Discover how Nature’s medicine heals, guides, stabilizes, and inspires your life, no matter where you live. In this deeply nourishing book, ecopsychologist and Nature therapist, Shanti Mayberry, reminds us of our ancient belonging to Mother Earth and all her creatures as kin. She offers uplifting practices, heart-opening poetry, reflection questions and principles for Nature reconnection that support wellbeing and joy, easing anxieties, stress, and depression. She also shares vivid stories from her own healing journey of Nature reunion through wilderness adventures, mindful gardening, seasonal rituals, tree and flower communion and other practices. Come home to the wisdom of your body’s inner nature and to the loving embrace of our mothering Earth.
“This brilliant book will be more than a one-time read for me.”
—Ron Pevny, Conscious Living, Conscious Aging: Cllaiming the Gifts of Elderhood
“Poetic, well-researched, and easy to read.”
—Carol Kozial, Ph.D, Founder Canadian Ecopsychology Network
“This book is a powerful healing prescription, full of deep and practical wisdom.”
—Linda Buzzell, LMFT, co-editor of Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind
Dr. Shanti Mayberry HHP, Ph.D is an ecopsychologist, Nature therapist, holistic health consultant, mindfulness practitioner, and co-founder of an integrative natural health center. She lives with her extended family in the coastal hills of Southern California. Her love of Nature also inspires her work as a gardener, photographer, and outdoor acrylic painter.