Nature Connection
Ok, so firstly, what is Nature Connection? The approach that I take, both professionally and personally is;
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our interconnection with ourselves, each other and the wider world of which we are a part
All three things as nature. One living, breathing, interacting thing; a reciprocal relationship in constant conversation, exchange and community with each other. Living in a time and a culture in the West that can so often feel steeped in a separation story, it offers us a framework rooted in connection; to remember that what we do to one, is what we do to another.
Nature connection can be part of our day-to-day wellbeing and health, it can offer us therapeutic support, and it can also invite us in to something more mystical and magical, something that words can't quite capture perhaps. This approach is deeply rooted in the ecotherapeutic and ecopschological approach from my training with The Natural Academy, and their inter-connected model The Natural Self . The World Health Organisations One Health model also speaks to something similar.
And how does Nature Connection work offer us this gateway, this pathway to this sense of 'okayness', belonging, wholeness, healing?
The University of Derby's Five Pathways to Nature Connection, is one framework
that illustrates clearly how that by spending time with nature, we can be supported in to tuning back in to that sense of connection within and around us all. And that tends to take focused time and space. To come back in to connection with our bodies, our feeling, sensing selves, from what can so frequently be over ridden by the thinking and doing parts of our mind. Of course these are such a vital part of who we are, but the balance seems to pretty out of whack. A culture that is so quick to prioritise, doing and being so busy all of the time, over resting, feeling and taking time. A hangover from the Cartesian Split perhaps, separating thinking over feeling, coupled with this current dominance of a patriarchal, capitalistic, productive, colonial, power-over based culture. Both the physical & mental health, and ecological crises illustrate the profound impact that this sense of disconnection from ourselves, each other and our sense of place and wider belonging, is having. By inviting ourselves to remember, reclaim, or retune back in to our innate connection with, and as part of nature, our nervous system is offered the chance to come home to itself; to regulate, rest and restore. A revolutionary act in our current culture in many ways, and an extremely peacefully powerful place to live from. Curious to experience a moment for yourself? Why not have a listen to my free nature based grounding or get in touch to explore more!
"what connects us is more powerful
than what divides us"
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