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One of the beautiful things I noticed about Ellanah early on was how every single person in the community in Costa Rica had the most wonderful things to say about her. Everyone without fail seemed to notice something very special about her. 
 
 I myself couldn’t help but notice the soft loving presence and awareness that she would bring to every single moment. She seemed to kiss the Earth with her feet with every step she took. I wasn’t alone in thinking of her as the best example I had seen of the embodiment of love.
 
 Her words to everyone were always loving, encouraging, and supportive, her laughter is infectious, and she brings peace and joy into any place she enters. 
 
 I might sound biased in describing her this way, as I have the privilege of calling her my partner, but I know many others who relate this way to her as well. 
 
 At one point, wondering how a human being can have such a loving and innocent presence, I thought “She must never have experienced the hard hits of life”.
 
 I couldn’t have been any further from the truth. As I got to know more about her, I soon learned that she’s definitely had her bouts with life and like most of us at one point or another, found herself in dark places. 
 
 And that’s what inspires me the most about her.  Her loving ways are not from living a sheltered life, but come from her deep commitment to living life from a place of love. 
 
 It's a great joy of mine to bring her on the Love Is Our Nature Podcast.
 
This is Part 1 of a multiple episode feature we will be doing. This one is a special opportunity to get to know her as she shares lots about her story. 

I hope you enjoy it.

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“We don’t need to save the world. We need to let the world save us.”
 
 I was delighted to bring Darren back for the first episode of Season 2 of the Love Is Our Nature podcast.
 
 A lot has happened since I first had Darren in episode 8 about a year ago.
 
 I have partnered up with Darren to bring to life the Gaia Awakening Institute, which will be inaugurated later this year.
 
 The Gaia Awakening Institute is a center devoted to the evolution of human consciousness, and the reawakening of our interdependent nature and symbiotic relationship with Mother Earth. Through eco-spirituality, the restoration of indigenous wisdom, and cultivating conscious community, we are stewarding a new paradigm for humanity and a universal culture of peace and unity.
 
 Darren has been visioning this beautiful project for several years. And after experiencing everything that I have over the past year, I wholeheartedly support this vision.
 
 In this episode we get to explore what eco-spirituality is, as well as what the latest news is with the unfolding of the Gaia Awakening Institute.
 
 If you grew up in western culture like me, some of what you will hear in this episode my sound a bit crazy.
 
 That quote was a beautiful remark Darren’s friend shared with him at one point, and in a way, it sums up the motivation for the work we will be doing down here.
 
 Learn all about it in this episode. Thank you so much for tuning in.

 
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Sitting on the plane last Sunday as my flight was about to land back in Miami, I was literally moved to tears.
 
 I had just finished journaling and reflecting back at the beautiful process that took place this whole year and feeling so much gratitude for the life I have, and for who I get to be for myself in my body.
 
 It’s a tough thing to describe, this feeling of coming home to myself and arriving into the heart. In this episode, where we flip the script with my good friend and fellow podcast host Tanai Milgram, I do my best to describe it as well as the process and what contributed to it.
 
 Among a few other things, I share..
 
 - how and why I went from engaging in casual sex to spending 12 months celibate in Costa Rica.
 - how I ended up in an isolated little town for 2 months and how that wound up being some of the most valuable time of my life.
 - who Cesar was 12 months ago and who Cesar is now.
 - my experience of jumping into the digital nomad life as well as overcoming the fears that came with it.
 - my new view and desire around love and romance.
 
 I hope that hearing some of my story provides an opening for the fruition of your very best life, and perhaps even your own healing.
 
 Thank you for taking part in this journey with me.
 
Sending you so much love today and always.
 
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Steffen is another one of those people that the Universe put directly on my path. 50 steps away to be precise. Steffen is my next door neighbor in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. And he just so happens to be a fantastic music producer as well, with whom I’ve gotten to co-create some pretty amazing community events. He recently DJ’d an #EcstaticDance at our place where he played two and a half hours of original music!
 
 But what I most value him for is his kind and noble heart. He’s one of the kindest people I’ve ever met, and his friendship has been a beautiful gift. It has now evolved into a solid brotherhood.
 
 This episode serves as a good starting point for me to introduce him to you, as we touch upon quite a few different points, and he tell his fascinating story of how he escaped the western society matrix.
 
 This is also perhaps the episode that goes the most “out there” as of yet in the Love Is Our Nature Podcast as Steffen shares about his close encounters with Pleiadians beings.
 
 We inquire into some big questions. “Why are we here?”, “What is the point to life?”, “How do we create fulfillment?”
 
 I also encourage you to listen through to the end where we share one of Steffen’s newest song releases “Madre” a song I personally love.
 
 You can find Steffen and his music here:
 
 Spotify Artist Profile: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0NuqoDhFSAaSGVjDiy0nAn

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/steffenkirchhoff

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200 species a day currently go extinct. 80% of the people in the world live on less than $1/day. These are some of the facts that Alnoor underlines during this insightful episode. 
 
 Alnoor acquired a Masters Degree in Political Philosophy in London School of Economics and Political Science. He is one of the Co-Founders of Tierra Valiente ‘aka’ Brave Earth, an alternative community in the Costa Rican Jungle where people get to exercise the atrophied muscle of living in community and serves as a center for applied cultural transition,
 
 Alnoor’s main area of focus is currently the following inquiry: How do we create transition infrastructure for post-capitalist reality?
 
 Speaking with Alnoor, it becomes clear that our current neo-liberal capitalist socio-economic system is doomed to collapse. It’s not a matter of “if”, but a matter of when and how. 
 
 That is not necessarily a bad thing given the current impact we are having on our planet and the lives of so many. 
 
 I met Alnoor at the Visionaries Immersion retreat in July 2021 where he was a keynote speaker, and I was blown away by how knowledgeable he was. I was also intrigued by his unique approach of not being quick to offer answers and solutions when discussing these important topics. 
 
 One thing is clear, he is not interested in more followers nor being anyone’s savior. In fact he points to how our desire for quick solutions and saviors is a product of our culture having gone astray. 
 
 I’m very excited to share this episode with you. It might be the type of episode that you will either love or hate. I asked Alnoor some tough questions, including “don’t you think you sound like a Mr. doom and gloom?” I can’t wait for you to hear his answer.
 
 I really appreciated this opportunity to reflect on the current state of our world and to consider that perhaps we chose to come here to this planet at this specific time to serve the world and humanity through what just might be the greatest transition in human history. 
 
 As Alnoor says, what archetypal role will you choose to play during this transition?
 
 Happy listening!

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Have you ever seen two grown men cry over their love for one another? I’ve been fortunate enough to foster deep brotherhood with several men throughout my life, so that experience has not been uncommon. Mike is one of those brothers, and we had one of those moments here.

I met Mike in my first Ayahuasca Ceremony just over 4 years ago. We then had a weekly call for the next 18 months to support each other with our new intentions.
 
 Mike is a successful stock options investing mentor, yet that’s probably the last thing you learn about him when you meet him. When I asked him what the most important thing for him is at his ripe 59 years of life he said “resting in the mystery and bliss of simply existing.” That is one of the things that I’ve always admired about Mike. For as long as I’ve known him, he’s made his life about experiencing that very thing while fostering a deep connection with the divine. And now he is on the path of enabling other people to do the same.
 
 Mike talks about how his own suffering was the catalyst for his spiritual journey. He talks about the mundane experience he felt living life as a hamster on a wheel even though he had all the things that life taught him he should have to be happy.
 
 He came to visit me in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica for a week and I was happy to invite him on the show to share about his journey. He called this week in Costa the most transformational week of his life! I was very impressed by that and in this episode you get to hear why it was so.
 
 Mike has contributed greatly to my growth, and I hope that through this episode, you get to be contributed to by him as well. I think you will.
 
Much love always!
 
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Watch Mike’s movie recommendation, Samadhi Movie, 2017 - Part 1 - "Maya, the Illusion of the Self" on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/Bw9zSMsKcwk

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The reality in which all your dreams have come true already exists in the field of possibilities. That's one of the things that Alesha emphasizes with all her clients. In this episode we get to discuss how you can make that reality your own.
 
 There's nothing that brings me more joy than seeing other people smile. And people smile most when they are experiencing their greatest joy. That's why I am excited to share this valuable conversation with you. When you make your dreams come true, you hand everyone in your sphere of influence a permission slip to do the same. What an amazing world it would be if everyone was being in their highest state of joy by living their dream life.
 
 Alesha McNeill was the perfect person for me to invite to the show to have a conversation about fulfilling your dreams and desires. She's got the art of manifestation down to a science.
 
 I've been fortunate enough to get know some of her story, her business, her clients who she loves to serve, and the results she helps them produce. Alesha walks the talk. She recently had a $48,000 month in her business while on vacation! I asked her how she does it, and I nearly fell off my seat hearing her response. ..spoiler alert: hard work and long hours is not it.
 
 She holds nothing back in this episode. If you feel that the reality of your dreams is far out of your reach, I highly recommend you tune in and pay close attention. If you've been anything like me, trying to figure out a plan and stressing over the how you can make it all happen, Alesha will explain here why you have it all backwards.
 
 One thing is clear about Alesha, she loves people, and wants nothing less than the best for everyone that she comes into contact with. I'm happy to call her a friend in this beautiful community that we have been blessed to become a part of in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica.
 
 Thank you for tuning in, and happy manifesting!
 
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Kyle Mitri is a great friend of mine. I call him a Soul-Brother because the moment we met, we clicked instantly, and have thoroughly enjoyed every second we get to spend together since. Today Kyle coaches people in relationships, leads men's work coaching sessions, and has a conscious real-estate business (you'll learn what conscious real-estate is). However, that wasn't always the case. In this episode Kyle shares with us his 15 year bout with severe depression. If you have ever experienced not quite knowing your place in life, or not knowing exactly who you are, you might relate to Kyle's story. The turn-around he did in his life, which he vividly tells us about in this episode, is inspiring to say the least.
 
 Kyle takes us through his healing journey and what it took for him to be the man he is today.
 He also shares about the role that Ayahuasca and other plant medicines played in his life.
 
 We discuss the magic of self-awareness, some tips to remain here and now in the present moment, and we also get to reflect back on our experience together at the Visionaries Immersion Retreat in Nosara.
 
 I hope you enjoy getting to know Kyle here as much as I have.
 
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Sacred Sexuality is the art of using intimacy between humans and within yourself as a way of transcending in consciousness, liberating yourself from core wounds and conditioning and opening your heart fully to experience pleasure, bliss, ecstasy and joy in this life. This practice and exploration is what Livia dedicates herself to full-time. Livia is a Coach from the Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality. 

She starts by telling us how her intuition guided her to come to Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, the jungle-beach paradise where we filmed this episode. She shares with us her journey of how she went from stress from work, alcohol and drugs, and using sex to numb herself, to the place she is now; a space of joy, fulfillment and feeling at home in her body. She creates the distinction between unconscious sex and conscious sex, as she tells her own account of falling prey to the productized sex culture of the western world that led her to be in performance-mode during her sexual encounters and disconnected from her partners.
 
 Livia explains how the pain signals in her body led her to start listening to her body, which wound up being the catalyst to start shifting into connection, harmony, and alignment. We also stumbled upon the fact that Ayahuasca was where Livia started her healing journey. Obviously, I asked her all about it.
 
 I was also inspired by Livia’s take on how the healing process does not have to hard, and can in fact be fun. However, she also makes the point that the healing process does require the willingness to give space to undesirable emotions. She explains how letting those emotions flow through us instead of resisting them is the key to freedom and joy.
 
 Livia shares some golden nuggets of wisdom as to how to move past the blockages to creating the life, experience, and reality that we want for ourselves. She talks about the first step that she calls “Waking Up”.
 
 She also answers the big question “What is Tantra?”. The answer might surprise you.
 
 Livia’s online course "Remember - Reconnect & Rise" will be launched in August and starts 6th of September
 
 I really enjoyed dropping in with Livia. She has become a great friend. She is a bright light in the world, as well as a champion for women. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.
 
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The Universe gave me a pretty amazing housemate. Phillipa Attwood, aka Pippa, and I crossed paths by living Templo Lila, our lovely home in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. One thing that I’ve learned about this community is you never know who’s right in front of you.
 
 Getting to know Pippa has been a great joy of mine. I’ve learned so much from her in the short time that we have lived together. What has been most apparent to me is her deep love for nature.
 
 As someone who grew up with the value-system of western society deeply embedded in him, I used to arrogantly relate to people, that in my condescending view seemed crazy about nature, as “tree-huggers”. And by that we meant hippy, airy-fairy people that seemed not to have a solid grasp on reality.
 
 Well not only have I now hugged trees myself, but Pippa couldn’t be any further away from that stereo-type. She’s one of the most down-to-Earth women I know, with her feet entirely planted on the ground.
 
 In this episode Pippa talks about how she went from working for one of the UK’s biggest infrastructure firms as a business strategist, to then pursuing a deep desire she felt to connect further with nature after climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. She also shares about what she learned from five long periods of time living in the Amazon Rain Forest, Ayahuasca, living with the indigenous tribes of the Huni-Kuin and the Yawanawa.
 
 She now supports indigenous led projects in land regeneration, agro-forestry, and music production through her non-profit organization Futuro Nativo.
 
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You can learn more about her projects and support them on her website: FuturoNativo.org

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