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An Introduction to Nature-based therapies in Australia and NewZealand
Introduction….“In this section we introduce a range of administrative features and personal supports that will help grow and ensure success for your nature-based therapy program. From the outset, when a program is being considered, having appropriate administrative structures such as comprehensive risk management processes ensures statutory requirements are met, in particular legislation around Work, Health
Introduction…..“ In this section we celebrate the vast and diverse nature-based therapy projects and stories from across Australia and Aotearoa. We present a selection of typical target groups and situations where nature-based therapies are currently used and have proven beneficial. Harder to measure and infinitely more complex, the smiles, breakthroughs and transformation are the evidence
Introduction….“The healing benefits of nature were common knowledge in times past; the return to source in recent times reflects a yearning for balance as humanity finds itself further from nature in the technological race of ‘progress’. But now more than ever the healing application of nature is needed. In this section, we’ll meet some beautiful
‘Flourish is a beautiful word. When someone is flourishing we sense it, as we do in a garden that is taken care of and is responding to that care. The conditions for flourishing are intentional, created with the presence of love. The components of a program of nature-based therapy, like nature herself, are intimately interconnected.
Every book has a story as to why and how it came to be. Nature Heals has 3 stories, that blended to produce this book. The 3 authors met serving on the committee of Cultivate NSW, a Horticultural Therapy Society, It was the catalyst, for our visions to gradually became synchronized; we had all seen
As Nature Heals heads to the printers we will introduce some excerpts in anticipation of your book arriving…. Today is from the introduction to Part 1… “As an evolving field, with many diverse expressions and manifestations, nature-based therapy has its roots through layers of human existence. The relationship with and custodianship of country in which
Some of us are desperate for a star to follow: so make your own! Go outside (barefoot) earthing as you go. When was the last time you touched the earth? Earthing has been studied and found to lower blood pressure and stress responses from cortisol and adrenaline. Breathe. Let the silliness of the season and
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” ― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Nature Heals 