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ROOTING
A PERSONAL STORY
My first Forest Therapy walk in 2022.
Feel the heat of a busy Singapore street. Then step beneath a canopy of trees. Birdsong begins to weave through the distant sounds of traffic, footsteps, and everyday life. In that layered soundscape, Singapore’s City in Nature comes quietly alive.
A different rhythm begins to emerge.
On a Nature and Forest Therapy walk, the city’s constant motion softens at the edges. The breath slows. The senses awaken. Calm, connection, and belonging start to feel close again.
It is not loud or dramatic.
Yet something shifts.
In a world that keeps speeding up, it is easy to drift from what is living, real, and close. Technology brings convenience, yet it can also draw us into comfortable bubbles that quietly distance us from one another, from our bodies, and from the living Earth beneath our feet.
Over time, this disconnection can make us forget how to pause, how to listen, and how deeply we belong. Not only to ourselves, but to one another, to community, and to a larger living world.
Nature gives us a place to root, remember, and return.
Through forest therapy walks, retreats, and nature-based practice in Singapore and beyond, old bonds with nature began to sprout again. There was a return to the body, breath, memory, and community. A quiet remembering of what matters. A reopening of the heart.
This is where ROOTING found its shape. Shaped by Nature and Forest Therapy with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, and later deepened through Therapeutic Horticulture with Ngee Ann Polytechnic, ROOTING grew from a personal journey into a way of holding space for others.
A space to slow down.
A space to notice.
A space to feel connected again.
A space to remember that growth does not always need to be rushed.
At the heart of ROOTING are three values.
Stillness in Presence
Because coming back to ourselves often begins when we are given permission to stop striving, arrive as we are, and be with what is here.
Wholeness in Connection
Because we are not separate from the natural world, from one another, or from the quieter parts of ourselves waiting to be heard.
Compassion in Growth
Because growth is rarely neat. It takes time, tenderness, patience, and the right conditions to unfold.
ROOTING is a name, but also a practice. It speaks of finding steadiness beneath the surface, growing slowly and honestly, and reaching toward light while staying connected to what nourishes us.
Like roots beneath the soil, much of the work is quiet.
But quietly, life takes root.
Hello, I'm Jake
the founder, certified guide and practitioner behind ROOTING.
Thank you for stopping by and allowing this story to plant a gentle seed of connection. Perhaps one day, our paths will cross — on a quiet walk, under the trees, or in a garden where we pause and simply breathe together!
ROOTING
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