We are wired to our environment
Modern attachment theory points to attachment towards a primary caregiver but what if we are missing a massive attachment piece? What if we contemplated a more indigenous perspective of attachment? What if we were actually hardwired to our natural environment? The weather, seasons and the food that is produced throughout those times of the year from the earth? Water and the waterways? The elements? Culture, language, rituals?
What if our perception of attachment has become one of reduction and we are bodies are really hardwired to the environment and we need to develop a more expansive conceptualisation of secure attachment that connects us to something larger than yourself, and a parent?
Who feeds us, shelters us, breathes us? Mother Earth, Life itself.
Who holds both our parents and ourself?
Rethinking attachment brings us back to being soothed, nourished and regulated by nature and water. Both Florence Williams (Nature Fix) and Wallace Nichols (Blue Mind) highlight in great scientific detail how we are hardwired to nature and the benefits of connecting to water and natural surroundings. Therefore when addressing attachment isn’t essential to then address our lack of connection, or deeper connection to nature and how we are moved, breathed and continually supported by the environment?
What changes in our body, in our consciousness, when we contemplate this level of expansive attachment?
