How do we as citizens put things right? By, as Jung wrote, ‘touching nature from the inside’. Walking in the woods, lying on the grass, swimming in the sea, practising gratitude for our food, the air we breathe, the water we bathe in, the animals and stars and sunsets we delight in. Seeking the ‘numinous’ again, the sacred and the awesome in the

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n a sedentary world where many workers are immobile all day, tied up in desks or in front of screens, it is sometimes good to seek a connection with nature and trees. The Anglo-Saxons call it a “tree hugger”. Sylvotherapy offers many benefits such as relaxation, better breathing and an increase in vitamins B and C.

Escaping our built environment and spending time in green spaces is a simple and effective way to enhance not only our experiential connections (i.e. physical interactions) with nature but our cognitive connections too. These are the mental processes involved in understanding, appreciating, and interacting with the natural world which can shape our... See more