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Healing with Nature :: Lessons from Mother Earth
Healing with Nature :: Lessons from Mother Earth

We see the importance of connection reflected across different therapeutic modalities. In Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, we tend to internal relationships, bridging connections between parts and Self. In psychodynamic therapy, we connect the present moment to past experiences. In relational therapy, healing occurs in the relationship between therapist and client. In somatic therapy, we find healing through the mind-body connection.

This makes sense. Everything we know exists within a web of relationships; we are inherently relational beings. Nature-based therapy extends this web of connection even further. 

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nature therapy, ifs therapySharon Yumarina-mendes
Nature-Based Therapy: Your Body Wants to Be Outside
Nature-Based Therapy: Your Body Wants to Be Outside

One is the descent — the deep, internal work of getting to know the landscape of your soul. The other is the ascent — the remembering that you are part of a web of interconnectedness with all other living beings here on Earth.

To me, to heal is to be able to stand in the present moment, holding both of these dimensions at the same time – the stories that make you uniquely who you are, and your undeniable belonging in the family of everything – without needing to change anything.

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ifs therapy, teen therapy, nature therapySharon Yumarina-mendes