Contrary to mainstream belief, our biology is not genetically predetermined. What you put into your own Petri dish, your environment, is responsible for how you either thrive or survive as an organism.

Group Three also simulates night-shift work, like Group One, but subjects wear amber glasses to block blue light and mimic biological darkness, the amber tones experienced by indigenous

WALKING NATURALLY Natural walking emphasizes nasal breathing (see page 51), posture and being hyper-aware of our natural surroundings. Lift your chin and chest as if you’re looking at the horizon, open up your field of vision and get your bare feet on the forest floor (or any natural surface will do if you’re not near the woods!). The more wild,

Suicide remains the most common cause of death among men under 50 in the UK.

J. Krishnamurti This philosopher and religious teacher talked about the problems of living as a human being in society and the need for the individual to free themselves from inner burdens. His book, As One Is, published in 1955 and based on several of his lectures, looks at the confusion behind human suffering.

This new sense of empowerment is far beyond anything I ever felt in my life before discovering how to reconnect to the wild side of myself – the side that needs to eat, sleep, move, play and breathe the way my ancestors once did. It’s like having access to the world through a fresh yet ancient sensory system.

Being nature as opposed to being in nature is our ultimate human state.

Access the NASA list for air-purifying plants that thrive at night and can help filter out a long list of neurotoxins, such as benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene, toluene and ammonia.

But it isn’t just the Penan tribe. The Mbendjele in the Congo is another egalitarian tribe, living and thriving without leaders. While in the developed world we have been led to fear ‘anarchy’ without leadership and hierarchy, tribes like the Mbendjele and Penan thrive on it.