"In a world that moves far too fast for many people, the importance of getting outside and enjoying urban and wild nature-rewilding ourselves-is becoming ever more important for physical and emotional well-being.Many people don't realize how easy it can be to take the time to get outside to "smell the roses" and enjoy some ecotherapy, even when one is caught up in their daily activities."
"Francis Sanzaro, Ph.D., explains how to maximize our connection to nature, enjoy the richness that awaits us all, and to truly connect with all sorts of wildness in meaningful ways. In his timely reflections, he argues, "To foster a genuine connection with the natural world, and to better protect it, we must embrace its contradictions as well as the surface beauty. Through deeper engagement with our environment, we can discover the wild within ourselves, too.""
"Francis Sanzaro: I'm very fond of this statement by Alan Watts: "You didn't come into this world. You came out of it." What I'm trying to unpack in Zen of the Wild is how the rhythms of nature crafted our minds and bodies and habits, even how it was the architect of our spiritual traditions. I use neuroscience, evolutionary biology, philosophy, and the world's spiritual traditions to try and figure out how exactly we "came out of nature.""
Connecting with urban and wild nature rewilds people and supports physical and emotional well-being. Simple acts of ecotherapy, such as stopping to "smell the roses," are accessible even amid busy lives. Deeper engagement with nature requires embracing its contradictions as well as surface beauty to foster genuine connection and stronger protections. Natural rhythms shaped human minds, bodies, habits, and spiritual traditions through evolutionary processes. Insights from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, philosophy, and spiritual teachings illuminate how humans emerged from and remain entwined with nature. A paradox exists where growing interest in nature coincides with crowded parks and renewed demand for nature-based therapies.
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