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Nature Connection: Have you got it yet?
When I used to run nature connection workshops back in 2010, it was a struggle to get people to sign up. It seemed that people didn’t get what nature connection was or why they might want more of it. But … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, connection, deep ecology, environment, nature, wellbeing
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The Wilderness Effect
Ecopsychologist Rob Greenway used to guide people on wilderness treks and after years of research concluded that “civilization is only four days deep” (Greenway, 1995). When people go on long treks in the wilderness they start out enthusiastic: They’re feeling … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, connection, Eco-Paganism, environment, nature, place, spirit of place, wilderness effect
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The Future of Ecotherapy
My ecotherapy work is featured in the Winter issue of JUNO magazine and the interviewer raises an interesting question: Why isn’t therapy in nature more widespread? Ecotherapy sounds very novel, but it isn’t really. Doing walk and talk therapy isn’t … Continue reading
Make it real
Right now in a park or garden near you there are real spiders weaving real webs. If you watch this video, you’ll probably have forgotten it by this time tomorrow. If you ever watch a spider weaving a web in … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, connection, meditation, nature, senses, wellbeing
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Protest Marches: What’s the point?
I was at the Climate Change March in London on Sunday. I hadn’t planned on going. “What’s the point?” I thought. I’ve been to many protest marches over the years and I’d begun to doubt if they made any difference. … Continue reading
New place, new thinking?
After living in London for several decades, I recently moved to Devon. Today marks my first month here and I’m wondering if living in the countryside instead of the city is having any impact on my thinking. Philosopher Christopher Preston … Continue reading
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Sex, sensuality and the natural connection
I can’t help thinking that Valentine’s Day is too early in the year: Sex in the great outdoors is often as good as it gets, but not in mid-February! The Pagan celebration of sex and fertility, Beltane, falls on May … Continue reading
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Get the venue right …
I’ve been away at two events over the last few weeks, both of which exemplified the power of place. The UK Ecopsychology Gathering took place at Green and Away, an outdoor conference centre. Both the weather and our interactions were … Continue reading
Relationship is the key: dirt and therapy
I’m just home from an event organized by my local Transition Town group that focused on soil, poetically described by Bill Logan as “dirt – the ecstatic skin of the Earth”. We watched the movie and then grounded the experience … Continue reading
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Tagged connection, counselling, environment, psychology, psychotherapy
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Focusing in Nature
Put simply, Focusing is a means of opening our awareness to the “bodily sensed knowledge” which Eugene Gendlin calls the “felt sense” (Gendlin, 1981). The term ‘felt sense’ describes those fuzzy feelings that we don’t usually pay much attention to … Continue reading
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Tagged connection, deep ecology, Focusing, Gendlin, nature
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