Zach Bush: Human NatureBecause we are nature. Nature is us.
An exploration of human health, soil, and nature reveals how ecological practices can heal the environment and the human body.
taught by Zach Bush
Module 1Introduction
In this module, we meet Dr. Zach Bush as he embarks on a quest to explore natural health. The deeper he has dived into his own career in medicine, the more he has been drawn back into nature. Dr. Zach invites us to join as he explores how our bodies interact with the natural world around us.
Module 2Natural Movement
We’re wild, connected empowered beings. However, the environment of the modern world does not allow us to operate in that way. Joined by friend Tony Riddle, in this module Dr. Zach explores how the way that we move can let us thrive again.
Chapter 1
Natural Movement
Chapter 2
Feet
Chapter 3
Sitting
Chapter 4
Squatting
Chapter 5
Standing & Walking
Module 3Ancestral Knowledge
Our bodies still remember and crave their place in the natural world. Over the last 4,000 years, the rise and fall of empires have reinforced the idea that we are separate to nature. In this module, Dr. Zach explains how we can harness and revive our ancestral memory, finding ways to become the solution an...
Chapter 1
Ancestral Practices
Chapter 2
Skeletal System
Chapter 3
Myofascial System
Chapter 4
4-minute Workout
Module 4Toxin-Free Lifestyle
In our modern life we are embedded in a web of toxins, from the food we eat, the cosmetics we use, to the air we breathe. It’s time to break this cycle, and look to a healthy future where nature is our home again.
Chapter 1
Toxin-free Lifestyles
Chapter 2
Air
Chapter 3
Beauty in the Everyday
Module 5Mindfulness
90% of the seratonin produced in the body is produced in the gut. In this module, Dr. Zach looks at the significance of our gut health to achieve a new sense of being and reveals the secret behind the world’s Blue Zones.
Chapter 1
Mindfulness
Chapter 2
Gut-brain-muscle Axis
Chapter 3
Vascular Health
Chapter 4
Connecting with Communities
Module 6Kids
In the world of parenting, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. This module is about rethinking childhood and the ways that we create space for the children of the next generation.
Module 7Regenerative Business
The businesses of today are extractive machines taking resources from Mother Earth. It’s time to reimagine how the businesses and industries of the future could look like in a closed-loop system, where resources are returned to Mother Earth at the end of their lifecycle.
Module 8Outro
It’s time to take a deep breath. Dr. Zach finishes the course by looking to a future filled with reconnection, wellness and a return to our ancestral patterns of the past. We are nature. Nature is us.
About the course
The answer has been there the whole time: when we reconnect into the natural world, we reconnect to ourselves. It’s time to embrace a natural way of living, and let nature heal us.
Join us for Human Nature with Dr. Zach Bush, where we learn how to shift our mindset from one that is human made to one that is nature made. With modules covering the basics of movement, to toxin-free lifestyles, to looking at how we interact with the next generation.
Because we are nature. Nature is us.
This course was produced in partnership with Vivobarefoot.
- 8 Modules
- 20 Sessions
- 1 Speaker
- Curated readings, resources and embodied practices
- Community discussion area
- Learn why a sedentary lifestyle can block your natural potential and how to relearn fundamental natural movement patterns
- Learn why it’s so important to reconnect with nature for your natural health
- Learn what extractive systems are and why we need to move to ones that work harmoniously with nature