Crystal Clarity Publishers is thrilled to announce the release of a new classic by the world-renowned and highly regarded nature educator and author, Joseph Bharat Cornell. Cornell's classic bestseller, Sharing Nature with Children, sparked a worldwide revolution, connecting hundreds of thousands of educators and children with the renewing powers of Nature. Now The Sky and Earth Touched Me will work similar wonders with adult nature lovers. Grand Prize Winner for Non-Fiction, Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner for Science/Nature/Environment category, Indie Book Awards Gold Medal Winner for Best Environment/Ecology/Nature Book, IPPY Book Awards Winner for Spiritual category, Green Book Festival Awards This book takes the Sharing Nature exercises to a much higher level. It encapsulates a “Healing in Nature” program that can be used by individuals and professionals such as educators, naturalists, health practitioners, and religious leaders. There is a tremendous power in these exercises. Those who practice them enthuse: “I felt euphoria, and that I was one with everything.” “It made me feel like I was actually a part of the sand and ocean. I was moving with the waves.” “I found myself expanding farther and farther into nature.” “The exercise slowed down my observations. It sounded so simple, yet it was so strong.” “I knew that I belonged to the forest. I could feel the tree breathing, and enjoyed a sense of unity with it.” Reading The Sky and Earth Touched Me expands the self, and nourishes the soul. These exercises can take people beyond themselves, beyond their daily problems, and bring them to a higher level of consciousness. Cornell is a master storyteller, with a gift for sensitizing others to the great outdoors. Readers are uplifted, and transported to lakes, canyons, and woodlands while reading his words. He weaves magic with science, poetry with instruction, with delightful serenity. He invites readers, through their senses and intuition, to launch their own exploration into a magical world. To fully enjoy this book and its exercises, read The Sky and Earth Touched Me outdoors in a beautiful setting such as a garden, backyard porch, or nature park. As readers practice each of the exercises, they will experience invaluable nature awareness principles. While Part One is designed for personal practice, Part Two contains exercises that can be shared with a friend or a group of friends. An excellent resource to help people reconnect and relate deeply to nature, including other people, and through these experiences to love and care for creation. -- James E. Crowfoot, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Natural Resources and Urban and Regional Planning, Dean Emeritus, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan ― July 2013 Rather than taking strolls in the woods, we become the woods. Cornell inspires our transformation by gently helping us shed what separates us from nature. -- Tamarack Song, author of Song of Trusting the Heart and Entering the Mind?of the Tracker ― August 2013 An excellent guidebook for those who wish to live in harmony with nature. The wonderful exercises in this book . . . calm us, and help us feel oneness with the world around us. -- Masahito Yoshida, Professor, World Heritage Studies, University of Tsukuba; Executive Director, Nature Conservation Society of Japan; Chairman, International Union for Conservation of Nature in Japan ― September 2013 An instruction manual for all who wish to live in harmony with Planet Earth. -- Frank Helling, U.S. National Park naturalist, storyteller, and educator ― September 2013 Cornell's book is full of simple practices that help us lay aside our thoughts and worries and become truly present amidst the wonder―and recapture the soul-expanding magic of communing with Nature. -- Joseph Selbie, author of “The Physics of God” ― September 2013 This is not a book to read and put on a shelf―this is a book to experience. Take the time to . . . enjoy the exercises Joseph has designed to connect you to the joy and peace of Nature. -- Karl Sniady, President, The Coaches Training Institute ― September 2013 The same spirit of playful mindfulness that Joseph Cornell has used to connect millions of children with the outdoors he now offers to us all. This book is a gift! -- Bill McKibben, Founder of 350.org ― October 2013 Information and guidance is essential in our personal and collective work to protect and sustain nature. Equally important, if not more so, is the inspiration and energy derived from aligning with an internal compass that can immeasurably inspire and enhance our actions. Such "internal alignment" generates the synergy required in this era as we work on issues that may seem overwhelming. We need both quality and quantity of accomplishment in our work to reconcile human society and wild nature—TheSky and Earth Touched Me beautifully points us in that direction. -- Vance G. Martin, President, The WIL