Leslie Davenport is the author of Transformative Imagery, Healing and Transformation Through Self Guided Imagery, and Emotional Resiliency in the Era of Climate Change. She is in private practice, consults, and is a faculty member at the California Institute for Integral Studies and John F Kennedy University. Some names and other details in this piece have been changed to protect confidentiality.
Strengthening our Ecological Imagination
When we temporarily quiet the cognitive activity of the mind to allow these imaginative functions to be activated, it’s easier to recognize the living connections that exist between ourselves and all other forms of life. I call this felt-sense of connection our ‘ecological imagination,’ because it has the capacity to liberate distorted beliefs about our control over nature and our separation from the natural world.
June 26, 2017