Nature Evolutionaries

Brooke Medicine Eagle shares about the wisdom of the Buffalo and the co-creative journey and sacred ecology shared by the people, the land, and the herd. This talk is rife with rich stories about living in regenerative partnership with the land- see below for photos of the herd and the Old Moccasin Place - near the medicine springs shared by Brooke after the seminar.  Brooke Medicine Eagle is a le...

Felicia Kainat Norton and Charles Muinuddin Smith speak about feeling into our sacred connection and how this can be a source for the transformation needed at this time. They will speak of our shared issues and how each of us can be a force for change by continually joining our inner cultivation with hope and Sacred Action. Felicia Kainat Norton is a senior teacher, retreat guide, and faculty memb...

Mary Reynolds – Reformed Landscape Designer and Nature Activist-- explains how we can all become guardians of the earth, starting in our own back yards, shifting human consciousness into remembering that our role here is one of caretaker and creator.  Mary is a garden designer, a philosopher – a writer. She is the youngest woman to win a Gold Medal for garden design at the Chelsea Flower Show sinc...

Dr. Patrick MacManaway speaks about how you can listen to and take care of Earth within your nature community whether it is your backyard, park, garden, or farm. There is a sentient intelligence in the spirit of place, in the spirits of the elements, and of vibrant nature that we can interact with telepathically.  Patrick will share land whispering stories of working with farmers, gardeners and la...

Lauren Valle, O.N.E. Vision Council Member,  shares about her experiences as an environmental activist in her 20’s and her evolutionary journey to become a Sacred Earth Activist, and the importance of the internal source of activism. The source of our activism is equally as important as the action itself .  Although fear, anger, outrage etc. can certainly serve us at times, action initiating from...

Terry Mock, of Archangel Ancient Tree Archive ,  shares his story of taking action for the world’s most important old-growth trees. Terry has worked for decades with David Milarch, as they’ve cloned the champion trees of the world — the largest, the hardiest, the ones that have survived millennia and were most resilient to climate change-- before they are gone. Part of their mission is to reforest...

Cosmologist, physicist and author Dr. Jude Currivan invites us to remember who we really are and take our place as micro-cosmic co-creators of the cosmic river of life. The ancient and sacred understanding of the fundamentally interconnected web of life is finally being reconciled with the latest scientific discoveries. Instead of the hitherto scientific model of a merely materialistic Universe of...

Phyllis Hogan --herbalist, activist, and ethnobotanist-- shares her story and insights from participating in efforts to preserve sacred waters and lands, working with the native people and plants of Arizona, and serving her community as a village herbalist. One of her most inspiring stories is about a small group of tribal activists that were successful in stopping an aquifer from being destroyed...

Grant Wilson, Directing Attorney for the Earth Law Center , speaks about the rights of rivers and the processes that individuals and communities engage in to assure basic rights for their rivers.   See the Earth Law Center's Universal Declaration of River Rights . Grant has advanced environmental campaigns in the United States and worldwide, from representing island nations at the United Nati...

Dr. Rosita Arvigo-- famed ethnobotanist, spiritual healer, shaman, and author-- will share about the Macal river which was the life-blood of an ancient Mayan civilization and is still important to the people there today.  The Macal River flows through the Cayo District in western Belize and eventually into the Belize River. Sites along the river include the ancient Mayan town of Cahal Pech and the...

Ecuadorian, teacher and healer, Rocio Alarcon will join us to kick off a series of episodes centered around Rivers of Life and will speak about the Amazon River-- considered the “mightiest river in the world”. South America’s Amazon ecosystem is often described as ‘larger than life’ and indeed it comprises the most expansive rainforest in the world, home to the second-longest river on earth. Combi...

Rani Findlay, celebrant and For a Tree Co-founder, speaks about Tree ceremonies and especially the Tree Gratitude Ceremony, and the importance of reciprocity. The short ceremony is a way to say thank you and show our deep appreciation for the trees that give us life.  In ceremony, we connect with one another, to the spirit, and to the web of all life. The sacred act of ceremony with trees creates...

Kate Gilday has been a clinical herbalist, flower essence practitioner and creator, Ayurvedic lifestyle consultant, and teacher for over 30 years. In this episode, she speaks about the intimate partnership Trees invite us to be a part of.  For many years, Kate was a member of Collaborative Healing, a group of local practitioners who address health care through a unique integrative network, educati...

Esperide Ananas has traveled the world to reactivate the deep connection between humans and Trees.  In this episode, she speaks about the network that trees create and the role of humans in that network. Trees, through their specific sensitivity and intelligence, are able to weave the tightest network of connections that exists on the planet making them the largest and most powerful “living comput...

Michael Dunning is a teacher and a guide who-- after a sequence of harrowing near-death encounters with elemental beings -- was drawn to an ancient yew tree close to Edinburgh. In this, episode Michael speaks of the wisdom and mysteries imparted on him by the yew.  Mysteries learned over nine years as the immensely powerful female yew restored him to health and initiated him in the teachings of th...

Clare tells her story of awakening into nature connection and her search for her purpose. She shares her relationship with the trees and gives us all an embodied experience of the TreeSisters' BluePrint of a Restorer Species to help activate our life force on behalf of life.  She also shares how we can take a life-changing inner journey of awakening alongside thousands of others as part of th...

In this episode, Pam shares the teachings and wisdom of White Pine, the tree of peace.  White Pine has been a main ally of Pam’s for two decades and is an elder among trees who helps to initiate humans into what it means to be truly human. Pam will also share stories from the White Pine Initiation held in September.  Pam Montgomery is a founding member of O.N.E.  For over 30 years, Pam has been in...

Arkan Lushwala bridges the global north and south, carrying spiritual traditions from the Andes in his native Peru. In this episode, Arkan introduces our new series of episodes around the Tree of Life, and speaks of his own experiences and teaching with the Tree as the embodiment of the prayer and promise of continuity.  His eloquence, as both an author and speaker, gives expression to timeless wi...

Rosemary Gladstar shares stories about how to create a retreat center that is also a sanctuary for plants, animals, and people. What are the key ingredients that go into making a place such as Sage Mountain a true sanctuary – a place of safety and sacredness? Rosemary Gladstar's Sage Mountain Retreat Center & Native Plant Preserve is one of New England’s foremost learning centers for herb...

Deb Soule's biodynamic approach at Avena Botanical gardens helps create a sacred environment for all beings that enter the gardens. As humans, let's be respectful and welcoming to the seen and unseen ones whose presence in our gardens and woodlands brings harmony, balance, and joy.   Herbal gardens offer sanctuary for pollinators, people, and elemental beings. Flowering plants and trees,...

Designing a beautiful kitchen garden is one of the best ways to incorporate the sacred into your garden and ultimately your kitchen. In this episode, Ellen Odgen speaks about the power of creating garden sanctuaries that allow the healing power of plants to be received.  Beautiful kitchen gardens ultimately bring more joy and connection through nature and the healthy food that is grown and eaten....

Join Kathleen Maier for an in-depth discussion of United Plant Savers’ Goldenseal Botanical Sanctuary which includes a living seed repository.  The United Plant Savers 360-acre Botanical Sanctuary sits in the Appalachian Foothills of Southeastern Ohio. Thanks to optimal soil conditions and unique topography, the Sanctuary is a refuge for wild medicinal plants that occur in abundance throughout the...

Jennifer Radtke shares about how our gardens, however elaborate or simple, offer sanctuary to pollinators.  There are many practical reasons to keep bees, like honey and pollination, but she encounters more and more people keeping Bees for the Bees--their presence and magic. She invites us to step more consciously into this partnership, providing a wealth of information and offers a meditation to...

This episode addresses the degradation of our oceans from the perspective of scientist and sailor, Carol Pease, after just returning from 3 months at sea.  She was recently traveling on an ocean voyage in a 400 foot boat beginning in Finland, then on to Sweden, Denmark, Germany, then sailing from Lisbon to Barbados.  Carol Pease is a retired and widely peer published oceanographer and meteorologis...

In this episode Susan Draffan offers a brief overview of Sea Turtle evolution and mythology and shares her understanding of their esoteric purpose and requests for humanity in the context of the transformational shift of the ages that is currently unfolding. Together Susan and her Sea Turtle guide lead us on an inner plane journey to remember our true selves and birth our soul’s gift to our belove...