Warning: The episodes of this four-part series are potentially activating to your nervous system, so please make sure that you are in a good space to absorb the information and have a soothing practice at hand that you can turn to, should your nervous system be activated!

We live in systems that aren't set up for our benefit, but seek to separate us from ourselves, each other and the land we live on, so we extract from and exploit the Earth and our own bodies for other people's gain. Ixchel Lunar and I want to raise awareness about how these systems and structures have really impacted our experience and perspective of time, and how the pace of life is a social construct that works against us in so many different ways.

In today's episode we specifically address ways to decolonize time, soothe the nervous system and build resilience in the face of the chaos the world is in right now. We dive into:

- What the act of decolonization means and encompasses

- That decolonization is a process that we are part of, but not solely responsible for

- What the land-back movement is and how it helps indigenous people to restore the relationship with the lands they originally tended

- How to start building a relationship to land and place when you live in the city

- The importance of co-regulation and befriending time to get us from fight-or-flight to a rest-and-digest state

- How food and activities that are connected to our people are very powerful ways to really connect into our resilience and the seasons

Resources we mentioned:

The introductory episode to this series: https://lisa-jara.com/en/podcast (available on Spotify, Apple podcast, Google Podcast and Amazon Music)

The books on rethinking about the "wild and untamed" lands:

"Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer

"Tending the Wild - Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources" by M. Kat Anderson"

"Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science" by Jessica Hernandez

Subscribe to Ixchel's Dragon Letters through their homepage: https://ixchel.love/home

Subscribe to Mo(o)nday Musings to start each week more fully connected to yourself and your amazing body: https://lisa-jara.com/en/moonday-musings

If you want to learn how to start communicating with your body, take my free Cycle Charting course here: https://lisa-jara.com/cyclecharting

And if you experience menstrual health conditions like painful periods, PMS/PMDD, endometriosis, PCOS, irregular cycles, know that as a Menstrual Health Coach I help you address them in a natural and holistic way at their root cause (so without surgery or hormones), for a happy healthy bleeding experience. If you want to take your menstrual health into your own hands, book a call and let's chat https://lisa-jara.as.me or send me an email, if you prefer a written conversation: [email protected]

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You can find the links and the transcript of this episode at:

https://lisa-jara.com/en/blog/e27-how-to-decolonize-time