Description

Rooted In You: A Special Forest Bathing & Nature Connection Experience for the Bariatric Community.

Created in collaboration with Annalisa Toccara-Jones, Ms South Yorkshire – Miss Bariatric

Raising Funds for Cancer Research UK

Sunday 20th September 2026, 10am–12.30pm
Location: Padley Gorge area, Peak District. Accessible by Train and Car. 
£35 per person, with 100% of each booking directly donated to Cancer Research UK

Please donate directly here  . Once you have donated, you will be able to book onto the event, at no cost. If you wish to pay an amount for the event, in addition to the donation, you can choose this amount at checkout. Donations will be verified before your booking is confirmed. 

This special experience has been collaboratively designed to create a dedicated space for members of the bariatric community to pause, reflect, reconnect and celebrate themselves and their journey.

The bariatric journey involves so much more than a physical changes you experience and the focus on how much weight you have lost. There can be milestones and achievements, but also challenges, adjustments and experiences that aren’t always captured by external physical measurements. It can also highlight internal changes within yourself. The relationships you experienced with yourself, food and others, your confidence, and how we see and identify ourselves in the world.

Through this gently guided Forest Bathing and Nature Connection experience, you will be the opportunity to step away from the external measures of achievement and provided with an intentional space within the natural environment to explore themes of self-love, reflection, acceptance, growth, gratitude and most importantly a celebration of self.

Reflecting and Celebrating yourself is about creating space to recognise each part of the journey, and connecting deeply to yourself within it all.

As part of the experience, you will be invited to take part in a gentle intention-setting ceremony using homemade recycled seed paper. Giving yourself space to reflect your own experience, what you have been through and what you want for yourself now, and plant an intention for whatever you would like to grow next. You can then return home and plant your intention, allowing the seeds to grow deep roots, a living reminder of what its means to be rooted in YOU.

While this session is about you, you won’t be asked to share your story or talk about your journeys unless you want to.

So, whether you’re preparing for bariatric surgery, adjusting to life afterwards, many years into your journey, or simply identify as part of the bariatric community, we hope you will join us on this Nature and Connection Experience, Rooted In You!

Accessibility & Practical Information

Forest Bathing sessions take place outdoors in natural environments and may involve walking approximately 1–2 miles over uneven or changing terrain, alongside periods of standing, stillness or sitting.

You should be comfortable spending the duration of the session outdoors and able to manage the terrain described for the particular location. Please dress appropriately for the weather and wear suitable footwear.

Participants are responsible for arranging their own transport to and from the meeting location. Transport is not included in the booking price.

If you have an injury, disability, health condition, mobility requirement or another need that may affect your participation, please contact me before booking. I am happy to discuss your needs and consider reasonable adaptations so that, wherever possible, you can participate safely and comfortably.