Ground (Hardcover)
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This initiatory text from ancestral neuroscience pioneer Natureza Gabriel, the Developer of Autonomics, maps 5,000 years of the history of our deviation from the deep ancestral baseline in safety and connection; the way it has been elaborated by imperial agendas; the way it has translated into multi-generational inheritance of traumas; and the way it lives in our bodies, uprooting us from contact with our true Mother: the Earth.
Accreting a modern notion of self is indistinguishable from modern civilization's fundamental alienation from the Earth, upon whom each of us is utterly dependent for survival. This has created a society where, instead of treating the earth with reverence, we blindly & fecklessly degrade her to meet our short-term needs. Not only does this destroy the only biosphere in the known universe; it is making modern humans profoundly ill. The global spike in complex chronic illness is a direct neurobiological sequelae of this embodied alienation.
Gabriel proposes that the genesis of a range of chronic illness is traceable back to the particular manner in which alienation has shifted the neurological baselines of our Grounding System, the most ancient of our three primary autonomic systems. Centered in the deep belly, its purpose is to digest our experiences: when it loses contact with the ground, due to lifethreat, we stop being able to digest what happens, as well as what we eat, and degrade into a spiral of illness that modern allopathic medicine is nearly helpless to reverse. It is impossible, Gabriel suggests, to understand this physiological breakdown, or how to heal it, without understanding the deep ancestral context of empire, and the ways that it has shaped social and familial systems for the past five thousand years. This volume provides a cartography of the history of alienation in the modern world, and a pathway to reclaiming our direct embodied relationship with the Living World.
GROUND: How Modernity Disconnected from the Earth, Why it Matters & How to Fix It.
This is the hardcover version of the book.
Hardcover book
• 400+ pages
• 80 full color illustrations
• Hardcover 5.5 x 8.5 inches
• Dustjacket that converts into artwork
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PRAISE FOR THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF CONNECTION
“Truly a masterwork, this is a rare combination of scientific insight, spiritual wisdom, and practical tools for daily life. Beautifully written, it’s warm and inviting, like a clear path through green forest groves. Poetic, personal, comprehensive, and endlessly useful, in these pages you’re in the company of a brilliant and warm-hearted guide to lasting well-being, love, and inner peace.”
–Rick Hanson, PhD
author of Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
“A marvelous text, full of brilliant transdisciplinary insights!”
–Darcia Narvaez, PhD
Professor Emerita of Psychology,
Developer of the Evolved Nest
“A perfect bridge between neuroscience and the wisdom traditions.”
–JD Daniels, MD, MPH
Professor of Family & Community Medicine
Assistant Dean of Students for SIU Medicine
“The origin story of human connectedness is not frozen in deep time. It is here, alive, in our present-now, with pulse and with resonance so deep that in somehow coming into contact with this book, I am simultaneously coming more into contact with this pulse. Gabriel’s ability to dissolve limiting paradigms allows the reader to dissolve them, too - reconfiguring our own origin story. This is a book for any human interested in vitality, interested in decoding wellbeing, and interested in coming home.”
–J. Ariel Guy
Developer of the Elite Resilience Framework
“Neurobiology of Connection is a book we all need—a user’s manual for our nervous systems. Brilliantly insightful and practical, we can learn to understand why we are the way we are moment-to-moment, meet our needs in ways that heal old traumas, and enhance deep connection with other humans and the world around us. Gabriel brings together material from indigenous cultures, neuroscience, neurochemistry, mindfulness, somatically-informed trauma work, Polyvagal Theory, and literature, combined with attention to his inner world, in order to create an updated model of the Autonomic Nervous System. I have made so many changes to the way I teach, and my students are loving it!”
–Marcia Miller
Certified Yoga Therapist
Reiki Master Teacher
senior teacher for UZIT
“Gabriel has waved a poetic wand over off-putting medical-speak and pulled the curtain back on the divine delighting herself in her magic shop. In this monumental work that is being constructed through him, I get to press my nose against that glass. I tell people the work Gabriel is conducting is the science behind safety. Bravo maestro! A Slam Dunk.”
–Jimbo Graves,
Author of Tillage
| Weight | 1.02 kg |
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