Earth Speak Founders Natalie Ross & Shawna Cason on Creating Community in a Disconnected World [episode 85]

Natalie Ross & Shawna Cason share about our hard-wired need for connection and why they created the Earth Speak Collective. You’ll also hear about: Simple practices to reclaim and reconnect with your spiritual self  Remembering your inherent creative power  How the modern world has severed us from community and cultivated disconnection   The witch wound  ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** This week we are sharing an interview from the Wandering Yogi Podcast, with Lydia Willig and Earth Speak founders Natalie Ross and Shawna Cason.  Natalie is a dreamer and story weaver. She seeks to remind folx of the fierce beauty and power in the re-remembering of our deep and wild connection to the Earth, to ourselves, and to the magic and mystery of the Spirit realm.  Shawna finds inspiration from all aspects of life but most notably nature and human connection. She brings experience and awareness from being a white assuming mixed-race black woman living in America. As a student of Psychological Ethnic Anthropology, she enjoys liberating folks from aspects of what makes them feel othered by society.  Wandering Yogi Podcast host, Lydia Willig, is a  trained yoga & Ayurveda teacher, and mindful outdoor guide. She is intent on sharing eco-conscious wellness practices with the world, both on and off the mat, for greater health and harmony. Such an embodied yoga practice fulfills every level of your being- body, mind, and spirit- and prioritizes the well-being of all beings! Through her podcast, Lydia shares how the yogic path of wellness can bring us into deeper harmony with our most natural selves.   In this episode, we talk about: How Shawna dreamed about being a pastor  An early memory and deep knowing of being a witch  What the soil can teach us  Healing from the machine  The force of aliveness that runs through us and connects us all On wanting to feel part of something greater than ourselves  Connecting to our own Indigenous roots  Visions for what is possible  On showing up for one's self  How journaling can help us to know ourselves more deeply On being seen Cultivating energetic agency  Simple practices to reclaim and reconnect with your spiritual self  Remembering curiosity and play  On doing what lights you up  Our hard-wired need for connection How the modern world has severed us from community and cultivated disconnection   The witch wound  Creating an intentional, Earth-based, spiritual community  What is the Earth Speak Collective  Remembering your inherent creative power  Co-creating community with the Earth Speak Spirit Council  On the gatekeeping of spiritual practices  Radical non-judgment  And so much more  Secret Episodes! 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Earth Speak Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor  Support the Earth Speak Podcast and purchase our t-shirt  Support Earth Speak and make a donation  Support Joe Hollis and Mountain Gardens www.mountaingardensherbs.com Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret Guest Links: Connect with Natalie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/natalie.alexandra.ross/ Connect with Shawna on Instagram @shawna.cason // https://www.instagram.com/shawna.cason Connect with Lydia on Instagram @earthwalkeryoga // https://www.instagram.com/earthwalkeryoga/  Learn more about Lydia’s offerings at www.earthwalkeryoga.com  Explore the Wandering Yogi Podcast  References: Witch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft  Shamanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism  Danial Foor https://ancestralmedicine.org/bio/  Episode 83 // Daniel Foor https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/daniel-foor-83  Ayahuasca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca  Blue lotus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_nouchali  Yoga teaching training https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_teacher_training  Music therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_therapy  Psychic medium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvoyance  Tarot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot  Otherworld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherworld  The Craft || Film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Craft_(film)  The New Age Herbalist || Book https://amzn.to/3h2wNCw  Dream Freedom Beauty Podcast https://www.dreamfreedombeauty.com/  The witch wound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt  Nuclear family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_family  Earth Speak Podcast https://www.earthspeak.love/shows  Intersectionality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality  Earth Speak Collective https://www.earthspeak.love/collective  Earth Speak Village https://www.earthspeak.love/village  Earth Speak Newsletter https://www.earthspeak.love/instagram-newsletter  ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! 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