Nature Tonic: A Year in My Mindful Life is a year long journaling guide with 365 mindfulness prompts which actively encourage the reader to slow down and find balance and relax in nature. Due out 10th Sept 2019 from Quarto on their Leaping Hare Press imprint, it's 240 pages and will be available in paperback format.

This is a beautifully calming and charmingly presented guide to re-learning awareness of our natural rhythms and re-learning to live more in sync with our natural environment. There are multiple activities to prompt examination and reflection. The days whose exercises I followed diligently and wrote down my reactions and feelings were really good days. The self reflection exercises the author has included gently allow the reader to slow down and experience their existence instead of just rushing exhaustedly from one activity to the next at maximum speed every waking moment. The illustrations, by Clare Owen, are restful and lovely and really enhance the whole message of the book.

Though the book is dealt into 12 chapters with different themes which encompass 365 guided prompts, it's not specifically written serially with seasonal activities. The individual activities could be experienced in any order. Whether the reader follows the prompts in order or not, there are real, proven benefits to slowing down and spending more time interacting with nature. I have no doubt that following the prompts regularly over the course of a year would give measurable positive results.

Beautifully illustrated and calmly and appealingly written, it would make a superlative gift for a journaling (or would be journaling) friend or family member, or oneself. Many meditation guides in my experience are quite full of metaphysical 'woo'. This one is refreshingly practical and 'woo-woo' free.

Five stars.

A lovely feel good book to help you become more aware and reconnect to nature. I loved all the drawings and illustrations and the wide variety of activities to try depending on the season or location. The writing is short and in point form so very easy to digest and dip into.. Just reading it makes you feel good and a bit more connected to the natural world all around.

This book is adorable! It's full of cute nature drawings along with 365 days of nature-inspired writing or journal prompts. It will get your creative juices flowing and help you connect with the natural world around you. This would make an excellent gift for a gardener or anyone who appreciates Mother Nature.

A charming volume with naive style illustrations that shows readers how to lead a more authentic, nature centric life. Ideas on unplugging and reconnecting to the natural world are just the tonic we need in our increasingly fractious world

This book is SO CHARMING, and I’ve already put my money where my mouth is and have pre-ordered it. I need this book in my life!

This is like a book of daily affirmations using connections to Nature. Some days have an explanation of something in Nature and then one small, easy task. Hug a tree. Go on a hike. Test your soil. Draw a picture. Some of the days go in a series: collect soil in jars; pour water over the soil; inhale the aroma. Everything is accompanied by the cutest little drawings. There are 365 suggestions that will connect you to Nature and our Earth every day for a year, even if only for less than a minute.

These are 365 days I can’t wait to complete, and to document.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. I think this is the first time I’ve immediately gone from an ARC to ordering a hard copy so this cute little book gets five GIANT stars from me.