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Nature Therapy for Conflict
July 13, 2010
We’re all water from different rivers, that’s why it’s so easy to meet; we’re all water in this vast, vast ocean, someday we’ll evaporate together.
-Yoko Ono, performance artist and peace activist
-Yoko Ono, performance artist and peace activist
In the Wonder newsletter included in the July/August issue of Exchange, World Forum Nature Action Collaborative for Children Leadership Team member, Bishnu Bhatta, described how Nepal's minister's council meeting was recently held at the highest mountain peak in the world. After the meeting, both the prime minister of Nepal and the chairperson of the Maoist party proclaimed that meeting in the tranquility of a mountain top can help leaders solve complex problems. Bishnu then observed...
"I don’t know the extent of tranquility that Himalaya can give, but it certainly can bring healing to your mind, body, and your eternity. The crumbling of snow into small musical springs and the chime of pine trees are able to heal the trauma you experience during conflict. Put a small child along the riverside or seashore and she will start healing herself and try to talk with the flow of the river or the sea. Catching starfish and collecting small pebbles or watching butterflies dance around a flower can be great sources of healing through nature. We can follow the example of a small child enjoying our parks and zoos, and playing with animals. Taking enjoyment from nature helps us to relax and refresh our minds."
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What a great reminder. Why are we not so enlightened as this?I think it's sad that our country, generally, does not value this--nature.
Shishu Vikash Kendra
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
The child learns from the nature firstly. A little child makes artificial food from
the leaves of living plants . Can you imagine the activities with the materials
of the nature ?
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