The Inner Ecology Program

Building our capacity to navigate a complex world.

  • We live in an age of high stress, constant change, and information overload.

    Inner Ecology is a nature-based experiential learning program designed to develop our capacity to meet these demands with greater awareness, regulation, clarity and intention.

    The program includes four sequential workshops that bring together guided nature immersion, embodied practices, facilitated reflection and take-home exercises.

    Informed by eco-psychology, neuroscience, and land-based learning methods.


  • Workshop 1: PAUSE — Regulate and ground
    Interrupt information overload, restore attention and cultivate grounding.

    Workshop 2: FEEL — Listen inwardly and outwardly
    Recognise sensation and emotion as information and develop greater emotional awareness.

    Workshop 3: PROCESS — Make meaning
    Integrate information and experience, identify patterns and create space for reflection.

    Workshop 4: RESPOND — Choose intentionally
    Translate awareness into action, adaptation or acceptance according to the situation.


  • Nature is not simply the setting for the program. It is part of the learning methodology.

    Natural environments provide opportunities to slow down, restore attention, engage the senses, gain perspective and observe the principles of adaptation, interdependence and regeneration at work.

    Participants don't simply learn about these concepts. They experience them.


  • Each workshop will be delivered as a two-hour, in-person, facilitated session with take-home materials and resources. 

    All equipment and resources needed for the workshop will be provided.

  • Full program (four workshops)

    $5,760

    Number of Participants: 12

    Price per Extra Participant: $120

    Workshop 1 (Pause) in the Inner Ecology Series is available for purchase as a stand-alone workshop. See below for more details.

  • Various workshop locations are offered around Sydney, selected in consultation with each client. Travel to and from the agreed location is excluded.

Stand-Alone Nature Workshops

  • A young woman in a red dress with white polka dots hugging a large tree outdoors, looking up at the branches and leaves above on a sunny day.

    PAUSE: Targeting Stress, Burnout & Exhaustion

    Pause leverages the calming qualities of Nature to leave participants feeling rejuvenated, revitalized, calm, grounded, and present.

    What to expect?

    This is a slow, two hour gentle outdoor group experience taking place in a park, a forest, or a nature reserve. 

    A certified facilitator leads the group through a sequence of immersive, mindful, and restorative activities such as:

    - Tracing the texture of fallen logs

    - Comparing tree scents

    - Listening to the chorus of bird song

    - Observing the breeze rippling through the tree canopy

    Reflective prompts enhance mental and emotional processing of the experience.

  • Two women examining or picking fruit from a large leafy tree outdoors on a sunny day.

    SYMBIOSIS: Team Building Experience

    Symbiosis is a fun, playful, workshop leveraging Nature’s ability to help us connect on a deep and authentic level.

    Your team will leave feeling connected, cohesive, and attuned with one another.

    What to expect?

    This is a fun, playful two-hour outdoor team-building experience taking place in a park, a forest, or a nature reserve.

    A certified facilitator leads the group through a sequence of team development activities such as:

    - Creating nature galleries

    - Going on scavenger hunts

    - Creating group art/murals

    - Playing nature-focused games

    Reflective prompts create a shared experience based on empathy and deeper understanding of one another.

Pricing
$180 per participant*

*Non-profit & charity rate: $120 per participant

Size
3-15 participants
(larger groups can be accommodated upon request)

Locations
Sessions take place around Sydney, Australia. We work with you to find the best location for your team.

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  • Tree branches extending over a calm body of water with reflections of the branches and leaves on the surface.

    Cheryl S.

    Monica facilitated an engaging and unique team building opportunity for my childcare team of 16 educators in Squamish. She was prepared, knowledgeable, flexible and accommodating. She was open to collaboration and feedback in the planning stages and was very personable and professional on the day of the event.

  • A natural landscape with tall trees, grassy patches, and fallen logs and branches on the ground.

    Camille V.

    I had the chance to do a forest therapy session with Monica. That was just wonderful. I truly reconnected with myself but also with the forest, the nature. You realized you are not alone, you are a part of something. I recommend it for all people are looking for senses, self-development, reconnection, open heart moment. Thank you for this, I don't see the forest with the same eyes.


  • A beach scene with footprints in the sand, large rocks near the shore, and the ocean extending to the horizon under a cloudy sky.

    Heather H.

    Monica & crew at Society of Trees are the consummate professionals! If you’re wanting your team to experience a gentle, connecting, deep dive into nature, check it out!

  • Close-up of sandy beach with small plant debris, tiny starfish, and ripples in water

    Brendan B.

    Amazing!! Monica was amazing! This experience is amazing! I didn't know what to expect but when I finished with the immersion I felt a vigorous renewal. A great way to disconnect from the every day hustle and explore nature in a way you have never experienced before. An open curiosity is all that you need to bring with you.

  • Tree branches with green leaves against a clear blue sky.

    Evelyn C.

    Forest therapy is a practice supporting every aspect of health and well being. Monica is a committed and practiced forest therapy guide. I highly recommend her services.

  • A sunset sky with orange and yellow clouds above dark silhouette trees.

    Valerie L.

    What a great experience! Monica creates a beautiful space that is grounding and full of connection. I left feeling lighter, nourished and knowing the insight I gained would serve long after it was over.

  • A landscape view of distant mountains with dense forest in the foreground, partially obscured by the silhouettes of trees and branches.

    Lucy H.

    Monica is a wonderful, intuitive guide. I often get distracted during guided meditations, but not this time! I was completely immersed in, what felt like, an in-person crash course in Braiding Sweetgrass 🌿. Highly recommend ✨

  • Close-up of a weathered, cracked wooden log resting on earthy soil with small twigs and leaves.

    Gabriele H.

    Amazing, so enriching. Re-connect with nature and realise your inner trust and connection strengthening. Monica has an amazing way of making the experience deep, very meaningful and fun. Enjoyable memory leaving traces in your heart whilst respecting and appreciating everything around us.

  • Landscape scene of trees, mountains, and a cloudy sky at sunset.

    Candace W.

    Monica took us for a beautiful guided meditation in the forest. She set up before hand and clearly put in so much effort to make it a welcoming space for us all to go to and share. I would highly recommend forest therapy - the meditation session helped me to feel more present not just at that moment, but for a week afterwards, and I’ve implemented my own forest bathing meditation sessions where I still use the things she taught us.

  • A dense, leafy green tree with dark brown trunk and numerous broad, green leaves.

    Lisa R.

    Beautiful, informed, spacious, grounding, relaxing... Society of Trees offers a unique self-care experience that provides relaxation and an energetic lift that lasts longer than a massage or bubble bath, and is accessible afterwards forever. Having various ways to reconnect with the larger Earth around us, shared by Society of Trees, through invitations and processes, all backed by science, is a lovely experience. Highly recommended.

  • Close-up of a weathered, peeling tree trunk with cracks and textured bark.

    Stewardship Pemberton

    The Forest Therapy Session with Society of Trees was so lovely and the teachings are lasting. I find myself returning to the place we practiced with a renewed sense of connection to self, place, community and nature. Monica's open heart and gentle guidance are truly a gift to the world!