About

About Soft Pine Wellness

Soft Pine Wellness was created in 2021 by Wil Brunner. The company is registered to conduct nature therapy and guiding experiences in Nova Scotia. Liability insurance is in place and Wil has Wilderness First Aid training for the safety of everyone involved.

Wil facilitates all of the offerings. He shares many years of wilderness-based mental health and addictions counselling and mindfulness facilitation together with an academic and professional ecology and conservation background. Completing his Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guide certification in 2021, Wil has formally lead nature wellness to over a hundred Nova Scotian adults and youth and friends and families. Receiving Climate Psychology Alliance Climate Cafe Facilitator training and How We Thrive Climate Connections Facilitator training, Wil also holds expertise in creating safe and empowering spaces that addresses the big and challenging scale of climate change and related social issues. www.climatepsychology.us/

All the activities are trauma informed, oriented from a sense of safety, collaboration, empowerment and warmth and are born out of the mission statement and core values and beliefs below.

Mission Statement
I, Wil Brunner strive to support people in discovering, exploring and growing their personal connections to nature. I wish to see an abundance and variety of people engaging with nature in unique ways which honour and respect the gifts of the natural world. I prioritize reciprocity with nature, community resilience, inclusive and safe experiences, and perspectives from all human beings. I will dedicate to self-improvement and the highest level of integrity and authenticity.

Core Values & Beliefs

Physical and emotional safety is first and foremost;
Indigenous history, culture and knowledge must be honoured;
Empathy, sharing and boundaries are respected;
Human's unique experience and actions are valid and important;
Bodily and felt senses are doorways to connection with the world outside ourselves;
Nature has a way of mirroring or physically representing abstract concepts and ideas;
Mindfulness, or openly paying attention to the present moment, is a tool for growth; and
Community, reciprocity and care with local environments and people is essential to our culture and the planet.