Rewilding A Forest | Artist and Poet Maria "Vildhjärta" Westerberg

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3 ай бұрын

This film is part of a series called "Something Beautiful for the World”, which is a collaboration between Reflections of Life, Campfire Stories and Happen Films. Watch all the films of the series here: • Something Beautiful fo...
Title: Once Upon a Forest
Created by: Campfire Stories
Synopsis: Maria was a romantic, animal-loving, dreamy child who, growing up, had a hard time conforming to the demands associated with the trajectory towards "a normal life". As a young adult she became depressed, and was encouraged by her therapist to go for walks in the forest. The myriad of funny-looking twigs and sticks she found along the way immediately put her on a path to recovery. Now, 25 years later, she's a celebrated "twig poet" whose art is shown in galleries throughout Sweden. When a climate related crisis strikes the forest where she lives and works, she's forced into a new type of creativity in order to save the place that once upon a time saved her.
Filmed in: Värmland, Sweden
Featuring: Maria "Vildhjärta" Westerberg & Johannes Söderqvist (vildhjarta.net/) and Martin Jentzen (www.jentzen.se/)
Produced, filmed and edited by: Mattias Olsson for Campfire Stories (www.campfire-stories.org/)
Sound mix: Boris Laible (www.borislaible.com/)
The films of the series "Something Beautiful for the World" explore how small acts of love and kindness have the potential to ripple out and change the world, touching hearts and minds in ways that we could never begin to imagine. We'll be sharing a total of 12 short films, from across five continents - releasing one per month for the whole year of 2024 - four from each filmmaker.
More info about the three production companies below:
Campfire Stories
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Visit our website: www.campfire-stories.org
Support us on Patreon: / mattiasolsson
Reflections of Life
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Visit our website: reflectionsof.life/
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Happen Films
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Visit our website: happenfilms.com/
Support us on Patreon: / happenfilms

A huge thank you to the following brilliant people, who gave so generously of their to time to help with translations, enabling us to provide subtitles for this film, in the following languages:
Bulgarian: Polina Stoyanova
Dutch: Karla Greven
Croatian: Davor Bobanac
(English: Mattias Olsson)
French: Amélie Macoin
German: Tanja Pütz
Indonesian: Ary Nuansa
Italian: Grazia Gironella
Polish: Anna Konieczna
Portuguese: Sibylle Steinpass
Slovakian: Zuzana Beračova
Slovenian: Jasmina Kovačič
Spanish: Patricia Aguirre
(Swedish: Mattias Olsson)

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@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

This film is part of a series collaboration between three independent filmmakers - Reflections of Life, Campfire Stories and Happen Films. These films explore how small acts of love and kindness have the potential to ripple out and change the world, touching hearts and minds in ways that we could never begin to imagine. We'll be sharing a total of 12 short films, from across five continents - releasing one per month for the whole year of 2024 - four from each filmmaker. Watch all of the films here: kzfaq.info/sun/PLye1JIzaiQ6rKe40SkcSWqoC_sn4v_vIY Follow us on KZfaq: Reflections of Life - www.youtube.com/@ReflectionsofLife Campfire Stories - www.youtube.com/@campfire-stories Happen Films - www.youtube.com/@happenfilms If you'd like to support us: Reflections of Life - www.patreon.com/reflectionsoflife Campfire Stories - www.patreon.com/mattiasolsson Happen Films - www.patreon.com/happenfilms

@CorpseBride64 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@A-Light-from-Heaven_ 3 ай бұрын

LORD HOLY SPIRIT GOD JESUS CHRIST IT IS THE PERFECT TRUTH AND SALVATION .. the natural world it is fallen spirit's impure and evil ...

@gabrielvdenton Ай бұрын

Really cool therapy insight! ❤

@redwarrior2424 Ай бұрын

@A-Light-from-Heaven How can the natural world be evil? It's a gift from God.

@A-Light-from-Heaven_ Ай бұрын

@@redwarrior2424 we are in the last days ...

@deborahjohnson3876 3 ай бұрын

What astonishing things people can accomplish if they have the opportunity to follow their hearts instead of society’s pressure to conform. Maria’s art is delightful and her mission is so important now.

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@camillapalmer82 3 ай бұрын

You don’t have this opportunity given to you. You take it for yourself 💚

@eeccee11 3 ай бұрын

@@camillapalmer82 I'm trying 😢

@LeePearce-wq6pv 3 ай бұрын

I wish more from groups like Extinction Rebellion would use their energy more wisely like this. Actually DO SOMETHING. This Is So Sad For Me To Watch.. What The Beetle Is Doing, And Such A Sweet Hearted Soul Suffer So Much.. Yet The Legacy She Has Been Left In Understanding Is Far Greater. Beautiful.

@Amorfatiart 2 ай бұрын

Yes, it helps a great deal to be independently wealthy.

@samanthakeyser7557 3 ай бұрын

"I think it's one of the reasons why so many of us are depressed, because we don't get space and a place and a job where we can be kind. I think it's one of the nice things with humans, we're really kind if we get the chance." ❤

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

I know ... Beautiful. I knew right away when she said that that it would have to be the film's ending :)

@blueocean2510 2 ай бұрын

Clean drinking water without Chlorine or Floride, UV is best also protects against Crypto. Bug. Organic or wild food.

@beatefuhrer9688 2 ай бұрын

It's beautiful as a Vividly Soul and Spirit is influenced by Love in her Thinking and Feeling and Acting, because she united her Heart and Brain. Living a sacred Flow. Love it. Best Greetings from Germany Beate ❤ Amazing Art and great Reportage (Video) of her Service for Nature and Human Dignity.

@valentinamamazza744 21 күн бұрын

We are depressed because we don't understand where we belong. At least this is my point. I'm trying to get help everywhere from anyone. I sometimes talk to much of myself to people hoping they will find the solution. The truth is we gotta listen to learn, the problem is when I ask questions to others trying to know more about that so I can get inspired the risk is being judges as nosey 😅 so need to be careful when approaching others lol

@kali5587 3 ай бұрын

It's comforting to know that there are people like this lady out there.

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

Yes, and inspiring!

@kd1687 2 ай бұрын

Right! Her energy is beautiful 🌿

@NighttimeDaydreams 2 ай бұрын

What I take when I see people like this is "I could do that, I can do that, and I will do that." :]

@JourneytoSustainableLiving 6 күн бұрын

it inspires us to do more

@scottyoung139 3 ай бұрын

I have learned to make a hot beverage, bring a box of tissue, and turn off my phone when I watch these videos. I have cried so much this past year with climate anxiety, and felt so alone. I’m autistic and nature is the only place I find peace with my mind. Today on my walk the honey bees were out. We should have snow right now. I’m so scared. But this soul and her friends have given me hope. Thank you for sharing her story with us. 💚🌳🌏

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

You're so welcome. And thank you for sharing a little bit of yours too!

@taxusbaccata6332 3 ай бұрын

Whether climate change is natural cycles, man made, a bit of both or none of these... healthy ecosystems are the buffer for the change that will always occurs. Creating your own healthy native ecosystem is so rewarding a wonderful therapy to cure against the inaction of our commercially controlled leaders.

@RedArtistx 3 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear you've been feeling so bad. Hope you feel better and you get the opportunity to make a difference in your area, even if only small.

@GaiaGalaxy420 3 ай бұрын

Dont worry, all is well and we are safe ❤ repeat this with me: All is well and I am safe 😊 #abrahamhicks

@Nico-fr5mr 3 ай бұрын

@@Sup1719creation is ongoing and we are part of it, but our economic system has made us believe that we are kind of seperate from nature and creation as whole. We are not. And that is precisely why it matters what we do, it has an impact on where we as a species are heading. And right now there is a real chance that we as humans drop out of the ongoing evolutionary process. We need to realize that we are part of the whole, we are one with all other living beings, everything and everyone is interconnected.

@fedeficiency6386 3 ай бұрын

Watching this I suddenly understood how ok it is to be sad under fluorescent lights and yellow walls. And how returning to the forest is returning to our ecosystem. Thank you to Maria, Johannes and Campfire Stories for this beautiful video.

@valentinamamazza744 3 ай бұрын

I cry my eyes out every damn day. And yet I wouldn't be capable of changing my life like some other people do, for example living like this because requires braveness and to be intelligent above limit, which I'm not and feel frustrated even more coz when we don't change things keep going in same circle

@bornwarrior101 3 ай бұрын

@valentinamamazza744 think small, start with small steps, be more gentle, allow yourself to be happy, every day one small thing .. a smile to someone you love but also a smile to someone you don't know (well). Share positivity. Share optimism. Don't expect every day is a good day, don't blame yourself for a bad day or a bad moment, let the good things build up from 1 to 100 to 300 to 2200.

@rundesewolawen 3 ай бұрын

@@valentinamamazza744 Don’t look at others to compare yourself. Let others inspire you but be yourself. You have your beautiful life. Your life is a gift to you. See your life and live it. I wish you strength and courage to be yourself 🐚

@roksanaskrobisz389 3 ай бұрын

@@valentinamamazza744 one day you will be so frustrated that you will have to do it.

@valentinamamazza744 3 ай бұрын

I am already really frustrated. But I find strength in some people coz I know you guys understand the way I feel even if we have different reactions@@roksanaskrobisz389obviously not always easy to express myself through a simple post, but I hope there's a deeper connection between all of us

@johnfowler4820 3 ай бұрын

What she says about humans not getting the chance to be kind is deep wisdom and I am profoundly affected by it. I hope I carry this always and it helps me and those around me from now on. Thank you all for bringing this wonderful film to us.

@tim_butcher 2 ай бұрын

“I just don’t smear the world with it” - the most appropriate metaphor I’ve heard yet

@kckrye Ай бұрын

She is so naturally beautiful. She just has something that shines from within her.

@user-sl3ms9uh1m Ай бұрын

This is one of the most beautiful films about one of the most beautiful people I ever saw. I love her art, her ideas, her thoughts about life and nature.

@campfire-stories Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@user-ox1og7xu5y Ай бұрын

Imagine how beautiful the planet and all of life would be if every person lived and acted and believed like Maria... such a beautiful, selfless, respectful soul. I want to be like her when I grow up... I want all people to be like her when they grow up. Thank you for sharing.

@PsychicIsaacs Ай бұрын

I live in a Eucalyptus Forest in Australia and many of the trees in this forest pre-date White Settlement in this area, meaning, they are over 200 years old! The forest is so alive, so vibrant, so full of life, it is beautiful! At one time, about 75 to 100 years ago, most of the trees here were cut down to stumps, presumably to try to graze sheep here, but the soil here is poor and doesn't grow grass very well. Some of the stumps died, but most of them sent out suckers and now those suckers are full grown trees, once again! No matter what, Nature will win!

@kevinmccoy3653 3 ай бұрын

I'm a fanatic wildlife/pollinator gardener in the central California foothills, and since I retired, I've been planting hundreds of trees/shrubs/plants in ever increasing numbers on my 10 acres. The results have been astounding, with a large increase of wildlife. I also have a huge pond that I've been filling as needed during our dry years, and the amount of life it supports is magical-- frogs, dragonflies, fish, etc. I put out tons of birdseed every year, and those birds are preyed on by many different falcons, hawks, and others. I can't imagine not living in the country-- every day is filled with joy! Plus, I have 3 dogs that I adore......... So, paradise! Thanks for sharing!

@Elizabeth-yg2mg 25 күн бұрын

Sounds like heaven. I'd love to live this way.

@user-nb4ex5zk3w 27 күн бұрын

The trees have a purifying field. After my wife died and I was in post traumatic stress I created paths through forests in Ireland for months in Winter. I'm grateful to these trees for their love and purity.

@kianmingpang3605 3 ай бұрын

I don’t understand why human became a threat to this planet simply for superficial possessions and desires. I often feel overwhelmed and ashamed for being a human and living in this society that’s built upon human’s fear. But this lady showed us how kind and beautiful mankind can be. Really thank you for making this film. ❤

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! And thank you for your contribution!

@Moonotter1 2 ай бұрын

They are not humans, they are unfeeling anyone with emotion or conscious with so little innerstaning of our world the ignorance and greed of these devils to unalienable are animals and cut are trees down, us with conscious have to fight back against it, it's not humans who are destroying are world, its the ones the control the world, us everyday humans don't like what's happening to our world but we are to afraid to fight back because we feel alone, we all need to come together and fight again this one enemy

@hara3435 3 ай бұрын

That was your work, sister, to undo the damage done by the earlier generations of your family. There is no better work ❤ You are truly truly Blessed.

@gretafields4706 3 ай бұрын

I started to move baby oak trees out of my yard because I hated to see oak trees die. I also started adding flowers to the woods that I know belong there because I saw them here as a child ... The wood poppies immediately took hold. Last year I added coral bells (which i have seen in the woods, not just at Lowe's!). This film gives me so many more ideas. I have begun to realize that biodiversity isneeded. It is already biodiverse where I live, but still not enough.

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

That's great! Keep up the good work!

@janclark1894 Күн бұрын

Thank-you for looking after the forest.

@jessicajaerosenbaum115 3 ай бұрын

This was a depression story a therapy story a ecological story a womens story a regrowth story a story of hope but most of all for me it was a love story

@feelinguru-vywiththepaingu9808 3 ай бұрын

Yes, it's a beautiful story and video. ❤

@DoctorWonka 2 ай бұрын

Based on what she said, it seems like her depression began when she was taught to stop thinking as a child (when she was a child). And she was TOLD what was important in life, what to strive for, and what would make her happy. When she actually knew it all along, as a child.

@georgewhitehouse8630 Ай бұрын

“So many woodpeckers

@kooale 21 күн бұрын

@@georgewhitehouse8630 Yeah I really loved that too.

@clochette5854 2 ай бұрын

"can you abandonned someone that helped you when you were down...and now it's broken and I am not down anymore..." This is absolutely the way we all shall think about nature✨

@vancamerawoman7399 Ай бұрын

Nature is the perfect healer and all parts of the natural environment can become as family if you let them - this is what I think 😊

@mickgibson7904 3 ай бұрын

Soooo profoundly beautiful. Thank YOU for making this film. And to you Maria for your love and kindness to the forest and the trees and the world we all share

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@sharonstone8245 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Maria. Bless you❤

@valentinamamazza744 3 ай бұрын

This woman is so beautiful outside and inside. So sensitive and caring. She's not arrogant, she cares and try to understand how she could help nature restore herself not just using the human way. She's a forest witch without knowing it ❤

@Moonotter1 2 ай бұрын

She's not a witch she's a healer of the forest

@emmapile2627 2 ай бұрын

C'est une fée. Une magicienne. 💚🌿💚

@kaleighandreoni2962 3 ай бұрын

This short film drew tears to my eyes. I feel like my heart cracked open. Thank you Mia for your unwavering love for the forest and for following your heart and inspiration fiercely. Thank you, biologists, for your hopeful reframing and explanation that the forest WANTS to live, and will. Thank you, Mattias, for your creative gift to us all! Refreshed.

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! 💚💚💚

@ksenismiles777 3 ай бұрын

I so so agree with the thought that so many of us just simply aren't given the space, and occupation to be ourselves...to be kind, to be true.. and it hurts. And we are hurting..

@treemarie2075 2 ай бұрын

This is beautifully documented. The foresters and timber industry not only clearcuts all around our 11 acres here in Oregon but then they also spray poisionous chemicals to "control" undergrowth, and so called pests. It is devastating and very hard to fight. Just one of the many broken parts of our broken system. Thank you for making this film❤ it is very important. Not giving up yet! In gratitude, Theresa

@anned6913 3 ай бұрын

Sooo Beautiful. ❤ If only Mother Nature was everyone's teacher. Thank you.🙏🌾

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@faith2691 3 ай бұрын

I'm Australian. The fairy folk have been whispering 'Mattias' to me all week. I don't know any Mattias. Now it makes sense. I'm at the end of a very long and painful cycle and the house i rent is being sold. I may not be able to afford to rent in town. I have a feeling my children and i will be moving out of town. If i am to restore forest, it will have to restore me. I'm recovering from chronic fatigue in to of a long list of illnesses. I am already much better than i was, so it seems doable. Thank you 💙

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! And I hope your situation resolves itself in the best possible way!

@dorothyrichmond3957 3 ай бұрын

Ask a forest to answer your call ❤

@juliamckechnie4094 3 ай бұрын

I hope your housing gets sorted out. It's so important to have a safe place for yourself and your children. Take care, Julia🌺

@enzogrella1 3 ай бұрын

All the best wishes for you...

@GaiaGalaxy420 3 ай бұрын

You are on the right path then, enjoyyy ❤🎉

@dennishollinghurst7220 3 ай бұрын

Maria and her companion have done something quite marvellous that if left undisturbed will live on and benefit others for hundreds of years after we have all passed. Blessings to both of these amazing people. I live among great areas of monoculture both trees and grass with only the benefit being to those who make money from such barren landscapes. When I walk in an old forest I feel such relief from the stresses of the world. It is almost as if the old trees stand guardian and protect those who wander within their realm..

@roseybeesley4110 3 ай бұрын

Yes I feel the same, and I’m devastated when men chop down our trees, we are all responsible to take care of the forests the wildlife. The men who chop them down they don’t own the forest it’s not theirs to destroy, God owns it all, He gave it to us to share it and take care of it. To safe guard it? there is a judgment coming, those who ruin or do harm to the world will pay a terrible price. And it’s coming fast, the second coming of Christ to destroy the wicked and those who destroy the earth. It’s coming !!!

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@therealwendybywendymae4605 Ай бұрын

It always surprises me that in our healing we stumble on a purpose. ❤💚💚

@darbiemayberry2902 Ай бұрын

Thankyou for that that’s beautiful you just gave me hope 💜

@samanthabarnes1681 Ай бұрын

Thank you Maria Westerberg for your wisdom, work and kind heart. I love your art❤. Thanks Mathias for the film.

@janetraine4883 3 ай бұрын

So wonderful to see people doing good in the world.

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@gavinrobertson1111 3 ай бұрын

A beautiful story unfolding with enchanting characters. It makes me happy seeing these people are in the world.

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@anakirola9204 22 күн бұрын

There is a cosmic energy that lives in nature. It requires us to let go of the expectations and create a more natural life. It takes a person like her and her gentle friends to rehabilitate not only nature but ourselves.

@stscc2009 3 ай бұрын

This is beyond inspiring. The best thing I’ve seen in a long time here on KZfaq. It brought tears.

@parry3231 3 ай бұрын

I am very grateful that you didn't grow out of your wonderment and joy in life with love for the Earth and the way of understanding the importance of nature and peacefulness. ❤

@theawakeningholistichomesc4878 3 ай бұрын

Thank you......🙏 thank you.......🙏. thank you........🙏 thank you............🙏 a breath of beautiful fresh air and joyful tears..... 🌳 💖

@Parianparlay 3 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful lady and companion! A truly magical place. And a true poetic soul….thank you.🙏🏻💕

@theawakeningholistichomesc4878 3 ай бұрын

May the Earth's Abundant Blessings be with you now and always🙏💖@@Parianparlay

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! 💚

@Helen-qb4gv 2 ай бұрын

I love her Facebook approach. Her whole approach to living makes sense to me. Beautiful carvings. This is a life

@jonatasmendonca2079 2 ай бұрын

I'm just a Forest Lover!! It's my dream to spend time in the woods... and I love it in all that they contain: Pine trees, Tropical trees, Jaguars, Bear, Woodpeckers and so on...

@janelte 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. Such thoughtful kindness, goodness, truth and beauty.

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

Thank you ! 💚

@susanwagner7605 2 ай бұрын

She melted me with her last statement ! What an amazing woman ! Beautiful story and Beautiful lessons ! Her art is fantastic ! This film is so much more than just replanting trees ! 🌿🌲🍁🍂 ❤️‍🔥This has touched the depths of my soul ! ❤️‍🔥

@campfire-stories 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@TheQuakingPoplar 3 ай бұрын

Well, I was only about a minute in when I started to tear up. I live on the edge of a forest. I'm also an artist. Thank you for making this beautiful film, Matthias. And Maria, thank you for sharing your love of the Trees and for caring for them with all of your heart. 💚

@evercleanhomeandoffice2839 Ай бұрын

This video has brought me to tears. You are a beautiful being. I don't know you but I love you for your healing help.

@ManuelaChristina1 3 ай бұрын

She is a example what a human really is and needs, his own nature in nature you find everything and yourself and your purpose ❣️✨🤍

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree! Thank you!

@ManuelaChristina1 3 ай бұрын

@@campfire-storiesthanks to you for doing your purpose ✨🌄

@ManuelaChristina1 3 ай бұрын

The earth energy is in transition. Humans are all awakening and have a joice. We are all from the same source 🤍✨

@ReflectionsofLife 3 ай бұрын

LOVE this story Mattias. So deeply moving. And such a beautiful reminder of how we all have the power to make a difference in this world, through our thoughts and actions. So excited about this collaboration together with you, and all the wonderful stories that will be unfolding during the rest of this year ahead. Big love. Justine and Michael x

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

Stop it, I'm going to cry! :) You guys ... What an honour to be part of this project!

@NewDayDawning1111 2 ай бұрын

I so feel you sister! I too am finally free to be ME out in the woods. NOTHING HAS HEALED ME MORE than stopping trying to fit 'into the box' and being embraced by Mother Earths nurturing empowering presence 🙏

@eveofalliance 3 ай бұрын

The space to be kind ❤ What a wonderful motto

@scottfranklin1324 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful! What a remarkable woman is Maria. Such a joy to see the forest in the throes of rebirth. The wonder of nature 🙏

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@Floral27 3 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful and sweet lady……Thank you!❤❤

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@deannne 3 ай бұрын

Maria you are a contagious miracle 🍀💚🌳 Brilliant film Matthias 🎉

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 💚

@turtle2212 3 ай бұрын

This is my solution 😊. I felt bad that I had to get rid of some tree seedlings in my pathway. Now I know were to move them, dankeschön. They will survive😅.

@victoriabatrus150 3 ай бұрын

Maria what a lovely video. I always found peace walking in my forest listening and truly being in touch.Your art is beautiful you are in touch.❤🌲🌿

@merryfergie 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. A beautiful lifestyle. Lovely human beings in a forest.

@earthmamma85 3 ай бұрын

This has impacted my soul so much. Tearful, joyful, hopeful, just overall amazing. I share her passion for the forest and respect her so very much. She’s living proof that beautiful souls exist. ❤

@FrantisekSchejbal 3 ай бұрын

Thank you/Stor Tack Maria, Johannes and Mattias for this film. And to Martin Jentzen for his words: "... people might come here for your art. But maybe they leave with the forest". I hope so! And I hope that many others do like Maria & Johannes. Greeting and hug/Hälsning & kram från Värmland Andrea

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@rainbow3678 2 ай бұрын

Living in a Suburb of a major city l feel home sick watching this and so proud of her efforts, kindness and love of nature...a move back to true home is on the horizon this is inspiring 💚

@darbiemayberry2902 Ай бұрын

Yess follow your heart 💜

@clochette5854 2 ай бұрын

❤ some of us can feel that we are part of all of it...precious people

@terezeandren1699 3 ай бұрын

Beautuful Beautiful Maria, an angel on earth ❤

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@DobermannKeeper 3 ай бұрын

Kindness is our nature and within nature we develop it more and more. Such a beautiful soul and if it is if Maria is living a Fairy Tail. Thank you Mattias for this weekend gift. With love from Belgium.

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@user-hj6bb7qm9r 3 ай бұрын

Living in the natural 🌎 creating a good place for the future. RESPECT

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@brendaw53 3 ай бұрын

I crave this way of life! This is so beautiful. Being surrounded by Woods and Nature heals a person. Thanks for sharing this meaningful story! ❤ 🌲 🌳 love your Art and cabin!

@healthynut239 3 ай бұрын

“It’s not always the goal to reduce human impact… it a matter of what we do.” This reached down deep to my soul and brought tears to my eyes.

@julied6557 3 ай бұрын

What an utterly beautiful and profound film - thank you Mattias and all those involved. This film shows just how interconnected we all are if only we can be open to it like Maria and Johannes. As Martin the forest engineer says: ‘The forest is always a process; we’re always in the middle of a process.’ Life is a process and we are that process too. What Maria and Johannes have done is truly inspiring. There are no longer any boundaries between them and the forest. Schools should organize visits as there is so much to learn here.

@VineetDixit12 3 ай бұрын

This lady ... Is... LOVE!

@jonettemurray-n.z.artist1359 3 ай бұрын

Blessings to her for being a caretaker of the land, instead of seeing it as purely something to take from or make money from. What a beautiful life she lives within nature's embrace ❤.

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@user-ld7bm3ec8b 3 ай бұрын

Дякуємо за фільм! Багато думок!

@taxusbaccata6332 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful project and legacy. We wiped out most woodland planting creatures - our atonement and sentence is to perform their function - accelerate the recovery of ecosystems - we can be natures seeds spreaders too. Many humans around the world are awakening to this calling all at once.....everyone should do this in their garden, farms, parks, balconies.

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@magicalmya 2 ай бұрын

Hey, I'm Irish, I clicked through to your UT channel and saw your drone footage of forests in westport. If I'm in the area, would love to go ancient foresting with someone knowledgeable and passionate about our trees, if that is you hit me up. We could make a group of it.

@taxusbaccata6332 2 ай бұрын

@@magicalmya Let me know when youre around Mya

@kooale 21 күн бұрын

In the not very great vast American yard! Read/watch Doug Tallamy please!

@MariaPNW Ай бұрын

YES!! A woman with a heart, a loving soul, and spirit that LISTENS to her in-born instinct! Her Face Books - I love it!!! As it should have always been...without giving away the rights to our lives, pictures, and stories! Good for her. Thank you for starting this series to restore our souls!

@erfan4244 3 ай бұрын

I'm glad to see an increase in these types of video and interest in like minded people! Thanks . "If we lose all the universitys we lose nothing, but if we lose a forest, we lose everything". Bill mollison

@myvoiceyourstory9338 2 ай бұрын

I cried watching this and felt so many wonderful emotions thank you 🙏🏼 My heart ❤️ Such a beautiful soul and woman !

@SRtruth 2 ай бұрын

I can't explain how much this film means to me. It is truly what I see as my dream. To live in harmony with nature, and do my part to restore purity on this green Earth. My soul hath spoken, and let my prayers be heard! 💙🌿💫

@sandrahamphoff2939 2 ай бұрын

I just cried from the bottom of my heart ... i think she is a WONDERFUL Women and gives so much back to the forrest and he loves her❤❤THANK YOU 🙏🍀

@joninature 3 ай бұрын

A woman who understands my own heart ❤

@amossman66 3 күн бұрын

Your comment about childhood struck home. As a loving creative little girl, my ideas dreams and way of being were 'taught' out of me creating a life of anxiety and depression. Now as an adult, I've rescued that beautiful, loving, fun and creative little girl and brought her forward with me. I listen to her and together we are moving forward into the life we are learning and teaching each other, but mostly her doing the teaching. Thank you for this. It resonates profoundly.

@madddoll8685 Ай бұрын

What a beautiful soul. This woman shines inside and out. So glad I came across this video!

@BeMindfulLalit 3 ай бұрын

Hi dear You are an incredible person. You are living your life with nature 😊 God bless you always

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

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@KAEmmons 3 ай бұрын

This is a profound story... a voice for the wild that needs to be heard 💗🙏🌿Thank you so much for creating and sharing this work of art

@campfire-stories 3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! 💚

@KimSJoy 2 ай бұрын

Amazing woman, Maria Westerberg is my new hero!

@elgeebee5250 2 ай бұрын

No negative voices coming at her from afar. No distractions.

@noashom 2 ай бұрын

What a beautiful, kind and gentel soul. Maria's story, the way she tells it, the look in her eyes and her deep connection with nature really touched me. Thank you for sharing her journey with us, her wisdom and her spiritual insights. May we all slow down from time to time to listen to wood peckers.

@Matty002 3 ай бұрын

its crazy how what we think a healthy forest looks like is completely different than a thriving forest, especially with native plants

@mariebergner2098 2 ай бұрын

Maria är en stor förebild på flera sätt!

@erschaffenswert 3 ай бұрын

Thats really something huge. How great we humans can be!

@Atimatimukti 3 ай бұрын

So, thank you for having that depression 😊. I am so totaly in love with people like you Mia ❤. Thank you ❤

@bettinarossi7908 3 ай бұрын

This lovely woman has my heart.I am of the same thoughts. I love trees.🌲💚

@marksims9223 Ай бұрын

She is a beauty....she feels real life ...she is intuition

@donmcallister3745 3 ай бұрын

What wonderful work they have done and continue to do… her art is beautiful… and I’ve always said that nature is the best artist… she has given new life to what she has found in her forest as artwork… without destroying anything. I understand your connection to nature… I’m just saddened by how terribly we have treated nature. I hope we collectively will be smarter. Wishing you Peace 🕊️ 🌜🌞🌛

@crazyduck1254 3 ай бұрын

I am a poet too. I have a kind of inherent fear of lonely people. Life seems to be forcing me into a lonely end. I am fearful of ending my final chapter in this way. This woman has found something to offset the fear. There are many diagnoses a doctor can give you that quite literally do not exist in one person in a forest. An example might be ADHD. Right at the top of the stack of man made-up conditions. The medicalisation of anxieties and living disorders. I can hear the anxiety in her voice, but it is sated by her forest and art. How fortunate her mother left all this wonderland for her. ❤

@AstroMartine Ай бұрын

she doesn't seem lonely, though

@mrdeanvincent 3 ай бұрын

She's beautiful. I love her art, her curiosity, her heart.

@MimiBrooks-dc8ki 3 ай бұрын

I gave up my life of adventure for an office job so my family wouldn’t be so disappointed in me and maybe they’d talk to me. I’m a little over 6 months in, they were SO happy for me at first, they even came to see my office! Now things are right back to how they were except I don’t have the time or energy to do what makes my heart happy- be kind, spend quality time in the woods, make art, explore, do things for people just because… I just spent a week in the mental hospital, I wanted to unalive myself because of how dead I already felt inside with nothing to look forward to except work, sleep, work, sleep, one week of vacation a year. I even work a “fun” office job because I’m at a ski resort but I don’t have the energy to take advantage of it. Anyways. This video felt like talking to an old friend and remembering who I am. Thank you for making these.

@SpiritualGoddess69 3 ай бұрын

She is an example we should ALL follow. Much Praise to her Beautiful Soul ❤❤❤

@maimunamerican3911 3 ай бұрын

So beautiful beyond words. So much hope and life, thanks to the forest and all of nature and kindness showed by friends and people around! Sending love! 💚

@northangel30leather6 2 ай бұрын

I can’t tell you how much I needed to see this film and beautiful lady who has such kindness and wisdom. I too have suffered with anxiety since childhood so I can relate to how deeply important it is to come back to yourself and re awaken in truth, acceptance and love for all the wonderful, healing nature that is actually on this planet we all think is so dreadful! It takes a certain stillness within oneself to truly be able to start to feel this again after an eternity of being numb and dulled down. Thank you so much for this film and thank you to the beautiful couple in it!

@GloryBe123 25 күн бұрын

I liked her Art. Interesting pieces all around that she has created and it all just blends with her environment… i smiled at each one….😊

@waxon2 3 ай бұрын

I love the beauty of this film and the wisdom and strength of Maria. Her candor in describing her depression after being limited by sociological enforcers and influencers in her life calling her naive. I love how she later returned to her inner wisdom, returned to the forest, returned home. And the result was peace, fulfillment, and actions for healing: healing the heart and mind, healing the monoculture forest. Thank you Reflections of Life, Campfire Stories, and Happen Films :)

@stephaniehibbert2270 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this short film. I felt so moved. I feel a deep connection to trees and woods and this really pulled at my heartstrings. Maria is inspirational in her kindness, acceptance and wisdom. I would love to visit one day.