The biophilia effect : a scientific and spiritual exploration of the healing bond between humans and nature / Clemens G. Arvay ; translated by Victoria Goodrich Graham.

Biophilia effekt. English

Boulder, Colorado : Sounds True, 2018.

xviii, 183 pages ; 23 cm

Translated from German.

Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1 What Hildegard von Bingen Could Not Have Known: How Plants Keep Us Healthy by Communicating with Our Immune System -- Whispering Leaves: Can Plants Communicate? -- Plants' Impact on the Immune System: More Killer Cells and Anticancer Protection -- Practical Tips: How to Strengthen Your Immune System in a Forest -- Wild Card: Fantasy Meets Forest Atmosphere -- Chapter 2 Nature and the Human Unconscious Mind: How Plants and Landscapes Communicate with Our Unconscious, Reduce Stress, and Boost Concentration -- From Archaic Brain Structures -- Evolution Wild Card: Relieving Stress in the Reptilian Brain -- Savanna Effect -- Forest as a Space for Souls -- Holistic Relaxation in the Lap of Nature -- Fascination with Nature: Switching the Brain into a New Mode -- Nature Meditation: Concentration and Attention -- Chapter 3 Nature as a Doctor and Psychotherapist: The Rediscovery of the Healing Power of Nature -- Ecopsychosomatics -- How Woods Help Against Diabetes -- How Nature Alleviates Pain and Helps Us Recuperate Faster -- Stress Reduction Through Experiencing Nature -- Trees, Hearts, and Blood Pressure: Nature as a Cardiologist -- Lessons of Wilderness: About Therapeutic Nature -- Nature as a Time-Out from Society: Healing by "Being Away" -- When the Mountains and the Moon Taught Me a Lesson -- Experiencing the Healing Wilderness with Others -- Sex and Earth: Nature as a Sex Therapist -- A "Green Couch" -- Spontaneous Cure at a River -- Biophilia Effect in Your Own Home -- Chapter 4 Your Garden, Your Healer: The Healing Power of Yards and Gardens -- Gardens: Sources of Inspiration, Happiness, and Health -- Trading a Career for a Garden: How One Woman Changed Her Life -- Humans and Garden Plants: A Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Relationship -- Gardens as Homes and Playgrounds for Children -- Methuselah's Oasis: A Garden for the Elderly -- Anticancer Garden: A Healing Forest at Home -- Garden as a Bridge to Another World: Passing Away in a Garden.