nature connection is self-care
Slowing down in nature
can help you powerfully align with
your authentic self.
Time in nature helps you
know yourself.
Spending time in nature can help sensitive people like empaths fortify their resiliency
in a sometimes siren blaring sensory overload world.
Nature is an engaging environment that can help anchor a sense
of connection and self-acceptance.
Time in nature is necessary to maintain good physical and mental health.
It is my mission to help support you in feeling your best
by spending more time in nature.
Having the intention to connect with nature can mean bigger benefits for you.
Perhaps you don’t have much time.
Maybe you wonder if this is possible in the city.
Check out my free guide for helpful tips on how to
nature connect, even in the city.
Fleurbain = fleur + urbain
Fleurbain is a creative, inspired life, a verdant life, even in areas where there can be a nature deficit, like cities. This website is for people looking to find balance and inspiration through nature connection, experiential herbalism, and the beauty found in nature.
Resources created by Tamara Schmidt help cultivate a love for yourself, positivity and joy. They help strengthen connections with the more-than-human-world. Focusing on self-love and nature connection ultimately reduces stress, increases creativity, improves mental and physical health, and relationships.
We are always in the company of nature
We are nature
In the last number of years, studies have shown that we benefit from taking our natural selves to natural spaces on a regular basis. Fleurbain describes the ways we connect with nature, especially when we are in the city. It’s an inspired form of self-care, connecting to beauty in nature and allowing moments of awe found in nature connection to breathe new energy into our day to day lives.
Author Tammy Schmidt speaks from her experience and outlines a valuable method that helps you stay true to yourself and care for your emotional terrain, all in the company of nature. This practice gives you the tools to help diminish anxiety and depression, as well as increase creativity and problem solving abilities.
It is available at major online book retailers including Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
ISBN: 978-1-0689402-0-0
Nature connection helps us cultivate love for ourselves first. It helps us see ourselves in the beauty of it all and from here we can access so much goodness like peace,
self-esteem, and curiosity. When we possess a vibrant and positive sense of self, we naturally do better in our relationships, we do better for our communities, and do better for the planet.
Nature Connection &
Self Connection
Most days are busy with work and to-dos.
Let it go, even for a few minutes.
Take a walk in the company of trees,
let your feelings rise up and out.
The simple practice of feeling and identifying
your feelings helps to let them go.
Trees are great listeners.
They help you get to the root,
Encourage you move your limbs in the wind,
And rise to the stars.
Feedback from participants in Tamara’s nature connection programs
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This is a program filled with intention and thoughtfulness. Tamara’s wisdom flows freely in her words. She works with mastery, sharing wonderful learning and insights that inspire deep connection and new ways of thinking and doing.
Donna Raesten Kemp
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A great opportunity to meet other forest connected humans! An exploration through sharing of ideas and feelings. A learning experience of oneself. An understanding of why I feel the way I feel in the forest.
I very much appreciated Tamara’s tender presence.
Éva Varsanyi
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This was a wonderful program. I really enjoyed the daily newsletters with so much useful information about tea plants and the prompts were skilfully crafted. Tammy is inspiring with her presence as well as her herbalist knowledge.
Monika Stelzl
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If you’re too busy to take this program, then you need it. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the city or on a farm, there is significant value in participating in a guided nature walk and/or month-long program. If you’re an overthinker and not sure if it’s for you – just sign up and find out for yourself.
It’s a great opportunity to get out of your head and tune-in to a whole other dimension of life. You also get the added bonus of being in the company of delightful people, including Tamara.
Ginger Lily
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Tamara has such a beautiful gentle way of inviting one back into their body, and into community with nature and non human beings. A connection that is so satisfying to one’s soul!
Her invitation, her process, allows one to fully relax into the experience without pressure or set expectations!
I am super excited that she has brought this same magic, her process, to book form, where we can access and experience this nature connection whenever and wherever we find ourself.
Laura Thomas
Certified Wayfinder Lifecoach
at Soul Play Coaching
Mini Course
Feeling drained and disconnected from yourself? Struggling with self-doubt, anxiety, or finding time for you?
Join our “From Overwhelm to Inner Peace: cultivate self-love through nature connection” online mini course! Designed to help you connect with nature to recharge, boost self-worth, and regain clarity. Our course offers live, interactive sessions and on-demand access to help you balance, ground, and feel good about being you.
- Reduce Stress: Guided experiences with nature will help you relax and release stress.
- Build Confidence: Cultivate self-love and boost your self-worth
- Find Clarity: Improve focus and decision-making through spending time in nature.
- Rediscover Purpose: Take time for introspection, connect with your authentic self, and renew your direction.
- Emotional Healing: Practice processing emotions and feel more free.
I hope you find some value in this little talk about a classic herb most of us know very well.
A herbalist nature lover finding magic in everyday life.
Hi! I’m Tamara Schmidt and I’m an Herbal Therapist, and Certified Forest Therapy Guide.
I believe nature connection is a habit that is as important as brushing your teeth – it’s best to do it every day.
Experiential Herbalist
First-hand experiences create a solid base for my knowledge of plants and trees.
Nature Lover
Strong relationships with the more-than-human-world have a ripple effect benefiting all beings.
Art and Spirit in Nature
In my practice of nature connection, I may take a photo. Right now, photography is my main creative outlet. These images carry the spirit of the moment, inspired by awe, often imparting joy, and beauty.
To adorn your home with the beauty of nature, check out my shop.
Tammy (Tamara) Schmidt is an Associate member of the American Herbalist Guild.
Tammy is a Clinical Herbal Therapist through Dominion Herbal College (2010) and a Nature and Forest Therapy Guide through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (2020.)
Nature connection is a radical form of self-care.
This is especially true when you’re experiencing big shifts in your life. Long walks outdoors, watching the birds, listening to the wind, heart connections with plants and trees, making herbal tea, noticing something unusual in nature and allowing yourself to take in the moment is an expansive practice of self-care that helps you to shift your mood, open your mind, and find yourself in a better space to take on your day.
