In this conversation we explore:
- Deep listening - "the feelings underneath the words"
- Lessons from the water and the trees
- The wildness inside us
- Possibilities in the edges
- Earth grief & the ecological unraveling Reconnection & Relationships
- The "mythical, imaginal attunement to the earth" Aesthesis - exchange of soul essence
- The exiling of beauty Cultural Depression Initiation
- Trauma, loneliness and the longing for connection
- Resilient support systems Anchor practices & Beauty Altars
- Grief & Shame / Grief & Love Protector Energy and Anger as "the beautiful desire to protect something."
- Grief as the "e-motion of feeling... the energy that moves through us and reshapes us" Grief & Joy Ritual Keeping alive the energy & ability to nurture
Shante's Projects:
Earth Poet Edge Weaver
Shante' Sojourn Zenith
Resources:
Francis Weller
Simon McBurney's The Encounter
Malidoma Some
The Withdrawal Project
Pat McCabe
Stephen Jenkinson
Azul Valerie Thome & Grief Composting Circles