coaching clients testimonials

BEIJING APRIL 19TH EARTH DAY EVENT – combined event where I led the morning session

“In the morning Laura ,our coach ,led us on a walk along the riverbank, where we engaged in walking, finding a "friend," and planting seeds. During the walk, we focused on feeling the ground beneath our feet and opening our senses. I relied mostly on touch, eager to feel every plant that caught my interest—the softness of flowers, the rough and cracked bark of trees, pinecones half-dry and half-damp, branches coated in dust, and sticky tree resin covering my hands.

Normally, I’d be desperate to wash my hands, but this made me realize how much my life might need this kind of natural roughness. I usually avoid exercise because sweating means extra laundry and showers; I dislike crowded places like subways because of unavoidable physical contact. But this lack of "dirty, rough" tactile experiences has made me feel disconnected, another form of self-imposed isolation.

Visually, I remember a speedboat passing by, creating overlapping, uneven ripples across the river—so beautiful that I wanted to paint the scene rather than take a photo.

Olfactorily, I inhaled the scent of rain-soaked pine needles and grass, so refreshing that I kept taking deep, slow breaths, as if trying to absorb spring into my lungs. Auditorily, I focused on the sound of footsteps—mine and my companions’—crushing the grass and twigs beneath us, a crisp and pleasant crunch. Taste wasn’t part of the morning, but I paid attention to it during lunch.

Then, Laura asked us to quiet our minds in a designated area, find a "friend," and ask, "May I breathe with you for a while?" I found a quiet, sturdy, thick-rooted tree. After circling it, I sought its permission, first syncing my breath with it, then pressing my back against it, and finally embracing it. The oxygen it exhaled was exactly what I inhaled, and the carbon dioxide I released was what it absorbed. It made me a little angry—how could I have lived over 30 years without ever experiencing this fundamental symbiotic relationship between carbon-based life forms? So this is how we and trees nourish each other. When I leaned against it, the tree felt steadier than me; when I hugged it, it resonated with me. *Finally, I stood on its exposed roots, staying quietly with it as if I, too, had grown roots, giving me an incredible sense of security.

*During the seed-planting ritual, I buried passion—energy, vitality, life force. I hope to embrace each day with enthusiasm because I often feel exhausted, drained, and lacking motivation. I want this seed to grow into a flourishing, towering tree, just like the one I painted in the afternoon.

*On the way back home , walking on a paved sidewalk felt strangely unfamiliar—no softness or rebound from the earth, no connection below my knees. I was amazed at my own newfound sensitivity and quickly stepped back onto the grass. Grass doesn’t speak, but its way of growing tells me so much. The plants I usually see most are manicured hedges, trimmed into neat shapes, denied the right to grow freely, punished for exceeding limits. *Humans are part of nature, yet we’ve distanced ourselves from it.

*This morning’s experience was a return to authenticity, a rediscovery of things we should have always known—like how to walk.

Nina – China–

上午是罗兰老师带领我们沿着河边通过行走、找“朋友”和埋种子。行走

的过程中，用脚部去感受与土地的接触，并且打开五感，我使用最多的是触

觉，很想去触摸每一个我感兴趣的植物，花是柔软的、树皮是皲裂粗糙的、松

果是一半干燥一半潮湿的、树枝上面有些灰尘、树胶沾满我一手，弄得我手上

有点脏，要是在平时我肯定非常难受想要迫不及待的洗手，这让我突然意识到

我的生活可能需要这种自然的粗粝感，平时不爱运动是因为出汗得洗衣服洗自

己、不想挤地铁或去人多的地方是因为会跟人不可避免的身体接触、但正因为

这种“肮脏粗糙”的触觉缺失所以不接地气，也是自我设限、自我真空的一种

体现。

同时，视觉上我也记得了一艘快艇经过给河面带来横向的、宽窄不一

的、层层叠叠的美丽的波纹，那一刻甚至想把水波纹的画面画下来而不是拍

照。嗅觉上我闻到了雨后的松针与草地的香气，太好闻了以至于我一直在深呼

吸，呼吸也在放慢、深长，想把春天吸进肺里。听觉上我把注意力集中在自己

和同行伙伴们的脚下，脚踩在草木上的咯吱声非常好听。味觉上暂时没有，但

在中午吃饭时有体会味觉。

*然后罗兰老师让我们在一片区域内静下心去感受环境，并且去找到一个

“朋友”，问问他我可以跟你一起呼吸一会儿吗？我找到了一颗很安静的、树根

扎实的、比较粗壮的大树，我环绕着它走了走，征得了它的同意，先是一起呼

吸，然后我用背去撞击它，然后再拥抱它。树呼出的氧气，恰好被我吸入，我

呼出的二氧化碳，又恰好被它们吸去，我有点生气，这种碳基生命最本质的依

存关系我竟然活了30多年才第一次体验？！原来我们与树木，竟是这样互相

喂养着的。我撞击它的时候比我沉稳，我拥抱它的时候它在与我共振。最后我

踩在它露出来的根上，与它安静的待着，仿佛自己的脚下也有了根，令我觉得

很有安全感。

埋种子的环节里，我埋下的是passion，激情，活力，生命力。我希望我

能拥有激情去过好每一天，因为我时常觉得力不从心、疲惫、和有气无力。我

希望这个种子能够长成一棵枝繁叶茂的参天大树，正如我在下午绘画中画的那

样。

在回家的路上，我走了一段水泥铺的人行道上，发现自己竟然有一些不习

惯了，没有土地带来的松软与回弹，膝盖以下感受不到与大地的链接，惊叹于

自己的敏感性，然后继续走回了草地当中。草不会说话，但它用生长的姿态告

诉我许多事，我平时看到最多的植物是绿化带，他们被修剪的整整齐齐，被剥

夺了生长的权利，多一分就要挨剪。人本是自然的一部分，却远离了自然，

上午的体验其实就是在回归本真，重新体验了一些本该知道的事情：如何走路