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Your Spiritual Health Programme Connection - Nature heals… For many people nature is where they most easily connect with life’s wonder and goodness. Built into our biology is a positive response to the natural world. This is sometimes called ‘biophylia’ - the love of nature, and is at the heart of many nature- based spiritual traditions. Connecting with nature can relax us and helps replace those harmful stress hormones, adrenalin and cortisone, with positive, life enhancing endorphins. With life’s day to day stresses and challenges, we can often forget that we are part of nature. Recognising this is good for us and our world. Take a few moments to consider how the natural world touches your heart. Which of these bring you joy and / or a sense of calm? Animals Rocks, stones, crystals Water, oceans, rivers Hills and mountains Fire Wind and air Sky and clouds Sun, Moon Night sky and stars The whole wonder and mystery of the cosmos Now consider how you are connecting with the natural world in your life. Would you like to do more of this? How can you make room in your life to be more with nature? This doesn’t always mean you need a garden, or leaving your home and being in the countryside or in far flung exotic locations. You can connect with nature by looking out of a window at the trees and the sky, by noticing birdsong, caring for your pet at home, having pictures of nature on your walls and on your chosen screen devices, growing and caring for indoor plants, watching natural history programmes on TV… As throughout Your Spiritual Health Programme, the question we ask is always: How does it work best for you? Brenda Bruzon lives in Eastbourne and works as a holistic life coach, artist, writer and Spiritual Companion. For more about Brenda visit: www.brendabruzon.wordpress.com
