Animism Will Save The World

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Hello and welcome to Practically Magick.

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I am your host Courtney Pearl.

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I am a Celtic priestess and
healer, pagan, folk witch.

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I am here to talk to you today about
our topic, animism will save the world.

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Animism and embodiment, I believe
is the answer for us today.

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Um, but first, I'm going to
start our episode pulling a card.

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And, um, I will just, uh, just preface
with We may have a visitor because she

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was scratching at my door and she would
not leave me alone until I let her in.

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So if she pops on screen or you
can hear her little tingle of the

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bells, you'll know that, um, my
familiar Titian is here today.

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Here she is!

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So if you haven't seen the video
and you're not on YouTube, uh, my

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black cat Tishen just joined us.

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You might hear her collar jingling,
but she's gonna hang around

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while we do our episode today.

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I'm gonna pull a card from the Osho
Zen Tarot deck, which I am still in

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the midst of exploring a little bit.

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And I have really enjoyed, uh, The
colors and the energy of this deck

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was given to me as a gift here.

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I'll show the cover.

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So for those who are watching on
YouTube, you can see what deck

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I'm using to pull a card today.

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So if you haven't heard my
episodes before, if this is your

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first time, I always pull a card.

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to start each episode because
I want the energy of the

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episode to be, uh, summarized.

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I want something to encompass a
message that we are meant to receive.

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So if you're listening to this episode
at some later date and you're thinking,

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well, that card doesn't apply to me.

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I always set the intention that whatever
card we pull for this episode is exactly

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what you need to hear or know about today.

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So the card that I have
pulled is ripeness.

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I'm going to show the
image on our video here.

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Ripeness is an interesting concept.

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So what I get from this is very
much like when is the time to act on

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something because it feels natural
and it feels like something is ready.

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So if there's something that you've
been thinking about acting on and

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you're not sure when is the time to
actually put it into motion and to

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act on it, maybe you've been hesitant
and you're afraid to go for it.

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This card, because, um, the fruit on
the tree reaching a level of ripeness,

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they will naturally fall off the tree.

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But when the fruit is ready to be picked
and eaten and, um, enjoyed, I get the

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sense that you wait too long, you have
fruit that's rotting on the vine, right?

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Instead of being the right time.

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So to not pick a fruit when it's too
early, but also to make sure that you're

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not waiting too long on something, that
you are not thinking to yourself, well,

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I need to have all my ducks in a row.

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Everything needs to be perfect
before I pull the trigger on this

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thing that I'm trying to accomplish.

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Um, I see this a lot in groups that
I'm in with, um, business people, uh,

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especially if they're like me, they don't
consider themselves a business person.

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They just want to be doing whatever
they're passionate about and they

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would like to be making a living
doing what they really love.

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And they are hesitant to start it as
a business because It's a little scary

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and very risky to go out there and put
forth a lot of investment time and energy

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into something without knowing if it's
going to take off, if it's going to be

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successful, or if you're going to have
the response you would like to have.

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Um, I know in the healing work that
I do, I'm, I have times where I feel

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like clients are seeking me out and
I feel like that's really good for

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my business and what I want to do.

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would like to be happening.

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And I have times where it feels like,
um, I really have to work hard to

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make myself known so that people know
what I have to offer and would like

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to, um, maybe pull the trigger on
their own healing as far as booking an

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appointment and actually going for it.

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Um, I've often said to people, you know,
A lot of my clients, I've noticed, have

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to be exposed to me and the idea of me
and what I offer and healing work and

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energy work for a while, maybe several,
several times before they go You know, I

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think I'm ready to book a session and to
try this, or maybe I'm in a place in my

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life where this is really what I want.

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But there are a lot of people in different
avenues and different walks of life who

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have come to the Daybreak Network group
or the Daybreak Business Community group.

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And, uh, we meet together
once a week to support each

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other and to create community.

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And some people are there because they,
don't have a business but would like to

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start one and just don't really know how.

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Um, and it can be scary but if you wait
too long you're going to talk yourself

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out of it and sometimes you just need to
pick the fruit when it's ripe and ready.

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So if you have something you've been kind
of sitting on for a while Maybe this is

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the time to make, to take action on it.

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I have classes and courses that I've
been kind of slowly, uh, building

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and releasing, uh, on my website.

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Um, I have a rituals and spells
class that's coming up soon, and

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I'll probably teach that again.

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But I, I have a lot of people in
my life that are looking to learn

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more about those things and they
say, Hey, you should do a class.

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And my fear is always.

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What if I put this out there, I
start a class, and People think I

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don't know what I'm talking about.

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People don't think that I have
any experience or knowledge or

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people, I just do not get it out
enough for people to sign up.

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And so I ended up having nobody sign up
for it, which has happened to me before.

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Just so you know, it happens to everybody.

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I think that starts
something new like that.

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And so I have a lot of fear and I have my
own fear that I have to overcome and say,

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I need to create a space and a situation
where I can release this into the world.

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I can do my best to let people
know about it through social

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media, through, um, through
avenues that I have at my disposal.

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But then I just also have to release
it into the universe's hands and

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say, if there is someone meant to
take this class and someone's seeking

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me, it will work out for them.

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And I will fill this class
as much as is necessary.

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And I have to trust the energy.

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to open itself up, to create a vacuum for
who needs it, and also just, just let,

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just release that opportunity for them.

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Like the class is here.

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It's ready.

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I have created it.

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I've put it together.

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So it's here and then hope for the best.

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So I hope that helps you in whatever
it is you're hesitant to release or

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hesitant to get out there into the world.

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This podcast, for one, is a great example.

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I know that if you go back and listen
to some of the first episodes that

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I've done, it's a little bit unsure.

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Um, I know what I'm talking
about, but I maybe don't seem

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like I'm talking about it.

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confident in what I'm talking about
because it's hard to just get there,

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get on camera, get on a microphone and
start releasing the information you have.

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And it's out there in the
world and sometimes it works

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out and sometimes it doesn't.

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So some episodes are just like
right on and some just sound a

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little more Um, I like to say sweaty
because it's kind of nervous, right?

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Nervous energy.

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Uh, I stand by it though.

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All of the episodes I've released
I think are still great content.

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I may seem a little bit more nervous,
but I think that the actual information

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that I released, I stand by it.

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I think it's awesome.

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I just am glad that after a year
of podcasting, I can be a little

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bit more comfortable in front of a
camera or in front of a microphone.

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Hopefully.

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Hopefully by now.

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All right, so just do it.

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Just do it.

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Release it.

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Do, do your thing.

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You do you.

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Today I would like to talk about
this subject that I'm really,

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really passionate about, which
is animism will save the world.

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I've actually taken several classes,
uh, workshops from people smarter

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and wiser than me, where they named
the workshop Just That, where they've

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said, Animism will save the world.

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And I thought this would be a perfect time
to have this discussion and to talk about

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this a little bit because, um, we are in
a point in history and time that things

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do seem very overwhelming and chaotic.

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And, um, if you're like me, a lot
of people are watching what's going

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on in the, in our country, in the
administration, in what different

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groups of people are trying to
do, and it can be very scary.

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It can feel very overwhelming.

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It can feel Like, we as
citizens are just helpless.

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to it.

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And, uh, and I wanted to create this
space, not just to, um, to argue about

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politics of who's right, who's wrong,
whatever it is, but to acknowledge that

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there are plenty of us, whoever you
voted for, whatever, whatever court

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you happen to be in doesn't matter.

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It's validating to understand
that there are many of us that

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do feel the way that we feel.

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And that Sometimes when we as a
individual person don't feel like we

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can possibly do enough, um, there are
plenty of things we can try to do.

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We can raise money for charities
we feel very passionate about.

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We can create spaces where people,
marginalized groups can feel safe

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and, um, I'm doing my best to think
of all of the ways that I can to do

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that, even just at a local level, uh,
with whatever influence I happen to

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have, whatever, whatever I can do.

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Um, but the idea of animism, um, it
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with the idea, uh, around paganism,
which is animism, is the idea that all

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things have a soul, a vibration, um.

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and deserve to be treated as kin rather
than as domain for us to dominate.

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So it's anti colonialism for one, Um, it's
kind of decolonizing within ourselves too,

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to understand things in a different way.

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And ancient cultures all over the
world have participated in animism

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in the way that they experience
mythology, the way that they

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understand the world around them.

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It's understanding the land not as
something that we take ownership

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of, but that we take stewardship of.

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It's understanding that when we
engage with which we live on.

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For example, your home
and your yard, okay?

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Your home and your yard has trees
and rocks and bushes and plants

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and creatures living on that plot
of land that you happen to own.

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Engaging with it in a different way
is not to say, that's just a tree

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that I have to prune and take care of.

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That's not a tree that is part of
my landscaping and it serves the

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purpose that I, I get to look at it.

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I get to use that tree as part
of my aesthetic for my home.

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But it's engaging with the tree
as if it is one of a family member

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and you're taking care of, as
well as it's taking care of you.

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That you are in symbiotic
relationship with the tree.

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And this idea can also, um, can relate
to a lot of things going on, um,

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in policies that are being enacted.

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For example, pronouns.

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It's important that pronouns are used to
respect people as well as the land and

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the creatures and the people around us.

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So instead of, for example, a sycamore
tree, which is what I have on the front

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of my yard and in front of my house.

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Um, instead of it being a sycamore
tree and saying it when I refer to it,

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but to, let's say, give it a pronoun
of he or she, they, um, to give it

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personality and to respect them as
a member of this sycamore nation.

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Um, when I meet a bee, or a
butterfly, or a ladybug that

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is hanging around in my yard.

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I am not just seeing an insect, I am
engaging with one member of an entire

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nation of kin that relates to me.

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So understanding that Even the land
itself is not just, uh, an object for

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us to use, but to understand and relate
with it on a different level, the

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way that ancient peoples and ancient
cultures have done, um, long before

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we decided that we could interpret
certain religious texts as human beings.

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Human beings, even certain human beings
with certain ethnicities have ownership

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and dominion over everyone else.

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And I understand that you can quote
the Bible to me all day long and say

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that, you know, that we as humans, we
have, we're supposed to, um, use animals

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and plants and land as we see fit.

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It's like we were given it by
God, given that right by God.

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But A truth is with that mentality we
have seen over generations and thousands

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of years, we've destroyed our planet.

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And if we want to get back to a place
where we are in stewardship and in

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relationship with our land, with our
animals, with our, um, and I have my

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cat sleeping right here on my lap.

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Let's see if I can show you without Boink!

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There she is.

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She's hanging out.

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Maybe she just loves this, uh,
this topic of discussion today, so

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she's decided to hang out with us.

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Okay, so that is the idea of animism.

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It's basically all of us who are
raised in a generation of, uh,

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listening to Pocahontas sing,
um, Colors of the Wind, right?

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Every rock and tree and creature has
a life, has a spirit, has a name.

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So, um, the rocks even.

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And we can go back to our elementary
school science class and we can talk

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about how, you know, some things are
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But what I understand about energetics
and the way that the world works is that

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whether it's a living or non living thing,
we are all made from the same materials.

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That we originate from the
same, uh, um, life forms.

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And we all vibrate at a frequency.

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So we interact and relate with each
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When we're sensitive enough to feel it,
we know that crystals and rocks from my

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episode about crystals, Crystals 101.

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Go back and watch that.

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What we know is that even rocks
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that can affect our frequency.

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So we are still in relationship.

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And mythology was one way, the stories
that indigenous cultures have told, one

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way for, to teach the next generation
that we are in relationship with the land.

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We are not in ownership of it.

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We, we don't just use it for
our own, um, satisfaction.

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We understand it as a point of usefulness
to the creatures as well and the, the

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animals and plants that live there.

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And, um, we don't over pick or
over harvest because we want to

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allow more for everyone to use.

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Um, I'm getting a lot of, of the
resources that I'm telling you today

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from the book, Braiding Sweetgrass.

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So Robin Zimmerman, if you haven't read
that book, it's a fantastic example of how

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indigenous people here in North America
have seen and interacted with the land and

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how it changed when, um, certain groups
of people came to colonize that land.

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And we are influenced by those people.

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Some of them, we are descendants of them.

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So we're very heavily
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And if we want to begin to reverse
the damage that was done, we have

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to look and see things differently.

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And that means decolonizing
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I also want to talk about
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That when we take ownership of our own
body in a different way, when we step

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into sovereignty with our own bodies,
which is The original practice of yoga

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was meant to, um, to do that kind of, uh,
Ooh, what's, what am I trying to say here?

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The, the way that we take
ownership and embodiment of our

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own bodies and release energy.

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through the movements and
breath that we do during yoga.

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That's what it was originally for.

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It was a spiritual
practice that yogis used.

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It has been Westernized just like a lot
of other things from other cultures.

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Uh, those of us from Western cultures, um,
Northern European cultures and American

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culture, we have, we have adapted and
changed it so much that I'm not even

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sure what we practice a lot of places.

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Um, which is now practiced
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Um, but I almost feel that, um, in the
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what it is or what it was, uh, we should
just call it a new thing because it

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wasn't, um, what most of us interact with
as yoga isn't what it was originally.

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But somatic movement, healing in movement,
and grounding and embodiment are Some of

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the similar ways that we can engage with
our bodies in such a way that we remember

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where we came from and how we connect
with everyone and everything around us.

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It's like when people take psychedelics
for healing purposes, a lot of them

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experience similar things where they
understand God in a completely new

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way and they understand our connection
with each other in a whole new way.

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I don't know how many times I've heard
people say that when they've had an

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experience for healing purposes, medicinal
purposes, they have reached a point of

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realizing that the connection and oneness.

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between everything, not just people,
but everything on this earth, everything

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in this universe is connected to God
or what energy God was, the creation

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or source of creation in the universe.

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So when we engage with these
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bodily, autonomy, movement,
grounding, uh, dancing, meditation.

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These sorts of activities that help
remind us where our body is, what our

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body is all about, um, what it's for,
its purposes, and that it's our own

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relationship with it that is so healing.

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And these things all connect because
I'm talking about engaging with our

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bodies in a new way, as well as how we
engage with the outside world, right?

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So the way that we respond
with a tree, the way that we

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respond with our own bodies.

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And a lot of people, especially in
modern society, they struggle with,

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um, things like body dysmorphia and
not feeling In good relationship with

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their own body, I myself have struggled
with this almost my whole life.

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And I still struggle with it in
different moments throughout my life.

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Where I look at my body and I
can't even fully see my body

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for the shape or way that it is.

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I'm almost, um, tricking myself in my
mind, um, that I look, more unhealthy,

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bigger or smaller than I actually am.

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Not really totally connected and sometimes
feel absolutely at war with my own body.

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And I know a lot of people that, that
have had that experience and not just

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women, although it's more prominent
women and because of our society and, um,

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the media, but it happens with men too.

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It's very much about just feeling not
that, connected to our own bodies and

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not feeling self love for our bodies.

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And when we set ourselves free from
expectation and set ourselves free

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from that war with our bodies, we can
engage with activities like dancing

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and feel like I don't feel self
conscious at all when I feel free,

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when I feel ownership of my body.

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And for some people, it starts much,
much, much simpler first, before

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they actually can get out there
and move their body in such a way

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that would feel too self conscious.

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They're too self conscious to do that.

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One thing I want to question though, is
why, why do we feel so self conscious and

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why is it that some people even feel Oh, a
lot of people actually feel self conscious

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dancing or moving their body, even when
they're alone in their own space, in

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their own room where no one can see them.

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Turn on music.

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They might feel like they want to dance,
but they feel too self conscious to dance.

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They feel too self conscious
to move, even by themselves.

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And that awareness is powerful, to
just stop and ask yourself, whoa.

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I even felt self conscious around myself.

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Why?

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Why can I not give myself that freedom
and satisfaction of being totally free

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in my own body, moving to music as I
see fit intuitively and listen to my

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own intuition and listen to my own body.

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For a lot of people that suffer
with disorders that are connected

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to eating disorders, connected to
body dysmorphia, um, it's connected

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to their unwillingness to let go of
control and it's connected to their,

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uh, their at war with their own body.

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And sometimes it's a small step
towards just looking at their own

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arm or their own leg and every day
just looking at themselves in the

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mirror and saying, This is my arm.

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This is my leg.

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And just working from there.

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Because just taking that ownership and
embodiment moment to take that connection

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and say, I Um, this leg and this leg
is part of me and it's not all of me.

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My body is just one part of me.

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So it's going within for that sort
of connection and it's going without.

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In our, uh, lovely state of Utah, so for
those listening anywhere else, you can

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use a landmark that's, um, close to you.

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But I'm going to use this example.

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Uh, we have the Great
Salt Lake here in Utah.

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It's a, it's a source of pride.

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It's something that we
feel, um, connected to here.

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However, because of Um, policy
and the way things have operated

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here in our government or, um,
or the way that things have gone.

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You can tell I'm trying really hard
to navigate wording just right so

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that I don't offend certain groups
of people, but we have not been

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particularly good at seeing the landmarks

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Appreciating what we have here.

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Um, some people would look out at
some of the uninhabited areas of

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Utah and would say, It's a desert.

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It's, it's uninhabitable.

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It's like, there's nothing
there but sagebrush.

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And indigenous, indigenous cultures
who were here before this area

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was colonized and colonized.

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would look out over a whole span of
that desert and say it is plentiful

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and abundant of medicines and food
sources and all kinds of things that

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they would be able to make good use of.

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So that's already how
we relate with our land.

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It's a really powerful and
important step to take in how we

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can question what we've always done.

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and begin to move forward
in a space of relationship.

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So the Great Salt Lake, uh, has
been drying up for many years now.

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We've been in a bit of a drought.

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There has been, um, Arguments
on both sides of, you know, for

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one, the Great Salt Lake has
been drying up for millennia.

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We used to be part of Lake Bonneville,
used to be part of a much larger

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body of water that was most of Utah.

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And now it's down to the Great Salt
Lake, you know, uh, what we have now.

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And so it is shrinking.

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It's getting smaller because that's
just what it's always done anyway.

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partly because of our misuse of
water conservation in our state

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and a lot of policies that have
directed water other places.

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And we haven't necessarily been really
good at being good stewards of the

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land and the water here in Utah.

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Um, the tribe of Shoshone, uh, band of
Shoshone nation here in Utah have been

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a great advocate for, uh, policies that
can help conserve water and conserve our,

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um, our wildlife and areas here in Utah.

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So if you have means to call your
congressperson and your representatives

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in government and say, I would like
to do what needs to be done to, um,

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conserve water and to be proactive in
being able to save our Great Salt Lake.

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Now, one way that we can have
relationship with our land is instead

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of the Great Salt Lake being an it in
our minds, it's just a body of water.

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We can start to imagine it as a she.

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When you see, um, when you
speak about someone and you use

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pronouns that are respectful, it
completely changes the energy and

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the vibe of how we relate to it.

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For example, you wouldn't, uh, see
your grandma cooking at the stove

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and say, there it is cooking dinner.

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It's cooking our dinner.

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It would be disrespectful, probably,
to speak about grandma that way.

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You would want to say,
she is cooking our dinner.

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Isn't she so great that
she provides dinner for us?

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and language of gratitude.

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It doesn't hurt either.

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But when talking about somebody with
a pronoun, that is how the ancient

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civilizations would have talked about
the land and the creatures and, and

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the plants that provide us with food.

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I'm really sorry if you can
hear those licking sounds.

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That's my cat taking a
bath right here on my lap.

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She just picks the most wonderful
times and places to do that.

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Especially on, on my lap when I'm

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recording a podcast or when sometimes
when I'm trying to go to sleep at

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night and she's doing that in my ear.

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But we'll forgive it because she is our
guest today in our subject of animism.

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She is a member of our
family and we love her.

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And what I would like to do today, what
I would like for us to finish off with

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is that when you are feeling particularly
overwhelmed about everything going

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on and you feel helpless and you feel
like things can be a little bit scary,

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And you were right to feel that way.

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It's valid that when you watch
the news and when you're on

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social media, you're seeing what's
going on and it's not nothing.

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Um, and I understand the unwillingness
to look away because it feels like

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it would be worse to ignore it or to
pretend everything is okay when it's not.

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So I don't recommend that.

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But when you need a break and when
you need to feel like you are yourself

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again, that you are in charge of
your own self, your own body, I

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recommend that you dance for a sense of
grounding in your body and embodiment.

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I would recommend going out
in nature whenever possible.

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When you have a moment to step out into
a field, or a forest, or a mountain, or

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a trail, or somewhere where there is very
little people and very little influence

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from other human beings in the vicinity.

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When you get a chance to be a little
bit away from everything, and you

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get a chance to just look in the
sky, and look down at the earth.

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And know that in that moment, when you
are out there, you're just one more

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human being on a planet full of human
beings, all trying to figure this

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out and all trying to do their best.

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And that when you're out there,
no one else is in charge of you.

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You're out of reach.

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from all the people and all the
things and all the institutions

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and all the policies that are going
to try to take ownership of you.

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You get to take your sovereignty back.

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And I would do that as much as
possible to remind you that even as

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they make laws about you, even as
they say what you are allowed and not

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allowed to do, you are going to have
these small moments, these reminders.

444
00:32:36,952 --> 00:32:40,372
Not a weekend retreat that you
paid thousands of dollars for.

445
00:32:41,592 --> 00:32:44,502
Just one moment of resistance.

446
00:32:45,382 --> 00:32:47,702
One moment of standing your ground.

447
00:32:47,732 --> 00:32:50,882
One moment where you get
to stand on the earth,

448
00:32:53,742 --> 00:33:02,742
on the land itself, and under the sky,
and say, in this moment, there is no

449
00:33:02,742 --> 00:33:05,202
one telling me what to do, and no one.

450
00:33:05,572 --> 00:33:08,392
can stop me from standing here on my own.

451
00:33:10,542 --> 00:33:13,432
It's the same idea as taking a
nap in the middle of the day.

452
00:33:13,882 --> 00:33:16,552
Other people might tell you that you
were supposed to be at work and you're

453
00:33:16,552 --> 00:33:18,792
supposed to be doing this and you're
supposed to be doing that and maybe

454
00:33:18,792 --> 00:33:22,162
get this done and here's your to do
list that hasn't been completed yet

455
00:33:22,662 --> 00:33:24,672
and you don't have time for a nap.

456
00:33:26,502 --> 00:33:28,332
Everybody needs you.

457
00:33:28,772 --> 00:33:32,372
Everybody needs you for everything
that you're doing all the time.

458
00:33:33,877 --> 00:33:40,767
And small acts of reclaiming your
body, your time, your sovereignty

459
00:33:42,157 --> 00:33:45,547
can help one small moment at a time.

460
00:33:45,587 --> 00:33:46,617
And that's all they are.

461
00:33:46,647 --> 00:33:52,747
These are all small little moments of
taking back ourselves, our autonomy.

462
00:33:54,927 --> 00:33:57,157
Because eventually those
little moments will grow.

463
00:33:58,147 --> 00:34:01,117
And those little moments will
become other people's moments too.

464
00:34:02,162 --> 00:34:05,062
You can change the world
by changing yourself.

465
00:34:05,172 --> 00:34:07,832
You can balance the world
by balancing yourself.

466
00:34:08,912 --> 00:34:10,152
I truly believe that.

467
00:34:11,072 --> 00:34:17,802
So in small moments, every day
take a moment to say, I'm tired.

468
00:34:18,112 --> 00:34:19,532
My body needs to rest.

469
00:34:20,212 --> 00:34:24,932
I know I have a lot to do and I know
all these people need me, but I'm

470
00:34:24,942 --> 00:34:28,332
going to take 15 minutes and I'm
going to take a little 15 minute nap.

471
00:34:28,392 --> 00:34:33,772
Or, I'm going to dance.

472
00:34:34,502 --> 00:34:35,732
I'm going to put on some music.

473
00:34:36,562 --> 00:34:42,412
I'm not going to give two mm
mm about what anybody thinks.

474
00:34:43,022 --> 00:34:45,932
Whether they like my dancing
or not, whether they think

475
00:34:45,932 --> 00:34:47,612
I'm crazy or weird or not.

476
00:34:48,442 --> 00:34:49,902
I'm not going to care about any of that.

477
00:34:50,082 --> 00:34:54,982
I'm going to take this one moment to
remind myself that my body is mine.

478
00:34:56,137 --> 00:34:59,687
It's not just here for
everyone else's purposes.

479
00:35:00,027 --> 00:35:02,687
So I'm going to take this moment
and I'm going to dance it out.

480
00:35:02,817 --> 00:35:06,027
I'm going to play the music that
makes me feel good and makes me feel

481
00:35:08,207 --> 00:35:09,577
like myself again.

482
00:35:12,467 --> 00:35:20,797
And every time you walk by a tree, a
rock, a bush, an insect, a dog, a cat,

483
00:35:20,817 --> 00:35:27,237
whatever it is, Look at them just a little
bit differently than you did yesterday.

484
00:35:28,267 --> 00:35:30,537
Look at them as akin to you.

485
00:35:31,507 --> 00:35:33,817
A member of their nation.

486
00:35:34,937 --> 00:35:40,587
Greet them as if you are greeting
an ambassador to another country,

487
00:35:41,297 --> 00:35:42,607
representing that country.

488
00:35:43,117 --> 00:35:44,927
They are equals to you.

489
00:35:48,512 --> 00:35:51,572
And maybe one little step at
a time, we can begin to change

490
00:35:51,572 --> 00:35:53,492
the world in how they see

491
00:35:56,612 --> 00:35:57,962
everything else around them.

492
00:36:00,582 --> 00:36:05,682
If you would like an opportunity to
dance it out with me, I'm going to be

493
00:36:05,742 --> 00:36:07,782
starting up a series of dance parties.

494
00:36:07,812 --> 00:36:10,862
The first one is going to
be online, February 15th.

495
00:36:11,242 --> 00:36:16,337
So, No matter who you are or where you
are, you can log in, go to my website

496
00:36:16,397 --> 00:36:26,297
to the eventsPage@www.prismhealing.com,
and I know I don't have to say the WW

497
00:36:26,297 --> 00:36:29,087
part, so don't tell me I know that.

498
00:36:29,837 --> 00:36:31,457
I'm just letting you know where to go.

499
00:36:31,997 --> 00:36:33,432
You are gonna go to Prism.

500
00:36:34,262 --> 00:36:34,952
Dash healing.

501
00:36:35,172 --> 00:36:39,062
com go to the events and you will see a
way to buy a ticket to our online dance

502
00:36:39,062 --> 00:36:40,972
party that we are Having February 15th.

503
00:36:41,022 --> 00:36:44,962
This means that you get to dance with
me, but you can do it from the comfort

504
00:36:44,982 --> 00:36:50,372
of your own home And I think I'm gonna
do a series of these just to get people

505
00:36:50,562 --> 00:36:53,032
in the mood for our dance parties.

506
00:36:53,652 --> 00:36:56,642
This is for people who may be a little
self conscious about their dancing

507
00:36:56,692 --> 00:37:00,142
and just want to start out small,
want to figure out how to intuitively

508
00:37:00,142 --> 00:37:03,412
move their body, want to start
feeling comfortable in their body.

509
00:37:03,922 --> 00:37:08,332
Um, and what I'm going to do
is I'm going to allow you the

510
00:37:08,332 --> 00:37:09,852
option to turn off your camera.

511
00:37:09,852 --> 00:37:12,752
If you would like during the zoom
call, you can do it from your,

512
00:37:13,102 --> 00:37:15,882
from your bedroom, from a space
that you feel comfortable in.

513
00:37:15,892 --> 00:37:18,152
You can wear your PJs and your
sweats, and you can just sit there.

514
00:37:19,042 --> 00:37:19,542
with us.

515
00:37:19,552 --> 00:37:23,102
We're going to start with very
simple movements that just make you

516
00:37:23,102 --> 00:37:24,602
feel a little bit more comfortable.

517
00:37:24,932 --> 00:37:30,192
Maybe a little swaying, a little rocking,
a little bit of, um, somatic movements.

518
00:37:30,742 --> 00:37:34,152
And then we're going to
build on that with music.

519
00:37:34,162 --> 00:37:39,652
So please sign up for My Body,
My Dance Party on my website.

520
00:37:40,082 --> 00:37:46,162
I have it in the works to do
a local dance party for women.

521
00:37:46,622 --> 00:37:47,612
and queer folks.

522
00:37:47,612 --> 00:37:51,792
So anyone identifying with
non binary trans women.

523
00:37:52,192 --> 00:37:59,352
Um, yeah, anybody who is looking for a
safe space to move their body and dance.

524
00:37:59,962 --> 00:38:06,582
I think this would be particularly useful
and helpful for moms because I'm a mom.

525
00:38:07,832 --> 00:38:12,852
I am roughly middle aged and
The thing about our age group

526
00:38:12,852 --> 00:38:15,082
is we still love to dance.

527
00:38:15,132 --> 00:38:15,602
We do.

528
00:38:15,602 --> 00:38:20,502
We love to dance, but we don't really
know where to do it because we are too old

529
00:38:20,512 --> 00:38:24,252
to be going clubbing with those 20 year
olds, 22 year olds, you know, they're,

530
00:38:24,312 --> 00:38:25,992
they go to the bar, they go to the dance.

531
00:38:26,402 --> 00:38:29,542
And also, I don't know about anybody
else, but I have always felt super

532
00:38:29,542 --> 00:38:31,282
uncomfortable in those spaces.

533
00:38:31,332 --> 00:38:36,517
I don't feel comfortable dancing because
You know how when you're dancing and

534
00:38:36,517 --> 00:38:39,387
you're starting to feel like it's
fun, even when you're just with your

535
00:38:39,387 --> 00:38:42,687
girlfriends, you're just like, Oh
yeah, the music is getting me going.

536
00:38:42,687 --> 00:38:43,217
It's fun.

537
00:38:43,617 --> 00:38:46,907
And then you look over at the bar
and there's just like a group of

538
00:38:47,097 --> 00:38:50,957
men kind of just staring at you.

539
00:38:51,827 --> 00:38:56,627
Like they're super excited that you came
tonight because they get a free show

540
00:38:56,647 --> 00:38:59,597
and they're just going to watch these
ladies dance and move their bodies.

541
00:38:59,637 --> 00:39:01,147
And they're like, yeah.

542
00:39:01,497 --> 00:39:02,857
So they're kind of ogling you.

543
00:39:03,792 --> 00:39:06,222
And you're just like, Oh, come on.

544
00:39:06,242 --> 00:39:07,112
I just want to dance.

545
00:39:07,142 --> 00:39:09,982
I don't really need you to be like
staring at me and making me uncomfortable.

546
00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:14,742
I am trying to create a space
where this is a safe space

547
00:39:14,772 --> 00:39:16,662
for everybody to dance it out.

548
00:39:16,762 --> 00:39:18,782
Nobody's going to be
looking at each other.

549
00:39:18,832 --> 00:39:21,972
They're going to be so
enveloped in their own dancing.

550
00:39:22,232 --> 00:39:24,492
That the only reason they're going
to be looking at you is to get some

551
00:39:24,492 --> 00:39:26,322
ideas about how they should be moving.

552
00:39:26,802 --> 00:39:28,152
Oh, I like the way she's moving.

553
00:39:28,152 --> 00:39:30,552
I'm going to move like her and that's it.

554
00:39:31,372 --> 00:39:32,102
So.

555
00:39:32,617 --> 00:39:36,027
Also, women our age, we want to go
out dancing, but we don't want to be

556
00:39:36,027 --> 00:39:37,407
out until two in the morning anymore.

557
00:39:37,447 --> 00:39:38,727
That's not our jam, right?

558
00:39:38,727 --> 00:39:40,067
We want to be in bed by 11.

559
00:39:40,532 --> 00:39:41,182
At least I do.

560
00:39:41,702 --> 00:39:44,462
So none of my dance parties
are going to go out past 10.

561
00:39:44,522 --> 00:39:47,422
We are going to be in bed by 11, ladies.

562
00:39:47,482 --> 00:39:53,052
So if you are interested in coming to my
dance parties, please, uh, stay tuned.

563
00:39:53,052 --> 00:39:55,762
Follow me on Facebook, on Instagram.

564
00:39:56,042 --> 00:39:59,412
I'll be posting about these
events when I get them set up.

565
00:39:59,492 --> 00:40:01,212
I've already talked to a venue.

566
00:40:01,242 --> 00:40:03,002
I've already got it in the works.

567
00:40:03,012 --> 00:40:07,462
We're just narrowing down a
date for that first event.

568
00:40:09,217 --> 00:40:09,807
What else?

569
00:40:09,857 --> 00:40:11,867
Okay, so find me on social media.

570
00:40:11,887 --> 00:40:15,157
I'm on Instagram at
Prism underscore healing.

571
00:40:15,857 --> 00:40:19,337
My website is Prism
dash healing Instagram.

572
00:40:19,737 --> 00:40:21,277
Prism underscore healing.

573
00:40:21,527 --> 00:40:23,797
I'm on Facebook, Courtney
Pearls Prism Healing.

574
00:40:24,317 --> 00:40:27,497
Um, of course, you can message
me here through this podcast.

575
00:40:27,497 --> 00:40:31,047
If you have any questions or stories
you would like to tell me in relation to

576
00:40:31,047 --> 00:40:35,567
what we've discussed today or any future
episodes you have some ideas about, I

577
00:40:35,567 --> 00:40:37,787
would love to bring back from season one.

578
00:40:37,787 --> 00:40:39,507
We did questions from a listener.

579
00:40:39,917 --> 00:40:44,982
So if you do have Something you'd like
to ask me about, um, a situation you

580
00:40:44,992 --> 00:40:49,412
happen to be in and you're not really
sure what to do, and you'd like some

581
00:40:50,232 --> 00:40:56,592
ideas, um, some things to help you
in your life, uh, please reach out to

582
00:40:56,592 --> 00:41:01,422
me on any of those platforms, um, and
if you have liked and enjoyed this

583
00:41:01,442 --> 00:41:04,242
podcast, please share it with a friend.

584
00:41:04,292 --> 00:41:08,712
You know somebody who you think would
enjoy it, or any of my previous episodes

585
00:41:08,712 --> 00:41:13,852
that you think they would enjoy,
please shoot them a link to the episode

586
00:41:13,852 --> 00:41:16,062
you've liked because it helps us.

587
00:41:16,142 --> 00:41:22,312
And the more we get downloads or
likes or shares or comments, um,

588
00:41:22,312 --> 00:41:26,272
the better it is for us and we can
keep creating more content for you.

589
00:41:26,852 --> 00:41:32,422
So yeah, don't forget to subscribe
and like and all those good things.

590
00:41:32,922 --> 00:41:37,422
The more you engage with the
podcast and social media, the

591
00:41:37,422 --> 00:41:40,062
more we can engage with you.

592
00:41:40,637 --> 00:41:41,457
We would love that.

593
00:41:41,717 --> 00:41:43,437
And we would love it if you just said hi.

594
00:41:44,107 --> 00:41:47,967
I would be so thrilled to be
like, Oh, there's a friend!

595
00:41:48,907 --> 00:41:52,407
I would like to take this moment
to thank Ride the Wave Media for

596
00:41:52,407 --> 00:41:54,497
producing and putting out this podcast.

597
00:41:54,497 --> 00:41:58,407
If you're interested in doing a
podcast of your own, I highly recommend

598
00:41:58,667 --> 00:42:01,792
getting them to produce it for you.

599
00:42:01,802 --> 00:42:06,902
So reach out if you would like your own
podcast, I can connect you with them.

600
00:42:07,192 --> 00:42:10,682
And I would like to thank Sarah
Albert, who runs the Sunshine

601
00:42:10,682 --> 00:42:12,022
Community here in Daybreak.

602
00:42:12,472 --> 00:42:16,142
And I would also like to take a minute,
shout out to my friends at the Daybreak

603
00:42:16,152 --> 00:42:20,942
Community, the Daybreak Network that
meets every Wednesday at one o'clock.

604
00:42:21,222 --> 00:42:24,452
I've been help heading that up
with my friends Cambria Davis.

605
00:42:24,972 --> 00:42:29,742
The Fresh King Benjamin, uh,
Carla, Liftgate Parties, and

606
00:42:30,252 --> 00:42:32,512
Alicia Hensley, Interior Designer.

607
00:42:32,822 --> 00:42:36,982
These are my buds, these are my
friends, and I love that we get to

608
00:42:36,982 --> 00:42:38,792
create a little community of network.

609
00:42:38,842 --> 00:42:41,932
Um, all of the people that meet with
us at one o'clock on Wednesdays,

610
00:42:42,032 --> 00:42:44,622
um, have become like a family to me.

611
00:42:44,622 --> 00:42:49,072
So, thank you for everything,
and we'll see you next time.

612
00:42:49,302 --> 00:42:51,412
Witches and wizards, go make Magick.