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

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