Remember Your Nature

Every life-form contains a universe of its own light. There is a breathing, burgeoning, expanding and contracting ocean of energy that makes up every "thing" on this planet, within this solar system, and beyond this one.  It is impossible to name the incomprehensible, inarguable complexity that makes life, life. This is why it is difficult for me to accept how our western rational consci...

To me, prayer is alignment. Prayer is a place we cohere ourselves with - it is a frequency that is always here, waiting for us to fully embody. Taku Wakan Skan Skan. Something sacred in motion.  Alongside my community, I participated in ceremony yesterday to honor the summer solstice, praying for peace in the hearts of all beings. To me, prayer is song, it is feeling, it is the creative pulse of l...

You've heard the story of the big bad wolf, but what about the reality of the compassionate alpha? I'd like to call myself a wolf apprentice... deeply curious about learning the ways and wisdom of these powerful creatures. I'm entering into a wolf mentorship, if you will.  Here, I share some misconceptions within our perceptions of wolves, why the lone wolf is rare and represents a...

"That's the sea of LOVE. Boy! I'm going to live in it! I'm going to BE it! I'm going to submerge myself in it! You gotta protect yourself... from what? Love? Once you know there's no place to hide anyway, then you wonder who you are hiding from?" - Be Here Now , Ram Dass, p. 70 - 71. I'm no longer looking to escape myself, but lean fully into my humanity — i...

Dr. Angelenia Semegon, or Silver Fawn, is a developmental psychologist and Native American spiritual leader residing in North Florida.  Silver Fawn grew up in the Ocala National Forest learning to commune with foxes and allow in the nourishment of the trees around her, touching a relationship with nature that was so ancient and true to her roots as a daughter of a full Cherokee. She shares her sto...

Guanyukdahjayte, or Where The Trees Meet The Sky, is a Chief of the Cayuaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee, born on the Seneca Reservation in New York.  I met Guanyukdahjayte, or Uncle Al, sitting in a Lakota sweat lodge with our community, and I want to thank Joe Fire Hawk for connecting us and encouraging Al to share his wisdom on my podcast.  Through song, story, and prayer, Uncle Al shares with u...

Dear One, Holy Earth Surface Walker, Life-Bringer, Life-Bearer... It is my sincere hope and prayer that you may experience how special and sacred your life is.  I offer this knowledge and medicine from my heart of hearts, because our Earth needs us to remember the power and wisdom within us, so that we may be able to create more life. To create more life! Thriving life! Here, I offer a perspective...

There was a certain moment in my "self-love" journey where I just became tired. Tired of hyping myself up. Tired of mirror work. Tired of even having one ounce of concern of how I may be perceived. Because, as I have spent so much time and energy learning how to be IN my body again, I've recognized that my outer appearance is really the least interesting thing about me.  In a cultur...

Personally, I find immense value in listening to the stories of others, where their indirect teachings spark an illumination of wisdom within myself upon hearing these lived experiences.  It is possible to learn more from one moment of a story—perhaps even told in passing—than from an entire volume of books delineating the nature and meaning of phenomena. Though, both have their specific importanc...

AyoLane Halusky, native to Florida, is a Naturalist, Wilderness Guide, and Sincere Human. Ayolane is my elder in the Tiospaye (spiritual family) we share, and I have sat with him in Lakota healing ceremonies since I was 20. We have shared true God presence together, bare feet on sandy soil and hearts open to all feeling, time and time again. I see the privilege I have by having a counsel of humble...

Every relationship with the masculine I now find myself engaged in is built upon the pillars of mutual respect, reciprocity, trust, and deep care. As I heal my own inner masculine, take full responsibility for my own life, decondition oppressive ideologies from my body and psyche, and address my unworthiness wounds that have made me vulnerable to power imbalances in relationships — I am finding my...

I have just returned from sitting a 10 day silent meditation retreat under the Theravada Buddhist tradition.  There, on my solitary meditation cushion, I went beyond my conditioned mind thousands of time to arrive at a spaciousness beyond analysis and comprehension. There, I witnessed the rising and falling of all thought form I previously clung on to to provide me a sense existential security. As...

Historically, I have been unconsciously afraid to stand in complete truth and authenticity within my relationships, and this has led to many instances of people-pleasing and self-abandonment while engaged in the experience of relating to others.  As my journey unfolds and I become more audacious—more unafraid to take risks and to embody myself with more liberty—I've recognized that as a human...

We tend to fear what we don't understand. What if we could reorient our relationship to death as a necessary process of transformation — to create more life? And, what if we could embrace the natural, cyclical process of growth, instead of resisting and shaming it? As a menstruating woman, time and experience has shown me that shedding is an innate and necessary phenomenon in the process of b...

I realized, it was never about my body. My body was never the issue; the issue lived in distorted perception. And the best part? That can be remedied. Now, I am learning how to witness myself in the mirror, to see myself in action, and recognize my own power, authority, and value. This behavior is a result of deep, intentional inner work that supports the transmutation and alchemy of all energy, s...

“When you chose to prove to yourself how powerful you really are, you have no idea who you will be helping in the future.” ― Joe Dispenza, Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon Here, Faith shares her story from fear, disempowerment, and dis-ease to confidence, magic, and miracles. She discusses her journey with yoga, psychology, altered states of consciousness, ceremony,...

According to Metzner (2009), ceremony or ritual is a “‘...purposeful, conscious arrangement of time, space, and action, according to specific intentions,’” and this opening episode is just that. Faith calls upon the wisdom of all who came before, inviting the energy of birth and life-forwarding medicine as she shares her intention of the podcast's inception. May it be a rite of passage: an in...