Holding, attuning, and human becoming, in relationship with the natural world..
Together in Nature
Together in Nature
Together in Nature is a learning community with retreat-style training for individuals who feel called to support others, and themselves - through change, challenge, and transition, in ways that are grounded, embodied, and deeply human.
It is for those who sense that healing and growth do not come from fixing or pushing through, but from being met, accompanied, and witnessed - with skill, presence, and care.
This work brings people together who are already holding a lot: in families, communities, educational spaces,
land-based work, peer support, and everyday life.
You do not need a formal role or qualification to belong here, though you might also have them - lived experience is more than enough.
Nature as Co-Facilitator
At the heart of Together in Nature is relationship with the living world.
Nature is not a backdrop for this work, but an active co-facilitator. The land offers rhythm, pattern, and
constant sensory information that supports human nervous systems to settle, orient, and respond. Weather, landscape,
plants, and more-than-human life share the work of regulation and reflection.
As humans, we develop(ed) within this living system. Disconnection from it is not neutral - many nervous systems experience
it as loss. Re-connection expands the resources available to us, widening our capacity to feel, reflect, and stay present with what matters.
Outdoors, we are not doing this work alone.
What is Together in Nature?
Co-created by Emma Baxter and Jon Cree, Together in Nature weaves somatic awareness, sensory attunement,
story-making, and nature-based practice into an immersive learning journey.
The training is informed by a wide range of understandings about how humans:
learn through body, relationship, and environment
regulate and become dysregulated
form meaning through story, symbol, and pattern
develop trauma imprints and separate into fragmented and exiled personality parts
change through experience rather than instruction
How this work unfolds over time ...
Together in Nature follows a developmental arc that mirrors how humans naturally integrate experience:
Somatics & Sensory Worlds
- Learning to notice sensation, rhythm, and signal — in ourselves, in others, and in the land.
Story-Making & Archetypes
- Exploring how meaning forms through story, pattern, and character, and how archetypal capacities can be consciously accessed as skills rather than unconsciously enacted, or lost.
Coherence & Resonance
- Sensing how parts come into relationship — within the self, between people, and with the wider environment — allowing integration to happen without force.
Space-Holding
- The culmination of the work: the capacity to stay present through intensity, uncertainty, and transition, without taking over, controlling or collapsing.
Each stage builds on the last, and participants may enter at different points while being welcomed into a shared language and community of practice.
A Living Training Pathway
Together in Nature is envisioned as an ongoing learning community more than one-off events (although one-off attendance is welcomed and often how it starts).
Workshops, retreats, and online gatherings are held across seasons and years, allowing learning to deepen through
repetition, reflection, and relationship. Participants who join at any stage are welcomed into a shared field of practice,
with access to written and recorded materials, and opportunities to continue learning together.
Alongside in-person gatherings, longer-term participants are invited into an online community space with a learning map, resources and live sessions through the year - offering skill-focused teaching, integration, and space for questions as practice meets real life.
This approach allows continuity without pressure and belonging without obligation.
What You’ll Gain
Participants often describe leaving with:
A grounded, embodied understanding of how nervous systems respond to stress, connection, and change
Practical skills for attunement, co-regulation, and presence — usable in everyday life
A richer approach to story-making that integrates body, environment, and relationship
An expanded sense of resourcing — including relationship with the more-than-human world
More confidence in supporting others without taking responsibility for their process
A greater sense of safety around climate change and our collective future
Longer-term Participants also receive an outdoor somatic story-ing and facilitation kit, designed to support this work with families, peers, groups, and communities. These adaptable tools help embed the practices beyond the training itself.
At the core of Together in Nature
Space-Holding: A Signature Pillar
Space-holding is the skill and art of recognising moments of transition, intensity, or uncertainty - and staying
present with them. These moments may be subtle or profound, everyday or ceremonial, but they are always life-forming.
In this work, space-holding means:
Being-with rather than fixing
Offering steadiness without control
Allowing experience to unfold at its own pace
Directing attention to the sacred in our experience
Participants explore how to:
Hold themselves through strong sensation, emotion, or not-knowing
Hold others with respect and clear boundaries
Recognise and activate archetypal capacities that support presence and care
Integrate space-holding into family life, community spaces, and professional contexts
Being outdoors deepens this practice. The land itself becomes a holder, sharing the work of containment,
regulation, and orientation. Nature is not something we use — it is something we relate with, expanding our
capacity to hold and be held.
Trauma-Informed, Not Therapy
Together in Nature is deeply trauma-informed, supporting awareness of how overwhelm, fragmentation, and adaptation
show up in bodies, relationships, and stories.
It is not therapy. There is no diagnosing or treating. The focus is on skill, awareness, and confidence - so participants
can support themselves and others through challenge and change with greater safety and clarity.
What’s Happening Next?
Next Opening:
Stories, Archetypes & the Nervous System
2-Day Embodied Learning Immersion
30–31st October 2026 (Booking Open)
Location: GrowFree Community site near Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Camping optional. Basic accommodation may be available.
This Stories, Archetypes & the Nervous System learning experience introduces the foundations of why and how humans story and how we can look to nature for powerful perspectives, friendly allies and meaningful metaphors. It also welcomes participants into the wider Together in Nature learning community. Participants who join two or more of our immersions will be invited to into further community gatherings and an online resource space supporting continuity and integration.
Find out more about this immersion by joining the 'Storying for Safety' webinar on Tuesday September 15th.
The ~ Ongoing ~ Rhythm ~ 2026 & ~ Beyond
Tues March 24th | Online Webinar - What is Attunement?What is Attunement? A Somatic Perspective. |
Fri May 15th - Sat 16th 9.30am-4pm with optional evening session and camping. | Somatics & Attunement in Nature (In-person)Attune to sensation, rhythm, and signals in yourself, others, and the natural world, building foundational skills for connection, co-regulation, and supporting growth |
May 17th 11am-3pm | Around The Enchanted Bench (Community-building day)A collaborative day at Aberdeen University's Cruikshank Botanic Gardens with Emma B, Jon Cree, ACE Voices & Claire Abbott celebrating The Lost Words compilations and the life of Juliet Robertson, a well-loved nature educator who passed away at the end of 2025. |
Sep 15th 7-8.30pm | Online Webinar - Storying for Safety (By Donation - Book Now)Do your stories help you feel safe? How can inner-standing your nervous system help you choose ones that do? And explore nature-based metaphors that reassure and re-frame experience. |
Fri Oct 30th - Sat 31st 9.30am-4pm | Stories, Archetypes & the Nervous System (In-person)Discover how pattern, story and character shape our experience, and learn to consciously draw on archetypal capacities as practical skills for presence and support. |
Saturday 31st October 6-9.30 PM | Myths, Crafts, Crones & Tricksters: A Family Samhain Around-the-FireAn evening lead by the Together in Nature team to celebrate crossing the threshold into the darkness and reconnecting to our ancestral roots. (£20/family) |
Further Gatherings unfold through 2027/28:
23rd March 2027 7pm - Online Webinar
14-15th May 2027 - 2 Day Immersion, GrowFree site, Aberdeenshire
7th Sept 2027 7pm - Online Webinar
8-9th October - 2 Day Immersion, GrowFree site, Aberdeenshire
16-20th March 2028 4 Day Training Retreat
Meet The Together in Nature Team
Experienced guides map and co-create our trainings.
Jon Cree
Ecological Educator & Mentor,
Storyteller & Song Holder
Jon has been revelling in ecological literacy and nature connectedness for as long as he remembers. He is passionate about therapeutic story-making, telling and listening. He's worked with children, young people and adults. Co-Author of The Essential Guide to Nature Pedagogy, he's also deeply woven into the field of trauma healing and wellbeing through nature. He's one of the most loved and respected nature practitioners in the UK.
Emma B
Yoga Therapist, Trauma Resolution Specialist & Conscious Educator
Trained extensively in traditional Yoga schools, contemporary approaches to trauma and indigenous practices, Emma now playfully weaves together Yoga, conscious movement, dance, somatic inquiry, story-making, attachment and ancestral trauma healing, nature connection & local plant medicine for health, healing, growth & connection. She co-founded the GrowFree Community to nurture new ways of living, healing and being together.
Heidi Neal
Body-Oriented Coach, Therapeutic Mentor, Nature Practitioner
Heidi Neal brings unbound enthusiasm and sensitivity with her intuitive presence and attention to detail. With over a decade of experience supporting young people in outdoor settings, she facilitates reconnection with the body’s wisdom, empowering individuals to navigate life’s complexities with clarity and self-trust. Heidi adds a beautifully attuned perspective that has expanded and harmonized seamlessly with our mission.
The Invitation . . .
If this work speaks to you - not just as something to learn, but as a way of being - you’re warmly invited to step into the journey.
You don’t need to know the whole path.
You only need to recognise the call.
Book a place, ask a question, begin with the September 15th Webinar or join October Immersion below.
What Have People Said?
Feedback from Together in Nature
It was a truly inspiring, deepening, connecting, attuning and hugely humbling experience. I don’t think I can even put into words just how magical and transformative it was.
Ali McClean
from This Spirit Sings
Incredibly healing, safe, inspiring & warming. I arrived a weary, haggard, battered traveller and left a warrior of peace.
Ethan M P
Forestry Practitioner
What chimed most for me was the session in the woods, moving with the trees and the synchronized walk with another. I came away as someone who feels more in tune with my nervous system and doesn’t have to feel ashamed for sitting listening.
Allannah F
Media Creator & GrowFree Community Peer
I felt gently guided to a very moving deep space – to get unstuck - held by both Jon and Emma and the community. It was deeply trust-building. The mirroring and creative toolkit were most useful and impactful for me.
Bela S
Mother, Midwife, Pregnancy Yoga Teacher & Home Educator
You can find more testimonials on our GrowFree Community platform.
Join Our Learning Community
Together in Nature offers in-person experiential learning immersions alongside an online learning map with resources and live sessions. You can choose either or combine them for a coherent journey.
What You Can Book:
- A Single Immersion in one-payment
- A Single Immersion in 3 instalments
- A 2 Immersion Bundle in one-payment
- A 2 Immersion Bundle in 12 instalments
Pricing Tiers
All pricing tiers give access to the same experience - your choice relates to how much you can contribute and to your desire to support the sustainability of the whole learning community.
The Canopy Tier includes a discretionary donation and is for those who feel called to support our wider community vision and projects.
The Branch Tier is for those who are able to offer financial support towards admin and/or for someone else to participate.
The Root Tier is the basic cost level for participating in an immersion.
EARLYBIRD & BUNDLE OFFERS: Book your October 2026 Immersion place(s) before the September 15th 2026 webinar or book a 2 Immersion Bundle and receive a year's free beta access as we develop an accompanying online learning space where we will map out the learning arc; provide written, audio and video resources; webinar recordings and live integration sessions.
Community-Centric Support: In our community, we support each other. If financial circumstances make participation challenging, please connect with us at emmab@grow-free.com to explore supportive options for taking part.
GROUP & FAMILY BOOKINGS: If you are a family, business, organisation or private party looking to book two or more places, we can offer a group price. Please contact emmab@grow-free.com for group bookings.
Storying for Safety Webinar (Online By Donation) - September 15th 7-8.30pm - Register Here
Booking Options Below
The Single Immersion is a one-off yet transformative entry into the world of nature-based somatic practice.
This two-day outdoor experience is perfect for those seeking an introduction, a deeper dive or moment of retreat. Delve into a single point on the learning arc, gain depth and insight into your relationship with self and nature. Ideal for parents, teachers, practitioners and anyone interested in the intersection between nature-based and somatic approaches.
Book the October Immersion before September 15th and receive a year's free access to our developing online learning space.
Canopy Tier One Payment £255 + donation
Thank you for booking.
Branch Tier One Payment £255
Thank you for booking
Root Tier One Payment £175
Thank you for booking
Branch Tier 3 x £85 Monthly Instalments
Thank you for booking.
Root Tier 3 x £59 Monthly Instalments
Thank you for booking.
Embark on a deeper journey through the Together in Nature Arc.
This two-immersion bundle (2 x 2 days) invites you to move through the learning journey and make connections between sensation, story and space-holding. Ideal for those who have a taste for transformation and wish to feel part of a supportive community.
Take a Bundle and get free access to our developing online learning space.
Canopy Tier One Payment £479 + donation
Thank you for booking.
Branch Tier One Payment £479
Thank you for booking.
Root Tier One Payment £329
Thank you
Branch Tier 12 x £41 Monthly Instalments
Thank you for booking.
Root Tier 12 x £30 Monthly Instalments
Thank you for booking.
At GrowFree we know that life experience is more than enough to qualify us for expertise. You don't need a qualification to join these embodied learning pathways. We would like to know what experience you are bringing with you though.
As a practitioner-oriented training, it is also for qualified and experienced practitioners who would like to enhance their knowledge and confidence in trauma-informed, nature-based practice (eg. space-holding, education, therapeutic care) and other support.
In-person workshops are held at GrowFree's developing community site near Kemnay, Aberdeenshire. Camping is available along with breakfast for a further contribution. Shared evening meals are organized. Prices listed are non-residential.
Workshops run 9.30am-4pm. The core content is delivered 10am-2.30pm to support parental participation. There may be earlier morning and evening sessions that deepen integration, embodied experience and connection as a community.
This guided development experience will support you to work in a trauma-informed manner in a range of practitioner roles and peer facilitator roles. It will enhance your practice as a yoga teacher, holistic/somatic practitioner, support worker, teacher, outdoor (and other) educator, health professional, social worker, doctor, psychologist, parent, childcare worker and more - to be more trauma-informed and confident in nature. A learning aim of the course is for participants to be confident to design and lead their own spaces, practices and ceremonies in nature. You can request our certificate of completion for a further £15.
We will explore having this accredited as a training if there is enough interest and we find an accreditation body aligned with the GrowFree values.
Together in Nature is an experiential learning journey for anyone who holds — or wants to hold — trauma-sensitive space for themselves and others in nature. You don’t need a formal role or qualification; lived experience is enough. This could include practitioners, educators, community facilitators, parents, or anyone drawn to supporting growth, regulation, and connection in themselves and others.
Participants leave with a deeper understanding of how nervous systems inter-relate with each other and the natural world, and how to create spaces that empower, soothe, and guide. You’ll also receive a facilitation kit and manual to help you bring these practices into daily life, professional work, or community spaces.
If your body says “yes,” this work is for you.
If your organisation values trauma-sensitive, progressive, body-informed, ecologically aware ways of working — and wants to tap into the abundant resources available in nature — this is for you too.
Would you still prefer to speak to us before you
. . Join the Journey?
Message us to register interest, ask your question or just tell us a little more about you and what draws you to our journey. We can arrange a chat to see if we're a fit.
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In 2026 Together in Nature is managed financially by GrowFree with Emma B, a sole trader.
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At GrowFree with Emma B, we aim to be fair, clear, and sustainable in managing bookings and refunds, while protecting the health of the program, facilitators, and community.
Booking & Deposit
A first instalment of 1/3 of the full price is required to secure your place.
This deposit is non-refundable, as it covers administrative preparation and site arrangements.
Remaining Payment & Refunds
The remaining balance can be refunded up to 6 weeks before the training, provided the place can be filled by another participant.
If we are able to fill the place, 75% of the remaining payment will be refunded to cover administration and facilitation costs.
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If you are unable to attend, you are welcome to transfer your booking to another participant or a future workshop, subject to availability.
We also consider case-by-case exceptions for unforeseen circumstances.
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