Dr. Saskia von Diest

Dr. Saskia von Diest is the founder of Ecofluency, an award-winning organisation that offers education, facilitation and consulting in Nature communication.

An animal communication workshop during her PhD in Plant Pathology inspired her to investigate how farmers use this to inform practical management decisions. From 2014-2020, she held two postdoctoral fellowships, between Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and at Coventry University, UK, investigating intuitive farming as part of a new field of subtle agroecology.

During her postdoctoral years, she further developed her own skills in communicating with trees, animals, land, nature spirits and ancestors. She’s trained as a Family Constellations facilitator, and in the Way of the Warrior Healer for psychic surgery.

In 2021, she created Ecofluency, to offer education, consulting, and paths of activism in Nature communication for individuals and groups internationally, online and in-person, and promote other human voices in this field. She is also a director of the Organisation for Noetic Ecology, and a founding member of Nature’s Council.

Ecofluency has featured multiple times on TV and other platforms, including podcasts, magazines, plenary presentations, festival talks and university lectures, and won Gold for innovation at the 2025 Eco-logic Awards.

With 16 years of experience teaching and facilitating through various forms and in many countries, Saskia’s passion is creating opportunities for others to have their own experience of dialogue with non-human Nature. Her aim is to support individuals and organisations in reclaiming these ancestral skills, for personal and planetary transformation.

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