About Linda
Founder of The Wild Pause
Linda Prigarska brings together a lifelong relationship with nature, nearly two decades of corporate experience across HR, technology, sales operations and senior leadership, and professional training in forest bathing in the UK and Shinrin-yoku in Japan.
I grew up in a landscape shaped by forests, lakes and seasonal life. Nature wasn’t separate from everyday life. It was woven through it.
Years later, life in London looked very different. Working in demanding corporate environments gave me first-hand experience of the pace, pressure and sustained demands of modern working life. Through it all, my relationship with nature remained a constant. Over time, it became the foundation of a new professional direction.
What shapes The Wild Pause.
A childhood shaped by nature in Latvia.
Nearly two decades of experience spanning HR, technology, sales operations and senior leadership.
Certified Forest Bathing+ Guide with The Forest Bathing Institute.
UK’s 1st INFOM Certified International Shinrin-Yoku Instructor, recognised by Dr Qing Li
Trained in Japan through INFOM.
“Linda’s peaceful approach, incredible knowledge and ability to weave meditative, sensory moments with a pinch of science created a beautiful balance. I left noticeably more centred, relaxed and at ease.”Christine · Wild Pause participant
Japan · 2024
Deepening the practice at its source.
In 2024, I travelled to Japan to deepen my understanding of Shinrin-yoku, from experiencing the practice at Akasawa Forest Therapy Base to studying through the INFOM International Seminar and Workshop at Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, alongside Dr Qing Li and other forest-medicine researchers.
That experience deepened my understanding of the relationship between nature, health and place, and continues to inform how I guide The Wild Pause today.
My approach
I don’t believe my role is to shape another person’s relationship with nature. It’s to create the conditions in which they can rediscover their own.
I design the sequence and hold the structure and pace, adapting each experience to the people, place and what nature presents that day. There is no prescribed way to connect, and no particular way you’re expected to feel.
The pause creates some distance from the responsibilities, pressures and constant doing of everyday life. Sometimes that distance is enough to see something differently.
What happens in that space can travel beyond the experience. As our connection with nature deepens, it can influence how we meet our lives, our relationships, our work and the world around us.