A Norwegian nature practice for women who have no time for nature.
Start on any Monday when a place is available. Maximum eight women at a time.
I'm Norwegian. We're the ones who let our babies nap outside in winter, in strollers, tucked into wool. (They sleep beautifully. Ask any Norwegian mother.) I did it with both of mine.
I grew up with nature as part of ordinary life. Then I did what ambitious women do. I built a career in IT and ended up at IBM HQ in New York.
I know exactly what your calendar looks like. I know what it feels like to be excellent at everything except being off.
In 2014, I got seriously ill. For a while, getting outside meant a wheelchair. The woman who had spent her whole life in the forest could only see it through the window.
As I recovered, I set myself a challenge: one campfire a week. Rain, snow, February. One fire, every week, for a full year. Fifty-two fires.
It wasn't a wellness routine.
It was how I found my way back to trusting my own body, my own judgment, my own pace.
Now I build that fire for other women.
And you have quietly forgotten how to just be.
You have the high-paying job, the team, often the family. You are good at carrying responsibility. Life has started running over you anyway.
You feel the pull toward nature and answer it twice a year, on vacation, with photos.
You built it on purpose. You just cannot remember the last time you were in it without a task.
A plant on your desk is enough for day one. Norwegians do this on grey Tuesdays, in ordinary woods. The park you walk past is enough for week two.
Because for once, nothing is being asked of you. No camera, no sharing round, no right way to do it. When there is nothing to perform, the other voice — yours — gets a turn. (It has opinions. They've been filed under other people's.)
In the literal, Norwegian sense. Feet on ground, shoulders down from your ears. Not because you decided to relax — deciding to relax is how you got here — but because someone else is holding the structure and your body notices before you do.
Because we build them the right size from the start. Fifteen minutes, your park, your Tuesday. The ambitious versions you tried before did not fail because of you — they were designed for a woman with your values and someone else's calendar.
You put in your earbuds and step outside. I guide you live from Norway — where to slow down, what to notice, when to just stand there. Up to seven other women join, each in her own park, her own weather. No camera. No screen. Nobody has to say anything, and most weeks nobody does.
This is where the practice gets fitted to your actual life — the fifteen minutes you have, not the hour you keep promising yourself. Online, on video, just the two of us. You bring what's working and what isn't. We make it yours.
Nature practices scaled to what you actually have access to, from desk plant to city park to hiking trail.
Written reflections between sessions help you notice what changes when you make room to listen.
Your own nature practice, drawn up as a one-page visual map, made to pin on your wall. It doesn't expire in week eight.
There are never more than eight women participating at one time. A place opens when someone completes.
A weekly live guided session is not a video call.
You put in your earbuds, step outside, and I guide you from Norway. Up to seven other women join from their own parks.
No camera. No screen. Nobody has to say anything.
Each session is complete in itself. Your eight weeks start when you do.
It begins with a conversation, so we both know it fits.
You can start any Monday when a place is available.
Put in your earbuds and join the live guided session from wherever you are.
Use the private sessions, personal practices and written reflections to find what works for you.
Your nature practice is drawn into a one-page visual map you can keep using after week eight.
“You make me feel smart, optimistic, and capable. That’s your superpower.”
“What you helped me with made me rebuild myself and my life. I’m eternally grateful you stood by my side and built that solid foundation for me.”
“What you helped me with in the spring turned out to be the beginning of a much larger process. Thank you so much for the encouragement and a suitably clear push.”
8 weeks led by Solfrid Bøhler
Yes. The guided sessions happen live while you are outdoors where you live. The four private 1:1 sessions also take place online.
You put in your earbuds, step outside, and Solfrid guides you live from Norway. Up to seven other women may join from their own outdoor spaces. Nobody has to speak.
No. Your practice is scaled to what you have access to. A desk plant, a street tree, a local park or a hiking trail can all be part of it.
Not during the weekly guided outdoor sessions. Those sessions use earbuds, with no camera and no screen. The private 1:1 sessions do use video.
You can start on any Monday when a place is available.
There are never more than eight women participating at one time.
The programme includes weekly live guided outdoor sessions, four private 1:1 sessions, personal nature practices, written reflections and a one-page visual nature-practice map.
The process begins with a conversation so you and Solfrid can make sure the programme fits.
The Norwegian babies are already asleep outside. Now it's your turn.
Solfrid Bøhler has been outdoors since she joined the scouts at eight.
She built a long career in IT as a programmer, IT architect, process manager and strategic advisor, including work at IBM headquarters in New York.
After serious illness left her unable to walk for a period, getting outside meant a wheelchair.
As she recovered, she began a year-long practice of making one campfire every week. Fifty-two campfires helped her find her way back to her body, judgment and pace.
Today she combines nature practice, guidance and practical coaching.