Focusing1 on the natural world: An ecosomatic approach to attunement with an ecological facilitating environment

Although conventional Western thought upholds that we live according to analytic and linear thought models, in reality, the body and the psyche form according to principles that guide self-balancing processes of the natural world. In furthering an ecosomatic approach to this earth-body split, which synthesises insights from both somatic and ecopsychology, the author uses a systems theory lens to guide the exploration of Gendlin's Focusing techniques as a means for attuning to and learning from an ecological facilitating environment. A grounded theoretical programme for systematically researching qualitative experiences of tuning into felt-sense responses to natural stimuli is suggested for uncovering further research themes.