The Sky and Earth Touched Me: Sharing Nature® Wellness Exercises
An excellent resource to help people reconnect and relate deeply to nature, including other people, and through these experiences to love and care for creation. (James E. Crowfoot, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Natural Resources and Urban and Regional Planning, Dean Emeritus, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of MichiganJuly 2013)Rather than taking strolls in the woods, we become the woods. Cornell inspires our transformation by gently helping us shed what separates us from nature. (Tamarack Song, author of Song of Trusting the Heart and Entering the Mind?of the TrackerAugust 2013)An excellent guidebook for those who wish to live in harmony with nature. The wonderful exercises in this book . . . calm us, and help us feel oneness with the world around us. (Masahito Yoshida, Professor, World Heritage Studies, University of Tsukuba;  Executive Director, Nature Conservation Society of Japan;  Chairman, International Union for Conservation of Nature in JapanSeptember 2013)An instruction manual for all who wish to live in harmony with Planet Earth. (Frank Helling, U.S. National Park naturalist, storyteller, and educatorSeptember 2013)Cornell's book is full of simple practices that help us lay aside our thoughts and worries and become truly present amidst the wonder—and recapture the soul-expanding magic of communing with Nature. (Joseph Selbie, co-author of The Yugas: Keys to Understanding Our Hidden Past, Emerging Energy Age, and Enlightened FutureSeptember 2013)This is not a book to read and put on a shelf—this is a book to experience. Take the time to . . . enjoy the exercises Joseph has designed to connect you to the joy and peace of Nature. (Karl Sniady, President, The Coaches Training InstituteSeptember 2013)The same spirit of playful mindfulness that Joseph Cornell has used to connect millions of children with the outdoors he now offers to us all. This book is a gift!(Bill McKibben, Middlebury CollegeOctober 2013)Information and guidance is essential in our personal and collective work to protect and sustain nature. Equally important, if not more so, is the inspiration and energy derived from aligning with an internal compass that can immeasurably inspire and enhance our actions. Such "internal alignment" generates the synergy required in this era as we work on issues that may seem overwhelming. We need both quality and quantity of accomplishment in our work to reconcile human society and wild nature—TheSky and Earth Touched Mebeautifully points us in that direction.(Vance G. Martin, President, The WILD FoundationOctober 2013)Imagine the lines of distinction between you and a tree or animal becoming blurred or disappearing altogether, as you realize you have become that tree or animal in a very real sense. Read the book and be inspired; do the activities and be transformed! (Kathryn Gann, Director, Theosophical Society in AmericaOctober 2013)A phenomenal book. . . . Profound and movingly written, it is presented with clarity and simplicity. Enriching, awakening, and life-changing nature experiences. (Roderic Knowles, author of Gospel of the Living Tree: For Mystics, Lovers, Poets & Warriors and co-founder of University of the Living Tree (Project in Development)October 2013)Joseph Cornell offers accessible and simple techniques for remembering and reclaiming your Joy of Being. (Kristy Fassler Hect, NDOctober 2013)