Ready to flow like a river?
My first guest conversation on the #earthconversepodcast is with the wise wonderful Emerald North (approx 1hr36min)
“A woman of the earth, artist, poet, a guide and most of all, a human being that is deeply connected and living with, on and through the living earth around her day to day”.
I was guided by Emerald on my first vision fast, had mirroring training with her, and assisted a vision fast in 2019, all through School of Lost Borders www.schooloflostborders.org (founded by Steven Foster and Meredith Little).
Here is an opportunity to listen, and feel the experience of an elder, speak her truth. Flow with it like a river. There are so many gems (as you would expect from an Emerald) but our conversation includes:
how the river spoke to her;
the power of prayer, of really singing, and gardening;
an invitation to go out and reclaim something of your innocence;
rites of passage and the 4 shields wheel of wholeness;
listening, mirroring and seeing our gifts;
a reminder that we need to give things we love, time and power; and
getting a feel for her art
EPISODE EXTRAS:
In addition to her work with School of Lost Borders, as you will hear, Emerald will also be running a 18 month Rites of Passage Ceremonial Immersion in Southwest US during 2022-2023. In her words “it will be community-based deep dive into what it means to be whole human beings: alive to our wildest fury, our erotic and blessing power, our grief, our tricksterliness, and our ineffable love. The land, as always, is our guide and teacher; and the heart of all our gatherings will come from sitting with Creosote, listening to the whisperings of soaring Hawk and the cadence of the Chama river, dancing with shadow under the midnight moons. Over the course of a year and a half together—in person on the land, in zoom gatherings, and through email councils— our community will create that rare kind of human container that both nourishes the ceremonial spirit in each of us and that feeds Ceremony itself”.
The Rite of Passage Ceremonial Immersion is designed those who have previously completed at least one three or four day vision fast and are deeply inspired— enough to commit to five ceremonies and to the community that forms to enact them.
For more information please contact her directly on emnorth@gmail.com Her website is https://earthtonesart.com/contact.html
This podcast is also available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19xV8YD403U&t=13s
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Hi, I am Penelope Mavor, podcast host and founder of Earth Converse a nature-based leadership collaborative helping leaders have the conversations they need to: with themselves, each other and the earth. Please get in touch for executive coaching and leadership development programmes.
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