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Welcome to
A Wibbly Wobbly Way
A gentle sanctuary where nature meets healing, offering resources and community for those navigating trauma recovery and mental wellbeing.
Our wibbly wobbly path isn't straight, but it leads to growth through the restorative power of the natural world.
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The Heart of Home: Residential Support Work
Residential support workers are the steady anchors in a journey of healing. We create safe, nurturing spaces, offering consistent care and understanding as individuals navigate their unique paths to mental wellbeing and trauma recovery. It's about empowering growth, celebrating small victories, and fostering a sense of belonging.
Empathetic Guidance
Listening deeply, understanding individual needs and experiences.
Building Resilience
Supporting strength through challenges and advocating for individuals.
Creating Sanctuary
Ensuring a safe, stable, and warm environment for all.
Fostering Connection
Encouraging positive relationships and community engagement.
September
🌕 Celestial Events
🔴 Blood Moon / Lunar Eclipse – 7th September 2025
This total lunar eclipse will cause the Moon to take on a deep reddish hue — a classic Blood Moon.
Great for mindful or symbolic activities like:
- "Letting go" rituals
- Journaling prompts around shadow work or emotional release
- Night walks or moon-gazing with young people: encouraging quiet reflection
- Creating moon-themed crafts or visual metaphors for transformation
🌠 Equinox – 22nd September 2025
The Autumn Equinox marks the moment of equal day and night, a symbolic time of balance, harvest, and preparation for inward reflection.
Ideas for wellbeing practice:
- Gratitude journaling: "What am I harvesting this season?"
- Forest bathing or mindful leaf-collecting walks
- Outdoor fire circles or reflection circles around themes of change and letting go
🍁 Seasonal Shifts in Nature
🍄 Foraging Season
Blackberries, elderberries, hazelnuts, hawthorn berries, mushrooms and apples are in abundance.
Could be used to:
- Teach patience and appreciation through seasonal cycles
- Do joint nature walks or wild cooking sessions
- Run "harvest gratitude" sessions for grounding children in cycles of change and abundance
🦔 Wildlife Activity
Hedgehogs, bats, and birds are all quite active as they prep for winter.
Bat walks around dusk (like your River Caldew strolls) are perfect right now.
Migration starts for swallows and martins — a great metaphor for movement, transition, and resilience.
🌿 Wellbeing & Mental Health Awareness Dates
🌍 Zero Emissions Day – 21st September
A great hook for forest school or eco-awareness activities.
Could link with conversations around "what we take in and what we give out" – emotionally and environmentally.
🕊️ International Day of Peace – 21st September
An ideal day for practicing or teaching restorative approaches, mindful conflict resolution, or co-regulation.
You could build a small ritual with kids or teams – a stone drop into a bowl of water, for example, to represent releasing conflict or restoring calm.
💛 World Gratitude Day – 21st September
Create a Gratitude Tree using autumn leaves
- Journal prompts for kids and adults: "What's one moment from this week I want to keep with me?"
- Use this as a reflective pause point mid-month, particularly near the Equinox.
🔥 Nature-Connected Practices to Embrace This Month
- Campfire evenings – Using rhythm and relational time to build trust, storytelling, and emotional safety (link to Bruce Perry's 6 R's)
- Wind-focused mindfulness – Encouraging kids to feel the shift in air as a sensory grounding strategy
- Barefoot walks (if still mild) – Grounding exercises through direct connection to the earth
- Seed collecting – Link with long-term thinking and planning (ideal for adolescents exploring identity)
🎨 Creative Wellbeing Ideas
- Create Autumn Altars – natural items + intentions
- Harvest Mask-Making – link to your "mask metaphor" work; what mask are we shedding with the leaves?
- Moon Phase Tracker – encourage young people to track their moods alongside the lunar cycle
Autumn 2025: Embracing Change
As autumn approaches, we look forward to deepening our connection with nature's rhythms. Our seasonal workshops will focus on grounding practices and cultivating inner resilience amidst changing landscapes.
Grounding Practices
Reconnect with the earth and your senses to foster stability and presence.
Inner Resilience
Build strength and adaptability to navigate life's transformations.
Quiet Reflection
Take moments for introspection and embrace the wisdom of the changing season.
Community Gatherings
Share warmth and connection in gentle gatherings designed for support.
Expect new resources for reflection and gentle community gatherings, designed to help you navigate this transformative season with calm and strength. We're excited to share this next chapter of growth with you.
August: Grounding in Nature
As August embraces us with its warmth, our focus shifts to gentle grounding practices. Reconnect with the natural world around you to foster inner peace and stability.
Mindful Walks
Engage your senses on forest trails or local parks. Notice the textures, sounds, and smells. Let the earth support your steps.
Soothing Water
Find solace in water. Whether it's a quiet stream, a gentle rain, or a relaxing bath, allow its calming presence to wash over you.
Vast Summer Sky
Look up and find peace under the expansive August sky. Stargazing or simply observing clouds can offer profound perspective.
August
Golden Transition
August arrives with the golden glow of late summer, where sun-soaked days gently hint at the coming change of seasons.
Nature's Abundance
Fields and gardens are full of life, with flowers in full bloom and fruits ripening under the warm sun, celebrating nature's bounty.
Summer Joys
It is a time for outdoor adventures, family gatherings, and the quiet joy of evenings that stretch lazily into twilight.
Reflective Whispers
While August holds the carefree spirit of summer, it also carries a soft whisper of autumn approaching, inviting moments of reflection.
July 2025
Practicing Gratitude
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Grounding Technique
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New Ideas for June
Community Garden Sessions
Weekly therapeutic gardening circles where members plant seeds of healing together, cultivating growth and connection.
Forest Bathing Walks
Guided mindfulness walks through local woodlands to absorb nature's calming presence and find inner peace.
Nature Journaling Workshop
Creative expression sessions combining outdoor observation with personal reflection and artistic journaling.
Evening Meadow Meditation
Twilight gatherings embracing the peaceful transition from day to night in a serene natural setting.
Our May Findings
May brought remarkable growth to our community. Your feedback shows nature-based practices are making a meaningful difference in recovery journeys.
Forest bathing was one of our most popular offerings, providing peaceful immersion and promoting wellbeing. Wildflower journaling was also a hit, fostering creativity and appreciation for nature. Due to this overwhelmingly positive feedback, we are excited to expand both nature-inspired programs for the summer months ahead.
Nature Wellness Programs