In a recent Guardian article, well known meditation teacher and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh spoke of the increasing evidence that mindfulness can help people to reconnect to nature by encouraging them to slow down and appreciate all the gifts that the earth can offer.
"Many people suffer deeply and they do not know they suffer," he says. "They try to cover up the suffering by being busy. Many people get sick today because they get alienated from Mother Earth”.
He discussed how the practice of mindfulness in nature helps us to develop body awareness and a connection with all around us and that the healing of the people goes hand in hand with the healing of the Earth.
He also spoke of how an improved connection with nature helps protect the environment too.
"This kind of enlightenment is very crucial to a collective awakening... to be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger."
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