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