Eco-Somatica with Simon Slieker

"The age of Anthropocene, the age defined by the human effect, could be the age that ends us. The predictions are ever more dire, with ever more consensus. We live amidst tipping points teetering around us. We race against time, competing needs and an insatiable demand, for more, more, more.

In this tension our senses are heightened and we are frightened, we protect ourselves with distraction, desensitation. but are never far from the clamour and roar. We're more connected than ever and simultaneously more alone. We harden up to feel less and end up hurting more. We live in a paradox.

This is the eco-crisis in which we find ourselves. If ever there was a time for us to re-connect to the ground beneath our feet it is now."

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