Grounded: How connection with nature can improve our mental and physical wellbeing

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Our natural world has never been under more threat. If we relocate our sense of wonder, veneration and awe in the landscapes we live in, we might just be better at saving it. Whilst reading it, I just imagined a calm soothing voice guiding me through different stages of; stillness, solitudes and gratitude.

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SAGE Knowledge is the premier social sciences platform for SAGE and CQ Press book, reference and video content. Grounded was reviewed on Xbox Series X/S, with a code provided by the publisher. More info Available platformsThe reason I'd avoided it thus far is because of bugs, and by that, I mean actual critter bugs, not gameplay ones. My arachnophobia is epically bad, which means that even though I'd pushed the wonderful spider-safe mode slider the full distance, the gloopy legless blobs that scuttle around Oak Hill still bring me out in a cold sweat. Get Grounded!: 35 Simple Ways to Balance Your Body, Mind and Spirit: Volume 2 (Soul-Full Self-Care) There are a few little issues. The map's a little useless – I have the directional sense of a crumpled napkin, and thus could've really done with a handy little radar or mini-map on the HUD as I couldn't always make out waypoint icons in amongst the busyness of the game's striking environments – and it's oh-so-easy to get snared on the terrain around you. This is frustrating enough when you're exploring, but maddeningly unfair when you're trying to outrun an angry predator. For all of its creativity, however, Grounded doesn't do much to avoid the familiar trappings of its genre either, occasionally falling into the humdrum of the survival-crafting grind as you invest hours into gathering up heaps of resources to build your shelter or simply keep your hunger and thirst at bay. These gameplay loops are popular for a reason, of course, and some of you will happily cycle through them for all their merit. For those who aren't as taken by such genre staples, it's worth emphasising that Grounded merely builds upon, rather than subverts or transcends, the prosaic rhythms of the survival-crafting template.

Grounded: How connection with nature can improve our mental

Grounded's ability to find the awe-inspiring in the everyday is, and always will be, one of its greatest achievements" Grounded has been described as “intensely alive to the landscape” by Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland and The Lost Words, and “a vivid exploration…brimming with warmth and gentleness” by Keggie Carew, author of Dadland and Beastly.

Grounded review

Given your small stature and the massive scale of the world around you, Grounded does a great job of making you feel as if you're out of your depth at every turn. (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) Great reminder of how as humans we are nature and not separate from nature. Written beautifully draws the reader along. As a bibliophile I found it physically a tactile book to hold a real joy to read. V useful for therapists too” The book presents the richest concentration on Grounded Theory thought in existence. Its key strength