Eleanor Piper |Student with BSY Group – Courses to change your life
Eleanor’s Story
We, my husband and I and two young children, live in our beautiful Gearach Forestry on the Isle of Islay, off the west coast of Scotland.
I am surrounded by my animals, a horse, two donkeys, two goats, 6 Spaniels, and numerous peacocks and peahens and 1000 acres of pine forestry. The incredible wildlife is all around us, we can see the Atlantic Ocean and the weather rolling towards us!
The Labyrinth
In February 2012 we discovered and uncovered a 7 circuit Labyrinth inside the forestry. This was such a turning point for me as I realised that we were only custodians of the forestry.
In March 2020 I became qualified as an Equine Facilitated Learning Practitioner. My heart set on using my horse and donkeys to help people who suffered with anxiety and other issues.
Before I could do anything – Lockdown! It was at this point I realised that all my animals and the forestry helped us enormously during those frightening and uncertain times. The thought that I could offer to others the experience of the healing benefits of the Gearach forest became so much clearer.
G.I.F.T.
I am so excited about launching my new, unique Health and Wellness business: G.I.F.T – GIFT is a unique opportunity to experience Forest Bathing and Focused Relaxation.
G – Gearach. I – Islay. F – Forest. T – Therapies.
I had found BSY on-line, and knew immediately that they were the right for me. The extensive range of courses that they offer was so inspiring. I was able to choose the exact course that I needed, so I enrolled for Animal Assisted Therapy and I decided to also do a general interest study, Art – Its Place In Therapy.
My lessons were fun and informative, I found huge satisfaction by reading, researching and completing my lesson papers. Once completed I could see that BSY courses could offer me so much more, so I enrolled for Mindfulness, Movement and Meditation & Healing Meditation. It was the these two courses that I knew that basically changed my life. Healing Meditation, Lesson One, Question 8. What is TM?
How could I answer that question without experiencing TM? I contacted the TM office in Glasgow and booked a training week of lessons with the TM teacher. This was such a transformative week for me, and it is all thanks to BSY. I do TM every day.
The Mindfulness, Movement & Meditation course opened up my mind to the prospect of being able to share my knowledge with others and bring them the transformative peace that I gained through my studies and living here in our forestry. These two courses were the turning point, I had to explore & become qualified in greater depth so I enrolled for Meditation Teacher and Zen Yoga.
The courses allowed me to organically combined each of my other qualifications and to have them linking into one another enabled me to create my own blend of Forest Therapy, using my own forest and teachings.
GIFT is a guided relaxing and restorative journey through the beautiful Gearach Forest, where you will discover useful relaxation techniques, allowing you to enjoy the deep therapeutic benefits for your own health and well-being.
I know that I wish to continue to study and grow through BSY courses, one can never stop learning and then to be able to offer that teaching for others to benefit from is the greatest GIFT.
