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The silence of nature

03.02.2022 18:39

Forest near Lake Vinné Nature experience

Years ago, our grandmothers did not go to the pharmacy. When someone had stomach problems, they just went out into the garden and brought herbs. Even middle-aged people will certainly recall picking linden flowers or plantain as children. There was no need to buy tea.

However, knowledge and skills in this regard have been declining. More and more people are moving from the village to the city and contact with nature is lost in the rapid course of life. Well, it doesn't have to be that way.

Berta Stašková grew up as a typical child of the suburbs. Despite this, she was taught by her father, with whom she often visited forests, and she used this knowledge in various school competitions on biology and, later, the Faculty of Forestry. There it was necessary to pass, among others, an exam in special botany, in which the student is required to know 700 species of plants. And, even though Berta Stašková did start working in forestry, her job position meant working in a suit, not in the forest. But then she changed everything. Today she lives in the "far East" of Slovakia, in the village of Hlivištia, just a few kilometers from the Ukrainian border. On a five-hectare plot, she grows medicinal plants and fruits. Life here cannot be compared to what the people of the cities chose. Every morning, you wake up looking at a honey meadow, listen to the sounds of free-running, happy Mangalica pigs, and enjoy fresh eggs. The day is filled with the growing and picking of herbs that have been a part of humanity’s lore for many millennia.

Another specialty and unique experience is the forest bath, where one learns to perceive the forest, receive and use its beneficial effects. In a beautiful environment near Lake Vinianske in Zemplín, Ms. Berta, together with her colleagues, certified forest therapists, will teach you why a stay in nature is so beneficial for your soul and whole body, which often struggles with adverse external influences. You will learn that the forest can be perceived by all the senses with the same intensity. "So do not hesitate and come with us to breathe vitamin "F" like a forest, we will be happy to share our knowledge with everyone who comes to us, whether it is from the countryside or from the city," invites Berta Stašková.