Forgotten Therapies
Posted by Charlotte Nutland onThe Forgotten Therapies: Little Things That Still Heal
Wellness doesn’t always come in a bottle, a booking, or a 6-week programme.
Sometimes, the most powerful therapies are the ones we’ve all quietly stopped doing.
Here are a few gentle rituals worth remembering — no app, schedule, or expertise required:
🔥 Watching a Campfire Flicker
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The ancient therapy of staring into flame
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Calms the nervous system, slows the breath
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Reminds us we’re still part of something primal
🌧️ Looking Out of the Window (and Just...Looking)
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The art of noticing
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Let your thoughts wander without needing to catch them
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Especially healing on rainy days
🤗 Long, Still Hugs
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Not the quick kind. The kind where you both breathe
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Oxytocin rises. The world quiets
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It says: you’re safe, you’re seen, stay a while
🌕 Moon Gazing
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Ancient. Grounding. Feminine
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A reminder that cycles matter. That you, too, are allowed to ebb
These are the therapies no one sells you—because they’re free.
They don’t promise transformation. Just a return.
To presence. To peace. To you.