Nature Heals

Nature Heals is Horizon's course on the human relationship with the natural world — written for people who live in cities, work indoors, and have less free time than they would like. It begins with what research can and cannot tell us about time outdoors, then works through the nervous system, attention, daylight and sleep, walking, coastlines and forests, growing things, nature in urban life, and building your own rituals. Throughout, established evidence, developing research and lived experience are kept clearly separate, and no one is asked to move to the countryside in order to belong here.

1. 01Why Nature Seems to Help Us
2. 02The Nervous System Outdoors
3. 03Attention and Rest
4. 04Light, Sleep and Season
5. 05Walking, Coastlines and Forests
6. 06Soil, Growing and the Garden as Practice
7. 07Bringing Nature into Urban Life
8. 08Your Own Nature Rituals