Meet The Facilitators

Rolinke is a Scotland-based multi-media (eco-)artist, mystic and (eco-)spiritual guide. She has quite an eclectic background and approach, combining her deep love for arts, nature, study and spirituality in her daily work and living. Rolinke has always been intrigued and inspired by the personal narratives of the land and of all creatures around her. Even from a young age she was convinced that all life, and life’s journey, is sacred, and should be listened to, valued, and respected. This nature-based ethos is her basis for creating art, and to inspire and influence her environment.

Rolinke loves to offer practical and spiritual tools immersed in nature and sustainability to bring others closer to the heartbeat of the land, and to their own calling within the sacredness of life. She has finished her second year of Tariki Trust in Environmentally Based Therapies, and is starting up her own practices. Next to that she is part of the OBOD (Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids), and a facilitator in the Wild Church and Forest Church movements. You can find her, and her (art)work, on www.triskelyon.art

Don de Silva is an environmentalist, diplomat, author, Buddhist Chaplain, and trainer.He worked as a senior official with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and also for the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). He has implemented effective global media campaigns to create awareness about sustainability and climate change. Experienced in working in many countries throughout the world, he has participated in getting governments to work together to tackle environmental issues. He was particularly involved in the establishment of the South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP), the first-ever inter-governmental body in the region.

Daniela Kato, PhD, is a writer, teacher, maker and storyteller working in ecotherapy. She is a graduate of Tariki Trust's Ten Directions Ecotherapy Programme and of Red School's Menstruality Leadership Programme.

Born in Porto, Portugal, Daniela has been based in Japan since 2007. After a decade of teaching environmental literature and film at various universities in Japan and China, in the spring of 2021 she moved to a small village in northern Yamanashi, where she is currently focusing on community-oriented creative projects weaving together the local folklore and landscape, craftwork and foraging practices. She is also training in Shinrin Yoku with The Forest Therapy Society of Japan.

Daniela continues to teach and publish widely on the ecology of myths, folktales and fairy tales across the arts, and is passionate about telling old and new stories that inspire both international audiences and local communities to reconnect with the creativity of nature in the places where they live.

Find Daniela online at:

https://independent.academia.edu/DanielaKato

https://www.instagram.com/daniela_kato/

Alexandra is an Art Psychotherapist & Ecotherapist currently working in an NHS community setting. She previously worked in forensic services, which sparked her interest in the field of trauma and recovery. 

Alexandra lives in Dorset, England, by the coast. She finds solace in cold water swimming and being in wild places. 

She is passionate about wildlife & the natural world, which she explores through her own artwork / creative process and finding ways to manage her own eco grief. This has included developing workshops related to the climate crisis - with the emphasis on fostering a sense of hope and building community & connection. 

Alexandra is a deep believer in the healing powers of the natural world, which must be a reciprocal process - taking care of Mother Nature as she takes care of us! Realising we are part of the ecosystem has a profound shift on our relationship with ourselves & the earth. This was something she began to appreciate during Tariki Ecotherapy training which she completed in 2023. 

Alexandra is developing private practice working outside, which will integrate both Art Therapy & Ecotherapy. 

Nina is by profession a Clinical Psychologist, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and Group Psychotherapist, Jungian Coach ACC (ICF), Clinical and Organizational Supervisor, Ecotherapist, Qigong and Yoga Instructor. She is also a long-term student of Animism and a Shamanic Practitioner. She has completed Tariki Trust’s Ten Directions Ecotherapy training, and finds Tariki Trust’s integrative approach impressive and motivating.

Nina has always lived in two worlds, and loves to integrate the scientific and the mythological. Bringing Evolutionary Psychology and the wonderful findings of Neuroscience into union with the Spiritual sets her on fire :) She has particular interest and experience in Depth Psychology, dreamwork and imaginative practices as well as the transition of midlife. She is, herself, a middle aged woman of Finnish origin, and lives in Finland with her family which consists of human people and animal people. Her favourite places are the forest and the lake (which are luckily not hard to find in Finland).

www.deep-earth.net/in-english/

e-mail: nina.pyykkonen@elisanet.fi

I am an author, facilitator of poetry and journal therapy, and certified life coach who helps people discover and live their Wild Soul Story so they can bridge the false divide between outer and inner nature, Earth and Self, and become fully creative, connected and alive.

As well as being founder of "Live Your Wild Soul Story", I am also core faculty for the Therapeutic Writing Institute, the leading training institute for practitioners in the field of therapeutic writing. In 2016, I became an instructor for TreeSisters.org, a non-profit with the dual mission of empowering women and reforesting the tropics.

When people ask me about my work, I tell them that I believe that if we are to rewild the world, it has to begin by rewilding our own souls. My writing conveys this passion. My first book, Embrace Your Inner Wild, was nominated as best nature book, 2011. Reclaiming the Wild Soul: How Earth’s Landscapes Restore Us to Wholeness (a 2015 Nautilus Prizewinner) was praised by Richard Louv, Angeles Arrien and David Abram, among others.

‘A Wild Soul Woman: 5 Earth Archetypes to Unleash Your Full Feminine Power’ launched in September 2022.

Find Mary online at https://www.maryreynoldsthompson.com

Donna loves connecting people to the restorative aspects of nature, to help reawaken their well-being. As a Horticultural Therapist, completing her certification at the Horticultural Therapy Program at the New York Botanical Garden, she works with children, seniors, people living with cancer and folks of all ages.

Majored in Fine Art at FIT in NYC, she studied Whole Plant based Nutrition through eCornell, The Art and Science of Herbalism, with Rosemary Gladstar and trained as a Tinkergarden Leader (Learning through nature, for children 18 months to 8 years old). A passionate garden teacher, she works in schools with children pre-k through 8th grade. Many of her students are on the spectrum; here she finds her HT can be applied in an engaging and profound way.

Donna is a student of Buddhism and tea ceremonies (Chinese Gong Fu Cha and Japanese chanoyu). Her art is expressed in many different mediums, with her main focus on ceramic sculpture and working with calabash gourds. Diverse interests have led her to combine a love of nature, wellness, and art. Inspired by how they can bring benefit to others, Donna draws connection to each in her work.

Visit Donna online at https://donnasoszynska.wixsite.com/yournewnature

Sowmya Srinivasan has an Mphil in Psychology (HR) (Annamalai University) and has been working as a Professional Storyteller from 2009 onwards. She uses storytelling and creative techniques to develop imagination through a venture called SoulSpace Storytell.

Sowmya facilitates healing storytelling circles called Soul Story Mandala for adults and is an associate at Muktha Foundation, an organisation working in the space of mental health and abuse prevention. She is one of the founder-members of Bangalore Storytelling Society, a not-for-profit community that spreads awareness on the Art of Oral Storytelling.

She has undergone training in Storytelling therapy from the World Storytelling Institute (Chennai), trained in Theatre of the Oppressed, and a certified Mindfulness practitioner and Happiness coach (Happitude; India). She completed her training in Narrative Practices and Ecotherapy in 2023- 2024.

Her current field of work includes curriculum development , learner centric pedagogy and facilitation. She integrates Storytelling, Positive Psychology, Narrative practices and is looking forward to including Eco therapeutic practices as well.

You can contact Sowmya at sowmya03@gmail.com

Ally Stott has a great love of Hills, Water and Weaving.

Many moons ago on Dartmoor, she experienced herself being listened to by the Moor and realised everything she was in relationship with was alive with its own voice and soulful intelligence, aware of our presence and communicating. This moment has creatively shaped the direction of her work over the last 15 years as an Ecotherapist, Psychotherapist and Craniosacral Therapist.

Ally has a background as an artist and worked for many years with people living with life threatening illnesses. She is part of Ecotherapy Oxford, running retreats & workshops based on the Celtic Wheel of the Year and Ecotherapy trainings.

Find out more about her work at www.allystott.co.uk

Charlotte is a doctor with experience in forensic psychiatry. She was raised with modern witchcraft and tarot, then began practising shamanically.

She has completed the counselling diploma and enjoyed learning ecotherapy, both with Tariki Trust.

She blends aspects of myth, witchcraft, shamanism and tarot to therapeutic effect in her private practice and provides experiential workshops either online or face to face.

For more information, please visit www.goddesscounselling.com

You can email her at: charlotte@goddesscounselling.com

Tamsin is an eco-therapist and a mindfulness and Active Hope trainer, based in Berlin. 

After working as an environment journalist for many years and seeing the increasing impact of the climate crisis on planet and people, Tamsin trained to become an Active Hope facilitator, eco-therapist, mindfulness teacher and climate change coach. Alongside her journalism, she now combines these skills to work with those looking for a sense of hope and honest perspective in the midst of what is arguably the greatest challenge of our times.

Carla Walmsley-Esteves is an integrative body psychotherapist, somatic movement educator, focusing oriented arts teacher and eco-therapist. Her work has evolved out of 20 years of practice, training and professional experience, bridging somatic psychology, movement studies, eco-psychology, deep ecology and women’s health.

She holds a MA in Somatic Well being , BSc (Hons) in Ecology, and is currently undertaking a Doctorate of Arts in Eco-psychology and Environmental Humanities.