There are many different walks of life that until we gain exposure to, we may not realize is a potential or possibility for ourselves. In today’s podcast we have Clint Frakes with us who goes into his story about having been adopted into a Lakota family as a young man and how that has changed his perception of life. While not his genetic ancestry, the way of the Lakota people has become an integral part of his path and identity that he shares with us today.

He’s awakening story was fraught with many trials like most yet he expressed how he had had vivid memories of becoming one with the universe as a child and how those moments would remain with him as a remembrance that there was something greater than ourselves out there. He also found an innate calling to support those in grief from a young age, noticing it with a neighboring friend of his who had had a death in the family & being able to console them with wisdom beyond his years, which is work that he continues to do to this day. Helping those who have had grief knock on their door to find that it’s OK to walk through it and discover there is life on the other side. He also delves into an unusual experience he had, later on in life, while bathing at a Hot Spring with family, how the water of the river held him in what could be described as the universal connection to life and it was from that moment onward that he realized his path was to support and protect mother earth through the education of others to the best of his ability.

Having come from a poetry background, Clint is very adept at utilizing words to their greatest capacity for expression in matters of the heart and of the human condition. He’s a strong believer that through language, we can find one another in a deeper connection and find it within ourselves. He shared some rather poignant thoughts on how and why we get sidetracked from our spiritual paths as children, citing that it’s a natural state of being in wonder and wisdom of youth, that through lack of encouragement or neglect of this awareness of the divine, it diminishes until we make a choice to bring it back.

Clint also dives into his identity as a Sundancer, which was traditionally a male (now more fluid) dancer that brings life to prayers for the people who need it. While women bring life in through their physical vessels, men are able to do this in sun dancing with focused intention for those in need such as the elderly or the infirm. Plains tribes throughout the country have some form of Sundance to help bring the wishes and prayers of the people to light. That is what the two Legged are meant to do on this plane as medicine, bring in that creation to physical reality. Now let’s dive in to hear & understand more!

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Note: The statements and opinions in this podcast are those solely of the individual being interviewed, and not to be taken as medical advice. This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only.