Ornitherapy Tours | Birding for the soul: We offer Slow Pace Birdwatching tours that are focused on mindful birdings, that is bird behavior, listening to the bird’s calls and songs, rather than aiming for a long bird list.
Enjoying gulls during sunset in Athens Riviera
Ornitherapy at its best
Mindful birding is an exceptional way to connect with nature. No matter if we observe a Robin in our garden or a rare Ruppell’s Warbler, our body and soul are benefitting every time we enjoy these amazing animals. Ornitherapy derives from greek words “ornitha” (bird) and “therapy” (therapy) and implies mindful birding that enriches our health and wellness.
Sunrise at the weltand. Mindful birding heals the soul
We are proud to propose an Athens Birding Retreat for those of you who would like to experience a better connection with nature and their own spirituality. Spending more time with each species in its natural habitat, help us towards a deeper understanding of nature and ourselves
Slow pace birding: A family retreat for the soul
During
our Ornitherapy trips around Athens our target will be our wellness, creativity, reduce of
stress and anxiety, while being in an unspoiled natural habitat, just a few
minutes of Athens city center.
Join us in this journey for our mind, body and soul.
Resting Flamingos in Oropos Lagoon, Athens
Mindful birding with all our senses
at the agricultural fieldsaround Athens
For more reading about Ornitherapy and Mindful
Birding:
Ornitherapy: For your mind,
body and soul. Merker H, Crossley R and Sophie
Crossley S. (Crossley Books, 2021)
Zen Birding. White DM and Guyette S.
(O-Books, 2010)
Bird Therapy, Harkness J. (Unbound, 2020)
The Art of Mindful Bird
Watching, by Thompson C. (Quarto
UK, 2017)
Doses
of Neighborhood Nature: The Benefits for Mental Health of Living with Nature. Cox
DTC, Shanahan DF, Hudson HL, Plummer K E, Siriwardena GM, Fuller RA, Anderson
K, Hancock S and Gaston, KJ. 2017. BioScience 67: 147-155.
