“Beyond Domestication is for anybody looking to get addicted to wellness through rewilding.”
– Dr Ed Caddye
“This book beautifully guides people through the principles of rewilding, tapping into our inner nature as humans, and shares how to apply them to how we live our lives to foster greater personal health, mindfulness and wellbeing.”
– Sam Jayasuriya, Author of The Change Flywheel
About Beyond Domestication
Rewilding as an ecological conservation concept is about restoring natural processes and wilderness areas with an emphasis on recreating an area’s natural uncultivated state. Beyond Domestication takes it further by looking at how people live and to use rewilding tenets to provide beneficial effects on their lives.
The main aim for the book is to help people to connect more closely with nature and themselves. To this end, the book introduces the Seven Practices of Well-Being as a guide to their rewilding journey and looking into how each plays a role in our personal health and well-being as well as our planet’s:
-Food – How important food and food production are to well-being; discussion on diets and the major kingdoms of food (plant, animal, fungi and bacteria).
-Water – A prerequisite for life, this resource influences everything; discussion on drinking water, swimming, and our relationship with bodies of water in nature.
-Air – With discussions on airbathing, active breathing as well as how climate and weather affects our mental health.
-Sunlight – Explores humanity’s origins and dependence on sunlight; discussions on vitamin D, photosynthesis, and living by the movements of sun.
-Movement – Looks into our relationship with our body, how we move/walk, what and how we experience the outside world, sensory overload.
-Mindfulness – Looks into our relationship with distractions/technology all around us, our ability to self-care and reset; discussion on mindset, productivity, visualization and gratitude.
-Sleep – Reiterates the importance of “true rest” and being in touch with our natural circadian rhythm; explores our relationship with light/moonlight.
Beyond Domestication seeks to demonstrate the importance of rewilding for the future of well-being, humanity and the sustainability of the planet.
Paperback | £16.99
Published by Hatherleigh Press
Distributed by Penguin Random House
ISBN 9781578269884
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Lauren –
Wow, what a book! I have read so many books from Dr Chris to Tim specter and a lot in between and I have to say that was absolutely brilliant!
So easy to read, it was like all the books I have read wrapped into one. I will be donating my copy after it has been passed onto to a few friends that I have told about it to the library at school.
The bit about the autonomic nervous system was also really interesting as that is what my condition is to do with so I will definitely be taking on board those techniques and reading that book.
Honestly though I was so impressed with how easy it was to read and take on board the suggestions, some books I’ve read are very much it’s my way or the highway mentality so it was refreshing to read one that made several suggestions and asked you to rely on your own instincts. I say this after purchasing god knows what mushroom in a mixed box from the local farm shop and enjoying a nice bit of local beef and a hot bath!
Dan (verified owner) –
Thoroughly enjoyable to read and easy to engage with. This book offers many options for a healthier way of connecting with the world in which we live. Absolutely recommend.
Nettie (verified owner) –
Beyond Domestication is the book you didn’t know you needed. It’s a well-researched & informative read. The subjects can be slightly overwhelming – the damage man is seemingly willfully doing to the planet & ourselves is huge. However, the book is broken down into manageable chapters focussing on the Seven Practices. George doesn’t preach to or harangue his reader; he sets out facts & scenarios then gives guidance on changes we can all make. I find myself reading sections then leaving it to think about what I’ve read & make changes to my lifestyle where I can.
Andy (verified owner) –
I thoroughly enjoyed reading George Knight’s first publication, ‘Beyond Domestication’.
What a beautiful, well written, thought provoking, and well researched book.
The subject of rewilding is a topic that has become familiar to many of us and is increasingly discussed and referred to in the media.
The book and the theme introduces the reader to the ‘The Seven practices’: Food, water, air, sunlight, movement, mindfulness and sleep which as George explains are at the heart of his and his wife Amber-Rose’s Rewilding journey and his inspiration for the book.
The book takes us on a rewilding journey looking at each of the ‘Seven Practices’ in detail. You are left with an understanding of how they all interlink and how each one has a part to play in our own everyday lives.
The way in which the book is written gently encourages the reader by suggesting ways they could potentially improve their lives by rewilding certain aspects and is supported by well researched evidence from many respected individuals who are referenced in the book.
Individual chapters focus on ‘The seven practices’ and are brought to life and underpinned with a remarkable depth of knowledge and extensive research giving the reader an insight into how they have played a part in our past and how they connect with the present and the future.
The book has a broad appeal for both young and old alike, irrespective of age or the generation they belong to.
As I did, after reading this book and becoming familiar with the ‘Seven Practices’ you may well feel motivated and committed to improve and enrich your everyday life and to also recognise and rediscover some of the aspects of our lives that we take for granted.
A really enjoyable and uplifting first book from George Knight.