This is the final episode of Season 5 until we meet again on September 23rd around the Autumn Equinox!

I find myself once again in July, re-committing to taking time to slow down and make sure I spend time in natural spaces. I think in order to walk my talk, particularly with regard to listening deeply to the natural world and the wisdom that might arise from this encounter, I know it’s necessary to slow down, to facilitate for deep body-based listening.

This episode pulls together some of the threads from this season, I discuss spirituality and acknowledge that I want my own experience of the spiritual to remain somewhat private – something that I cultivate largely on my own, or with close friends, in order to avoid too many people’s opinions.

In this Episode Marina discusses:

• How our own health and well-being is linked to the health of the planet.
• The importance of interacting with the world through our imagination and body intelligence.
• Why is it so awkward to talk about spirituality?
• The importance of boundaries and choosing when to keep things private or public.
• What is real anyway? Who has consciousness? How might we experiment stretching our own consciousness?
• Children’s capacity to apply their imagination through story, role-play, being another animal – their ability to place themselves as ‘the other.’
• Ourselves as wild animals with a wild heart!
• How we might explore listening to our dreams and body and notice what may occur.
• That communication is much more than words.
• Coming into balance – to be well, we need to balance demands and resources.
• Being open to other intelligences.
• Avoiding burnout and the Personal Responsibility Vortex (PRV) as described by Alex Eisenberg: https://www.protectthackerpass.org/the-personal-responsibility-vortex/
• What we can learn from trees.

Show Notes:

https://theoutdoorteacher.com/podcasts/episode-40-wild-hearts-wise-bodies/

Music by Geoff Robb: www.geoffrobb.com

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