Reminders are everywhere to exercise our minds, bodies and spirit, and increasingly to get outdoors in order to maintain optimal health. We go to the gym, to school, to work, to church, to home. The majority of our time is spent inside buildings working longer hours than any other developed nation in the world. A large and underplayed factor in our health is the quality of the spaces we inhabit. A quality environment interconnects our daily activities such as working, playing, eating, and sleeping with our thought patterns, technology and both built and natural elements to cultivate a meaningful and intentional place. These relationships define who we are in an ever-changing world of values. If you seek meaning in your daily ritual or would like to know how your office, your home, school, or outdoor spaces could be improved, I can help.

We have been so seduced by industrial civilization’s promise to make our lives comfortable that we allow the synthetic routines of modern life to soothe us in an inauthentic world of our own making. Life can be easy we assure ourselves. We need not suffer the heat or cold; we need not sow or reap or hunt and gather. We can heal the sick, fly through the air, light up the darkness, and be entertained in our living rooms by orchestras and clowns whenever we like. — Al Gore