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‘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, nature, psychotherapy, spirituality, therapy
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Gratitude is good for you!
January can be a tough month. The bright celebrations of Christmas and New Year are a dull memory, leaving a hangover of credit card bills. Days are typically short, wet and cold, with January 24 claimed – somewhat spuriously – … Continue reading
Posted in Mindfulness
Tagged gratitude, meditation, spirituality, therapy, wellbeing
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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
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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The moment of now
Many years ago I saw a talk by the American photographer Duane Michals. Michals rarely works with a single image, preferring to create short sequences of pictures that question our conventional understanding of reality. Michals created a characteristically intense moment … Continue reading
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
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Tagged Abram, anthropology, connection, ecotherapy, Focusing, indigenous, Pagan, spirituality, therapy
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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
Posted in Ecopsychology
Tagged connection, environment, nature, senses, sex, spirituality, wellbeing
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Cross Bones Graveyard: Honouring the Outcast
Cross Bones – an unconsecrated graveyard in south London – is the final resting place of around 15,000 bodies, mostly paupers and prostitutes. These are the outcast dead, unnamed and largely forgotten until construction workers began to unearth their bones … Continue reading
Samhain: Feast of the Dead
Tonight is the Pagan festival of Samhain, more commonly celebrated as Halloween. At Samhain Pagans celebrate our ancestors & beloved dead. It also offers an opportunity to meditate on our mortality, a fundamental aspect of embodiment which arguably makes life … Continue reading
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Tagged embodiment, meditation, nature, philosophy, spirituality
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Imbolc: The Pulse of the Seasons
February 2nd is the Pagan festival of Imbolc, and to celebrate I went for a long walk in the countryside. Imbolc is the time of ‘the quickening of the year’ when the first signs of the coming Spring appear, & … Continue reading