The Work That Reconnects

Maps to Connected Perception: Deep Ecology, Plant Medicine and Animism as Gateways into the Wider Body of Earth

THE EMBODIMENT CONFERENCE

We are delighted to be part of The Embodiment Conference. It will be a rich opportunity to come home to your body, in our chaotic world. Many of the planet’s best teachers will be there, and it costs nothing to be a part of. It’s free to all, online, and boasts keynote speakers such as Charles Eisenstein, Philip Shepherd, Judith Blackstone, David Abram, Bayo Akamolofe and many more.

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Lilikoi Dreaming

I can still remember the exact moment I spotted Lilikoi’s tendriled, amethyst body in a sea of lush green forest… her celestial scent co-mingled with the heady humus of the jungle floor. … Continue readingLilikoi Dreaming

DYING INTO THE FOREST- THE CICADAS SONG

I’ve noticed a lot of cicadas around at the moment and I came across a number of dead and dying ones on a recent walk through the forest. A lifelong lover of these wild, chorusing beings… I gently and reverently cupped one in the palm … Continue readingDYING INTO THE FOREST- THE CICADAS SONG

Awakening to my Body as the Earth

I spent most of my last days of this year sitting by a creek or at the feet of giants in silence…
letting the land strip away my human story and remembering my life as dragonfly kissing the water…
as echidna moving through the underbrush, nose in the fragrant loamy soil…
as cicada, old skin still attached to the bark of my transformational perch- chorusing the sunset…
as lyrebird warbling and dancing in the undergrowth…
as Mountain Ash, straight and silver barked with feet in the earth and crown in the heavens… … Continue readingAwakening to my Body as the Earth

In its essence, The Work that Reconnects (sometimes called Deep Ecology or Active Hope) is an attempt to address the crisis of perception, otherwise known the delusion of a separate self, that is believed to be at the core of the ecological, social, and economic troubles we are currently facing. In this way, it aims to help facilitate the realization of what Thich Nhat Hanh calls ‘Interbeing’. … Continue readingThe Work that Reconnects

Apprenticing to the Wild, Multi-Form Sentience of Earth

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Maps to Connected Perception: Deep Ecology, Plant Medicine and Animism as Gateways into the Wider Body of Earth

Lilikoi Dreaming

DYING INTO THE FOREST- THE CICADAS SONG

Awakening to my Body as the Earth

The Work that Reconnects