Ep. 271 : Sensual engagement with the land

Sight is the dominant sense in humans, followed close behind by hearing and perhaps touch. Many of us have cut ourselves off from the natural world by “gating” our senses, only using what is needed to navigate an urbanized, mechanical, constructed and conditioned environment, and we end up isolating ourselves, and leaving the more than human world behind.In times of ecological, political, and climate horror, I wonder at how we can remain connected with the wilder places we love? How do we engage with the land with all of our bodies and minds, working and practicing the gifts we have inherited from millions of years of evolution? To learn more :Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm by Stephen Harrod Buhner. Bear & Company, 2014.Reconnecting with Nature by Micheal J Cohen, Ed. D. Ecopress, 1997.Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram. Vintage, 1997.