Wildeye Adventures in an outdoor & environmental company inspiring a closer relationship to the natural world. Working with both adults & young people. Based in private family-owned 23acre ancient woodland in Brasted Chart in Sevenoaks, Kent. Working with families, youth groups, educational establishments, at events, retreats, festivals. We also travel to various outdoor/woodland locations to lead outdoor activities. Sharing environmental education, bushcraft, survival skills, forest bathing (Shinrin-Yoku) inspiring outdoor adventure, nature connection and ancient tree & woodland conservation. Wildeye Adventures encourages regular interaction with trees, woodlands and nature. Human health is connected to the natural world. Humans are nature. What we do to nature we do to ourselves. Helping to raise awareness on forest education, forest healing, nature science, woodland ecology, outdoor education, sustainability, the environment, ancient trees, reforestation, rainforests, indigenous cultures and skills of the wild. Forest bathing (Shinrin-Yoku-Yoku) encourages spending time around trees and woodlands for positive mental health and wellbeing. Stay human. Go to nature. Check out the website: www.wildeyeadventures.com Connect on social media: Facebook: Wildeye Adventures https://www.facebook.com/wildeyeadventures Twitter: @NatureWildeye Instagram: @wildeye_adventures https://www.instagram.com/wildeye_adventures/ Filmed & edited by: Yara Ghrewati Music by: Liborio Conti https://www.youtube.com/liborioconti

Had fun camping in woods sharing bushcraft & outdoor skills with Sweetpea and Zatar :)

Wildeye Adventures interviews a number of different guests from various walks of life, each having a connection to tropical rainforests. Listen to the words of an ethnobotanist working with indigenous cultures in the Amazon rainforest. An Explorer & Survival Instructor who's spent time living with remote tribal communities. A campaigner raising awareness on tribal land rights and listen to the voices of indigenous people who live in the rainforests of the Amazon. Listen to the full show on UK Health Radio website: https://www.ukhealthradio.com/blog/episode/wildeye-adventures-presents-a-collection-of-voices-speaking-about-experiences-in-tropical-rainforests-environmental-campaigner-standing-up-for-tribal-land-rights/ Visit: https://www.wildeyeadventures.com/podcasts Do you have a rainforest life experience to share? Are you connected to indigenous peoples and rainforests? Are you campaigning for tribal peoples land rights? Reforestation? Regeneration? Restoration? Then we would like to hear from you. Send us a soundbite sharing your story, or get in touch to arrange an interview via Zoom (not live, we pre-record our podcasts) The Environment & Conservation Show on UK Health Radio is a community initiative, a platform to get voices from the ground heard. Connect with us. Email: contact@wildeyeadventures.com Edited by: Yara Ghrewati

Women in the Woods. 8th & 9th May 2021 Gathering for women in nature created by Wildeye Adventures. Featuring The Drum Woman. Set in private ancient woodlands in Sevenoaks, Kent. Bushcraft | Nature Connection Sound Healing | Drumming NEXT EVENT: 26th & 27th MARCH 2022 (Sat 10am - Sun 1pm - Next day) Location: Private Ancient Woodlands in Sevenoaks, Kent For Booking & Payment details email: contact@wildeyeadventures.com Website: https://www.wildeyeadventures.com/womeninthewoods www.wildeyeadventures.com/womeninthewoods Email: contact@wildeyeadventures.com To be added to the mailing list for future events Connect on Socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wildeyeadventures Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildeye_adventures/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatureWildeye Connect with The Drum Woman for drum making workshops and other drum healing circles: https://www.thedrumwoman.com Filmed & edited by: Yara Ghrewati Testimonials: "I cannot begin to explain the weekend I have just had with Wildeye Adventures. After seeing their advertisement on Facebook for a Wild Women's weekend, I took the leap and booked to go by myself, I am in my early 20s and was a little scared I'm not going to lie, Yara and Kristine were incredible. They were so welcoming and I felt like I was at home in the woods with them. They were really helpful with how they explained things and made sure everyone felt very supported. The drumming session with Mel just made me cry, I obviously had a lot to release and this weekend was the PERFECT way to do it. From learning how to build my own shelter, start y own fire, cook my own food and just be at peace with myself I couldn't recommend them any higher. Take the leap and just go, you may find that part of you, you were always searching for. I know I did." - Meg Abernethy-Hope "I attended Women in the Woods with Yara and The Drum Woman. What a fantastic experience! Yara was a great guide to the forest and an inspiring advocate for the importance of woodlands. She and her team provided great support to help me explore and feel comfortable staying in the woods. When's the next one?" - Louise Karuna

Introducing the Environment & Conservation Show in UK Health Radio. Listen to previously recorded shows "on demand" anytime via the UK Health Radio website: https://www.ukhealthradio.com/blog/program/environment-conservation-show/ Yara Ghrewati from Wildeye Adventures present the Environment & Conservation Show. A show dedicated to humanities connection to the natural world. Sharing environmental awareness, conservation, nature science, eco-friendly initiatives, campaigns, sustainable goals and climate action. Interviewing a variety of educators, entrepreneurs, ecologists, conservationists, farmers, activists, ambassadors and professionals impacting communities via environmental causes, climate action and sustainable development. A community platform giving a voice to indigenous people, environmental activists, campaigners, resilient communities and grassroots organisations creating positive change from the ground up. Raising awareness on nature connection, conservation, restoration and the regeneration of natural habitats & ecosystems. If you are interested in raising awareness or being interviewed on the Environment & Conservation Show. Please connect with Yara via Wildeye Adventures or Yasmin via Earth Witness News. We are always looking for guests to interview for the show. Please connect and get in touch to share your story/project/campaign with us. Interviews are recorded via Zoom call (not live - prerecorded) Wildeye Adventures - https://www.wildeyeadventures.com Wildeye Adventures Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildeye_adventures/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wildeyeadventures Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatureWildeye Edited by: Yara Ghrewati

Women in the Woods event that took place on 8th & 9th May 2021. Based in private ancient woodlands in Sevenoaks, Kent. Bushcraft | Nature Connection | Sound Healing | Drum Circle www.wildeyeadventures.com/womeninthewoods Email: contact@wildeyeadventures.com to be added to the mailing list for future events.

Early morning bird song in woodlands

A walk through Wistmans Woods

It is scientifically proven that just staring at trees through a window can help to reduce stress and lower anxiety levels. So imagine the positive health benefits of being in an actual forest. The Japanese practice of "Shinrin yoku" aka Forest Bathing. Is positive for both physical and mental wellbeing. It is proven to reduce stress hormone production, improve feelings of happiness and free up creativity, as well as lower heart rate and blood pressure, boost the immune system and accelerate recovery from illness. “Social prescribing” and "nature therapy" is a growing movement in the NHS and can include volunteering, gardening, sports activities, cookery and befriending. Doctors in Scotland have now started to prescribe bird watching and hiking as a form of nature healing and therapy. “Forest bathing is an opportunity for people to take time out, slow down and connect with nature. We think it could be part of the mix of activities for social prescription,” Stuart Dainton of the Woodland Trust told the Observer. “Evidence about its benefits is building.” Shinrin-yoku was developed in the 1980s in Japan. Although people had been taking walks in the country’s forests for centuries, new studies showed that such activity could reduce blood pressure, lower cortisol levels and improve concentration and memory. A chemical released by trees and plants, called phytoncides, was found to boost the immune system. As more research highlighted the benefits of Shinrin-Yoku, the Japanese government incorporated it into the country’s health programme. Li - president of the Society for Forest Medicine in Japan, and the author of Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing – is a world expert and has conducted numerous studies. “It’s a preventative medicine, not a treatment,” he told the Observer. People spend their lives increasingly indoors, he said. About 80% of Japan’s population lives in urban areas, and the average American now spends more than 90% of their time indoors. But we are designed to be connected to the natural world, to “listen to the wind and taste the air” to hear the music of nature. We have been programmed otherwise but we always remember our true roots. Thanks for watching. Stay human. Go to nature. Wildeye Adventures leads forest bathing sessions in woodlands www.wildeyeadventures.com/shinrinyoku Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wildeyeadventures Instagram: @wildeye_adventures https://www.instagram.com/wildeye_adventures Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatureWildeye

Women in the Woods gathering on the 15/06/2019 set in ancient woodlands in Sevenoaks, Kent. Led by Survival instructor Yara Ghrewati from Wildeye Adventures and Melonie Syrett aka The Drum Woman. Women in the Woods gathering is a women only outdoor event, that combines bushcraft & outdoor education with different sound healing methods. Practising fire skills, forest bathing, art & crafts, drumming and mindfulness in nature. For future events please stay connected via social media and check out the Wildeye Adventures website: www.wildeyeadventures.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wildeyeadventures/?ref=bookmarks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildeye_adventures/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatureWildeye Filmed & edited by: Yara Ghrewati Music credits: Fragile by A Himitsu https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Bz-2zlaJHGU • Track Info: Title: Fragile Artist: A Himitsu

#WildeyeAdventures presents Tree Planting in Sevenoaks. Short (1 minute) video sharing thoughts from some of the volunteers who planted trees on 1st December 2019. Around 100 volunteers gathered to plant 500 native broadleaf trees for the #WoodlandTrust's #BigClimateFightback campaign on farmland in #Shoreham in #Kent. #EveryTreeCounts www.wildeyeadventures.com/treeplanting Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wildeyeadven... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildeye_adv... Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatureWildeye Filmed & edited by: Yara Ghrewati Music by: Fraser & Toots | The World is Run by Trees https://soundcloud.com/fraserwin

Amazon adventures, working as a Survival Instructor in the rainforest in Brazil with Elite Survival Training teaching survival skills. Being in the rainforest activates a part inside you that may have been dormant and forgotten. What the tree breathes out, we breathe in. Our lungs even looks like trees. And if just one ancient tree can support life for up to 2000 different species of biodiversity, just imagine what a whole forest holds. The video includes voices from: •Yara Ghrewati | Wildeye Adventures | Survival Instructor •John Sullivan | Elite Survival Training | Explorer | Survival Instructor •Dr. Mark Plotkin | Ethnobotanist | Founder of the Amazon Conservation Team | TED Speaker •Joao De Silva | Born from an Amazonian tribe until he was 14 years old and now works as a guide in the Amazon in Brazil. •Shaman Estaban | A medicine man born of a tribe in the Amazon The poem at the end... I saw this poem about 15 years ago written on a piece of paper, stuck on a bamboo wall in the jungles of Bukit Luang in Indonesia. I don't know who wrote it. But thank you to whoever did. I memorised it because I loved it so much. Wildeye Adventures website: https://www.wildeyeadventures.com/ Wildeye Adventures Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/wildeyeadven... Elite Survival Training website - http://www.elitesurvivaltraining.com/ If you wish to stand up for tribal cultures around the world please check out the work of Survival International campaigning for the tribal land & human rights. https://www.survivalinternational.org/ Stand up for Ancient Trees & Woodlands in the UK by supporting the work and missions of the Woodland Trust. UK's largest woodland conservation organisation. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ Stand up for rainforests. Check out the work of: The Amazon Conservation Team: https://www.amazonteam.org/ Rainforest Alliance: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/ Rainforest Action Network: https://www.ran.org/ Support any organisation that is campaigning to protect tribal people, rainforests, woodlands and ancient trees. Once ancient habitat is lost, it cannot be replaced. Protect ecosystems which sustain and balance the circle of life and the survival of humanity. Protect nature, protect ourselves. Thank you for watching :)

Yara Ghrewati is the founder of Wildeye Adventures and the Woodland Trust Liaison. She talks about Outdoor Education and the importance is has. www.wildeyeadventures.com Stewart St Claire is a presenter with UK Health Radio and runs Going Forward Show at WTV.

Went traveling to Japan in Nov 2017. Visited Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Hakone. Amongst the endless urban landscape there is still natural beauty to be found. Shinrin-Yoku aka Forest Bathing. A practice incorporated into Japanese culture. Is spending peaceful time around trees, woodlands and nature. Scientists in Japan have been conducting studies since 1982 about the healing benefits of spending time around trees. Being in woodlands is scientifically proven to highly enhance natural killer cell productivity, helping to boost the immune system. Being around nature keeps us happy and healthy. In the fast paced life of an urbanised world, it's important to find moments of calm and stillness. Nature is a great healer. Music: Philth | One Perfect Moment Filmed by: Yara Ghrewati & Daniel Stevenson Edited: Yara Ghrewati www.wildeyeadventures.com

Was having a play under a bridge in Waterloo, London. Shortly afterwards I told got told off by a homeless man sleeping nearby. He said he had to be up for work the next day and I was disturbing him. Oops.

Interview with a Shaman in the Peruvian Amazon, briefly talking about his life, Ayahuasca, medicinal plants, jungle survival and the rainforest Nov 2013 "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better" - Albert Einstein.

Was teaching jungle survival skills to clients in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil with Elite Survival Training. When the clients weren't around this is what we got up to :) www.elitesurvivaltraining.com Filmed & edited by: Yara Ghrewati