Category Archives: Wellbeing

Launch of Treecreate Studio

We officially launched the Treecreate Studio yesterday evening! It was truly a community event, with the jarjums from Pumicestone Indigenous Employment and Education Council (PIEEC) doing a smoking ceremony and song for the group. We also had the amazing Michelle Watson, Chair of PIEEC as the Master of Ceremonies for the evening and some wonderfulContinue reading “Launch of Treecreate Studio”

Register your interest in Treecreative workshops

Treecreate Studio will be hosting workshops in 2023. Register your interest to help up shape the workshop program.

Upcoming walks | CBR Tree Week and Ginninderry

Originally posted on Tracey M Benson || Bytetime:
Very excited to announce two new Treecreate walking projects for April and May. One project will be onsite at Ginninderry Conservation Corridor on 9 April and the other one is a virtual guides meditative tree walk as part of Canberra Tree Week on 1 May. You can find…

Imagining your ‘inner plant’

At our latest Treecreative walkshop, Tracey shared a reading of a wonderful paper by Natasha Myers, titled Sensing Botanical Sensoria: A Kriya for Cultivating Your Inner Plant Sensing Botanical Sensoria: A Kriya for Cultivating Your Inner Plant by Natasha Myers Never forget this: your body does not end at the skin.[1]Your contours are not constrained byContinue reading “Imagining your ‘inner plant’”

Treecreative at Australian National Botanic Gardens

As part of CBR Tree Week we held another Treecreative walkshop on Saturday 8 May 2021 at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG). With a small group participants joining us for a morning of connecting to place, guided meditation and creative play, we explored the gardens looking for endangered trees. The walk was an interactiveContinue reading “Treecreative at Australian National Botanic Gardens”

Tree grounding meditation

This simple guided meditation is a great way to connect to place, feel grounded and aligned with nature. We use this meditation in our Treecreative workshops and it is suitable for all ages. We also offer this grounding meditation as part of in-person and virtual workshops. Getting readyImagine yourself as a tree. If it isContinue reading “Tree grounding meditation”

EVENTS | Treecreative at Ginninderry Conservation Corridor

We ran our first public walkshop under the banner of Treecreative on Saturday 1 May 2021 at Ginninderry Conservation Corridor. The walkshop was booked out with 15 wonderful participants joining us for a morning of connecting to place, guided meditation and creative play. Our journey took us up the hill, past an eagles nest andContinue reading “EVENTS | Treecreative at Ginninderry Conservation Corridor”

Pilot walkshop at Ginninderry Conservation Corridor

Today we had a small group gathered for the first “Treecreative” walk at Ginninderry Conservation Corridor for a pilot walk. It was a lovely Autumn day and after a week of heavy rain, we were lucky to have some good weather for our walk. This is a project which has been in the planning forContinue reading “Pilot walkshop at Ginninderry Conservation Corridor”

EVENTS | Walking meditation at Urambi | First Friday Walks

Last Friday afternoon, our founder Tracey led a guided mediation walk along Tuggeranong Creek at Urambi. The group was encouraged to walk in silence after a grounding exercise and led to a creek crossing shaded by Casuarinas. Once everyone arrived, they were invited to spend some time in creative contemplation. Here is some documentation. ListeningContinue reading “EVENTS | Walking meditation at Urambi | First Friday Walks”