Imprint: Triarchy Press
Published: January 2021
Format: Paperback 
Extent: 148pp.  ~  Size: 17.8 x 12.7 cm
List Price: £15
Print ISBN: 978-1-913743-12-3​
Tags: drift, ecotherapy, ecopsychology, personal development, nature retreat, embodiment, ecological self, somatics, nature connection
Nature Connection
Margaret Kerr ~  Jana Lemke  

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Readership

This compact handbook of nature practices can be used by anyone who wants to deepen their connection with the rest of nature. It is also designed to be used by people who work with others in personal development and healing - for example, coaches, therapists, ecotherapists and outdoor educators.
Nature Connection

​a handbook of practices
for therapy and self-exploration

Margaret Kerr & Jana Lemke 
Example exercise:
​Find a field of long grass that you can return to over a period of days. Crawl through it on your front.

What do you see when you are moving? When you stop? What associations come up? How does your body feel as it moves across the ground? What stops you in your tracks?
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Stand up and look at the trail of your journey. What is the impression you have left on this place and it on you?

Come back again over the next few days and see whether and how the track that you left has changed.
A compact handbook of nature practices for personal development and coaches, therapists and outdoor educators.
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From the Introduction:
“...we are a part of nature and our relationship with the Earth is reciprocal. We cannot exist separately, and what we do as humans has powerful consequences for the ecosystems we are part of. 

Experiencing ourselves as part of nature tends to an underlying wound we all carry - a subtle, ever-present feeling of disconnectedness that is clearly visible in our current lives and culture. Experiencing ourselves as part of nature opens up a larger community of life, unconditional acceptance and a deep feeling of belonging. The consequence of this journey is that it can motivate us to start tending the Earth’s ecological wounds and rebalancing our part in the web of life.” 
The book's exercises fall into five categories:
Ecological Self, Embodiment, Personal Journey, Mindfulness and Inviting Mystery. 
  • Some exercises concentrate on empathising with natural elements or a living being and feeling into their innate intrinsic value. These are categorised as focusing on the Ecological Self. The notion of the Ecological Self comes from the writings of the Norwegian ecophilosopher, Arne Naess and suggests an experience of deeper interconnectedness and being part of nature, where all parts of the whole have an inalienable right to their own existence.
  • ​Embodiment focuses on bringing awareness to the body and exploring movement in an ecological context and as part of the Ecological Self.
  • Exercises that invite readers to reflect on their Personal Journey are useful when looking at personal development issues or  in therapeutic or coaching processes with clients.
  • Exercises in the Mindfulness category emphasise exploring the senses, observing the mind and experiencing the present moment.
  • Finally, Inviting Mystery describes exercises that invoke playfulness and creativity, expanding beyond the rational everyday world. These experiences may go beyond easy description and invite a taste of mystery into life. 

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Ways to Wander~ The Pattern ~ Nine Ways of Seeing a Body ~  All Triarchy books on Walking​ ~ All Triarchy books on Movement and Somatics