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Wired to survive?
According to evolutionary neuroscience we’re not wired to be happy or content but simply to survive. It’s a new science, so such judgements are subject to review, but it certainly seems that our bodymind system easily becomes dysfunctional in modern … Continue reading
Posted in Psychotherapy
Tagged anxiety, bodymind, emotions, epoc, meditation, neuroscience, psychotherapy, therapy, wellbeing
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It’s not what you know …
… it’s the way that you know it. I sometimes have a name ‘on the tip of my tongue’. I’m sure you know that odd feeling; you both know and don’t know at the same time. We make sense of … Continue reading
Posted in Ecopsychology
Tagged awareness, climate crisis, cognitive iceberg, connection, embodied knowing, epoc, Sacred Ecology, therapy
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The Embodied Pathways of Connection in Therapy
My previous post introduced the EPOC, embodied practices that can reveal our radical interconnectedness. I initially came across the EPOC during my PhD research into spiritual eco-activism: The EPOC both inspired and supported the campaigners I worked with (Harris, 2008). … Continue reading
Posted in Psychotherapy
Tagged Abram, connection, ecotherapy, embodied knowing, epoc, Focusing, Gendlin, meditation, psychedelics, psychotherapy
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The Embodied Pathways of Connection
What links mindfulness, psychedelics, nature connection, ritual and the therapeutic technique of Focusing? They can all help us access to our deepest embodied knowing and awaken us from the illusion of separation. For Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk and … Continue reading
Posted in Ecopsychology
Tagged connection, embodied knowing, embodiment, environment, epoc, Focusing, Gendlin, meditation, nature, psychedelics, spirituality
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Embodied Ecology: A Relational Vision
One core principle lies at the heart of embodied ecology: We are relational earthbodies, fundamentally intertwined with the more-than-human-world. Almost every thinker I’ve discussed on this blog speaks that same truth in their own voice. Let’s listen to a few. … Continue reading
Posted in Ecopsychology
Tagged Abram, body, Clark, duality, Ecosomatics, Eisenstein, embodiment, epoc, Gendlin, Linden, Merleau-Ponty, philosophy, Shepherd, Varela
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Psychedelic psychotherapy: The next big thing in psychiatry?
The UK Home Secretary has announced a review of cannabis for medicinal use. Does that bring psychedelic psychotherapy a step closer? When LSD was synthesized back in the 1950s psychiatrists were quick to see its potential. Research proliferated over the … Continue reading
‘Sacred Ecology’ Revisited
Almost a quarter of a century ago I presented a paper called ‘Sacred Ecology’ at a Newcastle University conference (1994), and it’s still my most widely read article. Should I be dismayed that I haven’t come up with anything more … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and spirituality
Tagged Eco-Paganism, ecotherapy, embodied knowing, epoc, nature, psychotherapy, spirituality, therapy
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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, epoc, 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, epoc, nature, place, spirit of place, wilderness effect
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Focusing: A tool for troubled times
I’ve been feeling unsettled over the few days and I’m not alone. Many of us feel the chill shadow of uncertainly cast by the events of the last few months. What’s the best response to such troubled times? The American … Continue reading