Alone with Nature

Name: Alone with Nature
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ISBN: 9781350499942

The Psychology of Environmental Attunement

Dr Eugene Hughes

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Bloomsbury Academic
19 February 2026

Philosophy: aesthetics; The environment; Complementary therapies, healing & health

What happens when you are alone in nature and why does it matter? By looking at exceptional experiences of solitude in nature, Eugene Hughes offers a clear articulation of the phenomenon that greatly enhances our comprehension of the human-nature relationship.

Through interviews with people around the world, including land artists living in caves, wilderness rites of passage guides in the Sahara Desert, and ancestral healers in Amazonian rain forests, Hughes discovers that alone with nature, under certain conditions, people experience an embodied state of connection to their environment that has an extraordinary effect on their sense of self.

Hughes names this state environmental attunement, identifies its defining characteristics, the conditions it occurs under, and what effect it has on people’s sense of self provides. Including extracts from interviews and drawing on recent breakthroughs in cognitive sciences, aesthetics and psychology, he demonstrates how this unique state of consciousness stands out from other states.

This is a powerful framework for interdisciplinary discourse, inspiring fresh ways for our relationship with nature to be used in treating mental health, improving contact with nature in cities, and reevaluating the quality of everyday modern life.

By: Dr Eugene Hughes
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9781350499942
ISBN 10: 1350499943
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 19 February 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eugene Hughes, UK, is a psychotherapist working in private practice and academia with a specialist interest in the psychology of being alone in nature.