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Five steps to mental wellbeing
As I was walking home earlier this week I saw a card lying in the street. I picked it up and realized what it was; the five steps to wellbeing developed by the New Economics Foundation (NEF). This little card … Continue reading
Posted in What works?
Tagged awareness, connection, meditation, mindfulness, nature, psychology, wellbeing
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Bringing Mindfulness in Nature to the City
Both mindfulness and spending time in nature have many benefits, and combining the two – practising mindfulness in nature – creates a synergy that enhances them all. Nature connection, well-being and mindfulness are interrelated: Nature connection is enhanced by mindful … Continue reading
Posted in Mindfulness
Tagged awareness, connection, environment, meditation, nature, wellbeing
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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
Posted in Ecopsychology
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
Posted in Ecopsychology
Tagged activism, connection, Eco-Paganism, environment, nature, place, spirit of place, wilderness effect
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Mindfulness in Nature
Mindfulness and ecotherapy are two of the most ancient and powerful approaches to healing mental distress. What happens when you bring them together? Last week-end I spoke about practicing mindfulness in nature at a conference on ‘Psychotherapy and the Natural … Continue reading
Posted in Mindfulness
Tagged connection, environment, Focusing, meditation, nature, Patterson, psychotherapy, spirituality, therapy
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Ecosomatics: An Embodied Ecology
Most people accept that our behaviour is destroying vital ecosystems, yet there’s very little being done about it. Why? There are several factors, but a key part of the problem is that we’re in denial. I find it pretty hard … Continue reading
Posted in Embodiment
Tagged connection, Ecosomatics, embodied knowing, embodiment, environment
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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
Posted in Ecopsychology
Tagged awareness, connection, meditation, nature, senses, wellbeing
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Pinakarri: Aboriginal deep listening
‘White Fella Dreaming’ recently posted a blog about Pinakarri, a practice from the Aboriginal Mandjilidjara Mardu people of Western Australia. Pinakarri literally means “ears standing up” and is usually translated as ‘deep listening’, a listening with the whole bodymind. It … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and spirituality
Tagged Abram, anthropology, connection, ecotherapy, Focusing, indigenous, Pagan, spirituality, therapy
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Becoming another: connected selves
My previous post critiqued the notion of humans becoming animal. I argued that humans are animals, so we can’t become animals. But there’s actually a much more interesting angle to all this. Ignoring for a moment species boundaries, what does … Continue reading
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
Posted in Ecopsychology
Tagged connection, environment, nature, senses, sex, spirituality, wellbeing
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