In this guest blog post for the Network of Wellbeing I explore how nature connection can help us remember our wholeness and deepen our relationship with the living world. networkofwellbeing.org/2025/12/15/n...

January 1996: Women break into UK BAE factory, disarm Hawk warplane bound for Indonesia. Acquitted. December 2025: Activists break into RAF Brize Norton, spray red paint on military planes. Not yet tried. Now on hunger strike in custody. They may die. Outrageous! secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

The natural fractal patterns you see in the branches of trees are soothing and looking at them can lower your stress levels by up to 60%. Just look up! You'll feel calmer straight away. #calm #calmingvideos #nature #wellbeing youtu.be/kshlLuIAmcI?...

Eco-spirituality pioneer Charlene Spretnak has long inspired me. I sent her my book and she replied with a endorsement: "[this book] shows us how to achieve a sensuous and aware immersion in nature... so gentle, wise, and encouraging — urgently needed in our hypermodern world.” I’m deeply honored.

"Nature helps us practice acceptance. It teaches us to see without judgment and reminds us of our deep interconnection with all life. This awareness naturally gives rise to greater compassion". From 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness'.

When will companies give up on AI 'Assistants'? If a dumb AI could solve my problem, I already would have.

There’s been a lot of talk about flags lately, so I thought it was about time I raised one. This is the Union Jill, a symbol of protest at the Twyford Down in the 1990s. It seems appropriate to raise the Union Jill again now as a symbol of resistance to fear, oppression and greed.

"90 seconds of looking a screen that's got trees on it versus the screens that's got the cityscape on it will lower your blood pressure" Professor Kathy Willis. Hard science shows that nature connection heals. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

My first review describes the book I aimed to write: "inspiring and practical ... I love how it is filled with lots of clear and practical exercises. Really recommend this for all people - no matter how connected to nature you feel we always can go deeper". Thank you! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919179518/

It's World Mental Health Day, a perfect moment to remind you that nature heals. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

“For centuries, we’ve looked for ways in which humans are different from other animals. But this is entirely wrong-headed. What makes us human is not our differences, but our ecological belonging. As a human being, you are a member of a wider community of species and ecosystems. You belong here”.

Very unsatisfying discussion on BBCRadio4 about whether democracy is a failed experiment. Where was the anarchist expert? Sophie Scott-Brown would have offered a genuine alternative. Is anarchist thought ignored because it's uncomfortably reasonable?

"To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles". Mary Davis

Many of the ideas in my new book came not from research, but from time in the woods. Walking, listening, and noticing with all my senses shaped the book’s 60+ practices—and the stories of Nu and Fa, an ancestral family who live in its pages. More in my new blog post: adrianharris.org/blog/2025/09...

There are three keys to #nature connection: slow down, get curious, and use all your senses. Find out how these three keys can transform your relationship with the natural world in my new book, 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness'.

Given Reality: embodiment, the other-than-human, our animality. Invented Reality: Nations, money, etc. Why do we give so much attention to what's been made up and so little to what's given? Maybe it's partly a distraction 🤔. The result is what we might call an 'industrialized mentality'.

There's common narrative that #racism is an innate human trait. That's wrong. As Steve Taylor explains, "racism is a symptom of psychological ill-health, a sign of #anxiety and of a lack of identity and inner security". theconversation.com/racism-isnt-...

Curiosity can keep you young! 'Get curious' is the second of the Three Keys to Nature Connection, and my new book - 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness' - has 19 exercises that cultivate curiosity. If you're curious, you can check it out on Amazon 😁. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/curios...

It's rare to hear good #news about our beleaguered natural #environment, so I'm very happy to share that the Great Koala National Park is now a reality. A reminder that when many people work together with determination and grit, positive change can happen. www.koalapark.org.au

Research shows that personality shapes psychedelic experience; high openness → mystical journeys, high neuroticism → difficult ones. The good news? Personality traits can change and #nature connection helps increase openness & reduce neuroticism. Blog 👉 embodiedpathways.org/2025/08/20/p...

Your personality probably influences how you'll experience a #psychedelic trip. New research found what I'd have expected, but it's helpful to have the numbers. www.psypost.org/psychedelic-...

We didn’t lose nature— we lost our connection to it. 🌿 After decades exploring ecotherapy & mindfulness, I found 3 foolproof steps to reconnect: 1️⃣ Slow Down 2️⃣ Get Curious 3️⃣ Use All Your Senses The Three Keys and my book, 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness': adrianharris.org/blog/2025/08...

Trauma is carried in your DNA, but cultural practices can help reduce it’s impact. Māori-led initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand,  that centre land, language and whakapapa (ancestral lineage) help alleviate generations of colonisation-related trauma. theconversation.com/trauma-is-ca...

Embodied knowing is messy, tacit, and hard to put into words. So how do we #research it? That question led me to develop the Focusing interview. The National Centre for Research Methods invited me to share more about my journey: www.ncrm.ac.uk/news/show.ph...

Language can be a powerful tool in making sense of the world and I'm delighted to have learnt a new word today: 'anthropodenial' means willfully ignoring the existence of any human characteristics in animals. I knew it was a thing but now I have a name for it! www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS...

Curiosity is one of the three keys to #nature connection, so I'm intrigued to see this new research link it to protection from adult #depression. It makes total sense!

Czech Republic opens the door to #psychedelic therapies for mental health conditions. I look forward to the rest of Europe following this pioneer. view.flodesk.com/emails/68415...

Listening to Kaela while writing a chapter on curiosity for my new book. Heaven! open.spotify.com/album/4vKld9...

“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.” E.O. Wilson

My workshop "Focusing in Nature: A Path to Embodied Belonging" has been accepted for the BPS Transpersonal Psychology Section Conference. The theme, “Sacred Unity: transpersonal dialogues with nature, Earth and self”, is a perfect fit: register.oxfordabstracts.com/event/74972?... #NatureConnection

Revisiting an old blog post on #mindfulness reminds me that it’s the practice that matters, not the result. adrianharris.org/blog/2020/07...

Rarely said, but very true: "people are happier when they don’t depend on their partners and parents as their only form of stimulation and safety". greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

A very rich man wanted to stop people wild camping on Dartmoor, a right we've had for ever. The case went to the UK Supreme Court and they have made a historic judgement: Justice and the people have won! I'm going to enjoy my next wild camp even more than usual 😁 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Maintaining or increasing exercise linked to fewer depressive symptoms www.psypost.org/maintaining-...

Free new book: '#Psychedelic Mindview - Historical Perspectives and Clinical Applications for Mental Health Professionals'. #MentalHealth cod.pressbooks.pub/psychedelicmin…cod.pressbooks.pub/psychedelicm...w/

"The properties of the object and the intentions of the subject … are not only intermingled; they also constitute a new whole" (Merleau-Ponty, 1963). It's taken over 2000 episodes, but BBC 'In Our Time' finally got to Merleau-Ponty! #philosophy #podcast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

April 19th is Bicycle Day, which celebrates the first psychedelic LSD trip by Albert Hofmann. Celebrate Earth Day - 22nd April - with some advice from Dr Hofmann: "Go to the meadows, go to the garden, go to the woods. Open your eyes!" www.earthday.org/earth-day-20...

Azimuth journal seek papers with a multidisciplinary perspective on psychedelics including ethics, metaphysics, #consciousness, religion, sociology and literary criticism. azimuthjournal.com/wp-content/u...

A research day at University College Cork explored traditions of psychedelic use in Ireland. It laid the foundations for ‘the psychedelic humanities’ there. Very relevant to talks I heard at Breaking Convention, the largest psychedelic conference in Europe. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Humans have been on the planet for 300,000 years, and for 99.9 per cent of that time, we’ve lived in intimate contact with nature. Western 'civilization' is a temporary aberration: one way or the other, it's going to end pretty soon. I'd much prefer that we make that change intentionally.

You've probably never heard of it, but our culture is especially prone to normopathy. Once you know what it is, you'll see how widespread this sickness is. timlott.substack.com/p/on-being-n...

I sometimes hear people say that their camera 'takes great photos'. Wrong; only a person can take a great photo. Same with AI, which simply manufactures images using an algorithm. Humans on the contrary, create using imagination.

The Embodied Pathways podcast has now had over 2,500 downloads. Take a deep dive into how embodiment can transform your experience and interactions with the world. Nature connection, psychedelics, spirituality, Indigenous wisdom, dance, activism, interrelatedness. www.buzzsprout.com/1931957/achi...

Curious about innovative approaches to qualitative research? ‘Using Focusing Techniques To Research the Embodied Knowing of Eco-Pagans’, explains how to research embodied tacit knowing. academic.oup.com/book/59871/c...

New research suggests that "the thalamus acts as a filter and controls which thoughts get through to awareness and which don’t". www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I'm very pleased to see positive results from the clinical trial I was involved with - Methylone for PTSD. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Touching grass is just the tip of of the iceberg, but it's a good start for a mental and physical health boost. imagine5.com/articles/go-...

Is the the focus on phone risks distracting us from harder-to-tackle, contributors to adolescent mental-health problems, such as poverty, inequality, violence, discrimination and isolation? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I enjoyed talking to Greg Madison about Focusing and Ecotherapy on his podcast. The core theme is my personal obsession: how embodiment connects us to the more-than-human world, fostering deeper eco-awareness and activism. nature Listen here: youtu.be/QKvsuRzbsVA

Presence is embodied. The thinking mind frequently captures our awareness; the body brings us back to now.