Wellness often focus on what we can individually buy or do, to improve our health but rarely does it discuss the foundational importance of our environment in our lives. We don't exist as islands, and we are intrinsically connected both physically and energetically to the people and environment that we live and work in.

Nature teaches us that in healthy forests, saplings that growing in shady areas, rely on nutrients and sugar from older, taller trees sent through the mycorrhizal network. Trees have a complex and symbiotic relationships for survival and mother trees, with deep established roots support the younger saplings and sick trees.

Camping in the forest in October, I became acutely aware of how unnatural modern life is; from being in front of screens for many hours of the day to a house with all the creature comforts of gas ducted heating and artificial light, surrounded by electromagnetic radiation and wi-fi and 5G radiation.

When I came home, as much I wanted to replicate that experience of waking up in the early morning to greet the sunrise, or the communal fire, shared communal meal experiences, and the deep, lucid dreams of a shared tent where I was surrounded by children, I couldn't. My first day at home, I was fully charged with vitality, that I watched over the week diminish. It's hard to replicate waking up to the freezing cold of the fresh forest air and the sound of birds, walking more than 50 metres in the cold