Rewilding...Awakening in Nature

Roy Tuckman KPFK; Micah Mortali, Stephen Cope; Xochitl, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Rewilding: Meditations, Practices, and Skills for Awakening in Nature

Rewilding: Meditations...for Awakening in Nature

Let's reconnect with our wild essence as we awaken our innate bond with the natural world.

“Rewilding is a return to our essential nature. It is an attempt to reclaim something of what we were before we used words like ‘civilized’ to define ourselves,” says the author.

In his long-awaited book Rewilding, Kripalu Director Micah Mortali brings together yoga, Buddhist mindfulness, wilderness training, and ancestral Native American skills,

He does it to create a unique guide for reigniting our primal energy ― our undomesticated true selves ― by deepening our connection to the living earth.

For hundreds of thousands of years, humans lived intimately with the earth. We were in the wild and of the wild. Today, we live mostly urban lives ― and our vital wildness has gone dormant. As a result, we’re more isolated, unhealthy, anxious, and depressed than ever, and our planet has suffered alongside us.

With Rewilding, Mortali invites us to shed the effects of over-civilization to explore an inner wisdom that is primal, ancient, and profound.

Whether we live in the middle of a city or alongside the woods, the insights and practices on these pages will bring us home to our wild, wise, and alive self. Highlights include practice-rich content:

• mindfulness exercises
• guided meditations,
• yoga (asanas) and breathwork (pranayama),
• inward sensing,
• forest bathing,
• and much more,

We have a “life-force deficit.” Explore how our separation from nature affects us physiologically and spiritually. The solution? We need:

• ancestral skills ― such as
• tracking,
• wild plant foraging,
• building fires,
• and finding or making shelter.

We'll be better when we develop:

• a sense of calm,
• clarity,
• connection, and
• confidence.

We need it in both our daily lives and the great outdoors. What can we learn from nature’s teachers? Lessons from:

• mountains,
• rivers,
• trees,
• and our animal kin.

Author: Kripalu Director Micah Mortali

To "rewild" we need to go into the wild. Here are guidelines for safety, preparedness, appropriate gear, and packing lists.

A mindful rewilding flow puts everything together. This book does it in an immersive, step-by-step way for a rewilding experience that awakens our authentic spiritual connection with the natural world as we come home to our true self.

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This book is part celebration of the natural world, part spiritual memoir, and part how-to guide. Rewilding is a must-read for anyone who wants to embrace his or her wild nature and essential place in the living earth.

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