Meet the founder

My name is Gunilla Andersson and I believe in the power of nature.

I am the founder of Lotus Land and this journey started with my desire to add nature to the therapeutic exchange. Sitting in a therapy room often made me feel small. It could take me a long time to actually find the feelings I needed to talk about and by then the session was over. Being in the wild I get closer to my emotions and nature allows perspectives that simply does not exists in a room. Wild therapy is different from traditional but one form does not replace the other. I have benefited from both forms.

Like many others, I did a restart of my entire life when the global pandemic of Covid-19 closed down the world. I changed everything. I moved into my vacation house and this became my permanent address. I trained to become a therapist. I took a hard look at what sustainable life choices I found valuable to pursue and learned how animals sometimes can be essential in supporting humans back to life. But most of all, I slowed down. I took time to rest, reflect and evaluate. Lotus Land is my way forward with work and resilience hand in hand. 

I am a biologist at heart and I find the sounds of nature to be in connection with my body and soul. Nothing soothes me like being in the wild yet everything in nature is in constant motion. In addition, I emerge myself into the fields of Ecopsychology and find wild therapy, reconnecting with nature, the practice of The Work That Reconnects and biology together with my previous work experience facilitates all my knowledge into one exciting basket.

I find it urgent to pursue hope in these uncertain times. May we use our creative and collective power to make our children care for the future of this beautiful life and all living beings. I am nature.

Welcome to contact me for more information or come along on an Ecosomatic hike.