returningtoearth

You can come home again

Word about Nature Deficit Disorder, shinrin-yoku, green exercise, ecopsychology, deep ecology,

Returning to Earth is a blog about treating Nature Deficit Disorder with Green Exercise, Forest Therapy, Wilderness Therapy, Deep Ecology, Ecopsychology, Shinrin-Yoku, Yoga, and Mindfulness. Some influences include: Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louve, Your Brain on Nature, Joanna Macy, Mark Whitwell, Jay Brown, John Muir, Arne Naess, Rachel Carson, Bill Plotkin, Steven Foster, Meredith Little, Steven K. Harper, Esalen Institute, Gestalt Psychology.

August 20, 2014

Dispatch From The Range of Light

August 20, 2014/ Joe Lindsay

Inspiration abounds. Connection. We are going deeper. The students are preparing for their Solo experience - a modern environmental education tool with ancient, indigenous roots.

All spiritual traditions in the history of humanity have gone to nature for inspiration. The fastest route to God is through the wilderness. Wandering and paying attention... Sitting still and paying attention.

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike."

- John Muir The Yosemite