Transcript So I’d like to take a lesson today from the Aymara people. The Aymara are an Indigenous group from the Andes who have lived and farmed on the high plains for centuries. They experience the past and future differently than most other people do. For us English speakers—and for people in most of the… Read More…
Nature Spirit
33. Being autistic
Transcript So about a year ago I learned something new about myself. I began to suspect that I’m autistic. So I approached a psychologist, and we had some meetings, and I took some tests. And when the meetings were done and the scores came back, the answer was yes. I’m autistic. Now as you can… Read More…
32. Kissed by a fox: From the audiobook coming soon!
Transcript So I thought I’d do something a little different today. I’m in the middle of a big project— recording my books and making them into audiobooks. It’s been a longtime dream, and I’m really happy to finally be fulfilling it. And at the same time it’s a pretty challenging process, with some steep learning… Read More…
31. Looking toward the dawn
Transcript Times like these are challenging, and they’re likely to stir up feelings of agitation or unease within us. So it’s especially important right now to take good care of ourselves—to keep mind and body together, moment to moment, day by day. There are of course many practices for doing this, and everyone has their… Read More…
30. Cultivating nature spirituality
Transcript It’s a question that comes up a lot: How does a person start practicing nature spirituality? So today I’d like to talk about two practices in particular. They’re great if a person is just beginning to explore nature spirituality, and they’re equally great for people who have years of experience on a path. But… Read More…
29. Where did we go wrong?
Transcript It’s a question many people are asking these days: How did we get so disconnected from nature? So that we can damage the very web of life? Where did we go wrong? It’s a good question to ask because answering it might help us figure out how to change course. And we do need… Read More…