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This episode focusses on the cultivation of belonging through bioregionalism, a life-way that Ben has explored on a deep level in North Wales. Ben is a facilitator, gardener and gatherer, offering the creation of wild-culture gardens and the pollination of foraging for food, medicine and connection to place. He holds a PGDip in Sustainable Food + Natural Resources and is the founder of Conscious Roots and co-founder of The Kingly Stag.

Saskia is the founder of Ecofluency, an organisation that offers consulting, teaching and facilitation in the science, art and practical magic of Nature communication worldwide. She has a PhD in plant pathology and has held two international collaborative postdoctoral fellowships to research intuitive farming. Ecofluency also promotes other human voices in the broader field of Nature communication, presenting multiple invitations into these deeper ways of knowing, for individual and collective transformation.

In this episode, Helena debunks many myths around the perpetuation of economical globalisation, including agricultural misconceptions, whilst also offering connecting insights into the shift in the human psyche from local life to mainstreamed globalisation. Linguist, author and filmmaker, she is the founder and director of the international non-profit organisation, Local Futures and the author of bestselling books including ‘Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh’, an eye-opening tale of tradition and change in Ladakh, or “Little Tibet”.

In this episode, we discuss a sensuous, erotic kind of deep ecology, the power of narrative in reshaping social repair, healing chronic illness through trees and interconnectivity, and Lindsay's new book on its way, 'Heartwood'. Lindsay is a revolutionary eco-doula, an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and a social scientist, dedicated to leveraging media and technology to end human rights abuses and ecological disconnect, as well as a PhD student at Cambridge University exploring nature connectedness at the somatic, sensory level.

Poet and poetry therapist Hayley Frances joins us to explore grief, healing, and the transformative power of words. As the first Poet in Residence at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Hayley bridges creative writing with therapy, helping people navigate loss and reclaim life. We also reflect on her debut collection Administer the Laughing Gas and her profound experiences at our Earth Medicine Grief Tending retreat.

Founder and executive director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), Osprey Orielle Lake works internationally with grassroots, BIPOC and Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and diverse coalitions to build climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a decentralised, democratised clean-energy future. She argues that a more fundamental heritage is “in our bones”—preserved in Indigenous stories and culture, proving that the dominant culture needs to transform its narratives from the very roots.

Joya & Lucy are award winning documentary directors, most notable for their craft of directing authentic human stories with impactful narratives focusing on climate justice, land and ocean regeneration and amplifying marginalised voices in the climate movement. They capture stories that go beyond the typical mainstream media around the climate crisis that often leaves us feeling paralysis and despair. These are stories that can demonstrate and model grass root change and impact in a really beautiful, emotive and real way.

Chris discusses a Druid's relationship to land and place, his multi-faith water prayer ceremonies, his pilgrimage for peace in a coracle, the importance of art and music as forms of Bardic magic, stone circles, and cultivating a belonging with land and people. He reminds us that our ancestral threads still remain and there’s a world of wonder to partake in.

Dr. Andy Letcher, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter and author of Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom, joins us to explore psychedelics, animism, and the revival of folk wisdom. With doctorates in Ecology and the Study of Religion, Andy shares insights on British Druidic rituals, Fly Agaric folklore, and the storytelling that shapes our understanding of psychedelic experiences.

Elisa is an Italian molecular biologist, visionary herbalist and writer, with a research focus on human pathology, mycology, neuroscience and ecology.   With an ongoing investigation on folk medicine, ancestral rituals and indigenous cultures all over the world, Elisa has studied and lived with different indigenous groups in Madagascar and across Central and South America.  Elisa is also a PsychoNeuro-Endocrine-Immunology practitioner and Psycho-oncologist offering advice, resources, courses, and support to people with cancer and autoimmune disorders.

Nici is a grief tender and founder of The Grief Space, which invites nurturing reverence for grief, loss and ultimately life itself. She reminds us the world needs to remember the lost art of grief tending so that we may all open our hearts fully to life and use grief as a beautiful gateway for transformation.

Rob is the co-founder of Transition Network and Transition Town Totnes, and author of The Transition Handbook, The Transition Companion, The Power of Just Doing Stuff, 21 Stories of Transition and most recently ‘From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want’. Rob shows us that rapid, radical and resilient change can happen. It is possible and here are some ideas, solutions and ways to create a greener future joyfully.

As the world changes, and we rapidly have to alter the way we navigate our existence, Bristol Fungarium, the UK's only organic certified medicinal mushroom producers, believe we can learn much from the fungi world. Their core work is to grow local mushroom strains that have developed over millions of years in an attempt to be mindful about their impact on the local flora and fauna.

Christiana has had her own deep apprenticeship with chronic mental and physical illness, which has lead her on an expansive path of exploration and discovery around the world. Much of her time in training and facilitation has been spent as a Trauma Informed Yoga Instructor and as a maker of healing songs and sounds. She shares intimately around her healing journey as a radical returning to ancestral earth wisdom.

Nathalie Nahai is an expert in psychology, persuasive tech & human behaviour, drawing upon a rich background in psychology, web design and the arts, to offer a unique vantage point from which to examine the complex challenges we face today. This is a powerful conversation spanning what it really means to be human and how the technological world poses such nuanced, thought provoking questions for us to explore, especially with the rise of AI in the arts.

An apprentice to the Earth and a part time gardener currently living on Salt Spring island, Jessie creates unique visionary art as a form of prayer, planting seeds of spells to bring healing to our beautiful and sacred Earth.

Sam discusses options for easing existential and ecological anxiety, psilocybin-assisted therapy and the hopeful reintroduction of beavers across Britain. Could social projects of regeneration be married to psychedelic-assisted therapy? What other ways can we innovate more nature connection and regeneration, whilst also healing our inner and outer landscapes?

A tender and nourishing conversation delving into Dorrie’s work with ancestral drum making, ceremony, art and space holding, with all the nuance and integrity needed to carry these traditions forward and help people cultivate their own sense of belonging.

Tree’s extensive research in the realm of dreams and altered states of consciousness, along with her devoted work as a death doula enriches an episode full of raw story, shifting perspective (where the paranormal is normal) and insightful approaches to miracle healing within dream states.

Having spent 3 years on the British Antarctic Survey base and as an expert in remote-location research management in polar, temperate and tropical environments, Damon shares insight around a career in conservation and how the wilderness - in particular Antarctica and the open sea - can shape us and teach us the very essence of our human nature.

Echo shares some of her personal journey into her work as a Trauma Integration Healing Coach and guides us through her most recent stories of healing involving cervical health, attachment wounds, toxic relating, disassociation, empowered choice and intergenerational trauma research.

Lilja is a Psychologist from Iceland who specialises in group psychedelic integration, healing trauma (and the emotional and physical symptoms in women), harm reduction, and treating addiction and chronic pain and illness. She calls for all involved in facilitation and participation to practice reciprocity with the cultures, medicines and lands that these healing practices derive from.

Violeta is an artist, energy healer and reiki master who leads reiki courses and children’s art and mindfulness programmes in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico. Violeta seeks to deconstruct the patterns that take us away from what she calls the most sacred experience granted to every human being on this planet: Awakening.

Kirra teaches nature reverence, ritual and restoration ecology, bridging the worlds of science and the sacred, merging rigour and ethics with herbal wisdom and ancestral traditions, uplifting vulnerable creatures and revitalising wild places. They uphold the traditions of her British, Irish, Armenian and Italian ancestors and is an initiate in Vedic and Norse spiritual lineages. Kirra serves as the custodian of two salmon-bearing creeks in the mountains of Mendocino, California and frequently travels to the San Francisco Bay Area. You can connect with Kirra at rootwisdom.com or at the Atihana Nature Preserve.

Jill is a renowned voice teacher, Family Constellations therapist and author, who pioneered the international sound healing movement through her rediscovery of ancient vocal techniques and the spiritual potential of the voice as a magical instrument for healing and meditation. She produced over 30 books as General Editor of the Thames and Hudson Art and Imagination series, which pioneered a thematic approach to the spiritual and psychological meanings of the art of different cultures.

This is a different kind of episode, introducing Rooted Healing co-director, Aisha, who is a documentary producer currently delving into hidden ancestral practices in Britain and Ireland. She’s also a yoga teacher who fuses the mycelial realm regularly into her work, and she was the curator of our gathering Forestlings, which was a joyous, playful exploration of autumns’ delightful wisdom.

As a founding member of YES&: Conscious Living, Lawrence co-curates and runs events and retreats as well as offering 1:1 and Group Developmental Coaching. He is an initiate of the ManKind Project and offers Men's Coaching programmes and workshops as well as co-hosting Menspedition Retreats, which involve pilgrimage and rites of passage as a crusade into the depths and magnificence of our collective and individual masculinity. We also explore the reverence and revival of the hearth in the lead up to our Ancestral gathering.