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I am feeling like I need more time to really put all of this together… the sacred breathes, the 7 surrender breaths, the wanders, 7 stairs, etc. Processing how I am working through these and figuring out what i am getting out of each of them for my own personal journey.

Sandy’s comment above, about “you can’t take someone to a place you haven’t been before yourself” resonated deeply with me.

I love the idea of enlisting a friend to work on this with as a practice client and have a couple that would be perfect… but feel I need to be more comfortable with it all before I try and guide someone in this way.

It is interesting because for all the experience I have of teaching of hard skills for outdoor experiences, this taking it to a new level of turning inward is much harder than I expected. While I instinctually and personally know the power of the outdoors, learning how to see it and frame it from this lens is much harder than expected. That being said, I am enjoying the challenge.

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I like the idea of the 7=steps but am still finding it hard to really put myself in the moment with the meditation. Meditation, in general, is new to me and something I am still working on. Even with the 7 breaths I am still struggling with focusing on what I feel and not how I feel.

You had mentioned creating a link that just has the 7 step meditation, has this been posted yet.

Trying to not rush through the modules, but also catch up. 🙂

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I have been trying to do the meditation and sacred breaths in different situations… I feel like where I am has a significant impact on what I am feeling. Since Labor Day I have spent 10 days at home, the rest traveling for work, weddings, to visit family ect. so I have felt very unsettled. But it has all given me a good amount of time to reflect.

I find that the what coming out of the sacred breaths is hard to distinguish from the how. In general my words reflect heaviness, fatigue, anger, fear, confusion, stuck… which are reflective mostly of how I am reacting to our current political situation as well as some stuff going on in my personal life.

This past weekend I was in Joshua tree with friends for a celebration weekend and my words reflected peace, calm, happiness….. a much different overall sense of being that prior times.

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What is Nature-Connection, why is it important to you, and what are the real challenges that you face in maintaining your connection?

Nature Connection for me defines the moments when nature changes something in you… it could be life changing or soul opening such as the experiences I have when in the backcountry and away from civilization or it could be that small moment when you are distracted by something beautiful or even simple in nature that comes into your daily life. I believe a true connection to nature happens when you allow yourself the space and time to stop and acknowledge this moment, let it sink in, let it take you away from whatever was taking place in the moments before.

Living in Los Angeles my struggle is feeling like the close to home opportunities are not enough , when places like Joshua Tree and the Sierra are only a few hours away. And yet the close to home opportunities are quite spectacular all things considered. I am working towards redefining how and connect with nature and where so that I can truly appreciate and share the opportunities that are available daily and not just when I get out of town.