September 8, 2025 • 29 mins
What if the ground beneath your feet holds ancient wisdom waiting to be rediscovered? Across every continent, indigenous cultures have developed profound relationships with the earth element that modern society has largely forgotten.
In this journey through global shamanic traditions, we explore how diverse cultures—from African tribes to Aboriginal Australians, Siberian nomads to Andean peoples—have honored their sacred connection to earth. These aren't merely historical curiosities but living practices that continue to provide stability, nourishment, and spiritual grounding to communities worldwide.
The earth element speaks to us through countless voices: the trees in your neighborhood, the insects buzzing around flowers, the stones that catch your eye on a morning walk. I'll guide you through fascinating earth-honoring rituals including West African ancestor offerings poured into soil, Aboriginal songlines mapped through music rather than roads, Siberian shamans playing drums while barefoot to connect with Mother Earth's heartbeat, and Native American medicine wheels representing elemental balance.
What unites these diverse traditions is a simple truth: the earth isn't just something we walk upon—it's present in every living organism, the foundation of our stability and abundance. For those struggling with feelings of disconnection or seeking a sense of belonging, these ancient practices offer surprising relevance to modern life.
By the end of our time together, you'll discover simple yet profound ways to communicate with the natural world around you. Whether it's sitting with your back against a tree trunk, observing a bee with childlike wonder, or expressing gratitude to the wooden table in your home—these small acts of connection can transform your relationship with the world and yourself.
Listen now to begin your own dialogue with the earth element, and join us next week when we'll implement practical rituals you can incorporate into daily life while honoring the elders who preserved these traditions. Let's continue ascending together!
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(00:56):
Hello, hello, hello and welcomeback to Rainbows Rising, where
we ascend together.
I'm Rainbow Raaja, a shamanicbodywork therapist and coach.
This month we are covering theearth element across shamanic
cultures.
But before we dive into today'sdiscovery, I invite you to
(01:18):
close your eyes just for amoment and feel the ground
beneath you, take a deep breathin and bring your full awareness
to your feet, in contact withthe floor beneath you.
Really feel the earth as itpresses up against the soles of
(01:43):
your feet, feel your bodypressing down to meet the earth.
The earth is always there,holding us, nourishing us,
providing for us, reminding usof cycles greater than ourselves
(02:04):
, us reminding us of cyclesgreater than ourselves.
Across the world, countlesscultures have honored this
sacred connection.
Today we'll walk togetheracross the continents, learning
how different peoples havecelebrated and communed with the
spirits of earth.
Our first continent is Africa.
(02:27):
Africa is home to thousands ofethnic groups, each with unique
cosmologies, but many shareanimist worldviews where earth
is seen as mother and ancestor.
In West Africa, the Yorubatribe honored the Orisha-Anail,
(02:50):
owner of the earth, while inBurkina Faso, the Dagara people
hold strong traditions ofelemental, elemental rituals.
Across regions, earth isrevered as both a provider and a
spiritual being, and ritualsoften combine ancestor
(03:15):
veneration with offerings to theland.
In many African traditions, theearth is the mother of all
ancestors.
Offerings of food, herbs andwater are poured into the soil,
returning life back to itssource.
Communities dance and drumdirectly upon the ground, their
(03:41):
movements awakening thefertility of the land, their
movements awakening thefertility of the land.
And in some regions, clay andochre are used to paint the body
, a sacred reminder that we areearth made of flesh.
Then there's Australia.
Aboriginal peoples are theworld's oldest continuous
(04:04):
culture, with over 60,000 yearsof practice.
Their worldview is anchored inthe dreaming the ancestral time
when the land, animals and lawswere formed.
Song lines, which are sacredpaths across the land, are both
spiritual maps and practicalnavigational routes.
(04:28):
Every ritual story and dance istied to the earth.
The land is not owned but caredfor as kin.
Their earth-honoring traditionsare deeply economical, ensuring
the survival in Australia'sharsh landscapes.
(04:49):
Across the deserts and sacredsites of Australia, aboriginal
peoples walk those songlines,those pathways, mapped not only
by roads but by music.
These songs honor the earth andthe ancestors who shaped it.
Mapped not only by roads but bymusic, these songs honor the
(05:11):
earth and the ancestors whoshaped it.
The didgeridoo would inducedeep trance.
States that allowed the elderspirits to travel across the
land and invite the naturespirits to collaborate with them
.
Sand and ochre paintings drawnupon the ground become living
maps of spirit, of dreams andcleansing smoke ceremonies with
(05:35):
eucalyptus and native plantshonor both the land and those
who walk upon it.
Then there's Siberia.
The Siberian shamans,especially among the Iwanki,
buryat and Yakut peoples, livedas nomadic herders and hunters
(05:57):
across a vast tundra.
Their worldview is also animist, with every mountain, river and
grove inhabited by spirits.
The Earth Mother was centraland the shamans worked to
maintain harmony between thehumans, animals and Earth.
(06:20):
Burial mounds and sacred altarsreflected their reverence for
both ancestors and the land.
In the frozen landscapes ofSiberia, shamans bury offerings
bread, milk or coins into thesoil as gifts for the spirits of
(06:41):
the land.
Their drums, painted withsymbols of earth and sky, are
played while standing barefooton the ground, calling upon the
heartbeat of mother earth, andstone cairns and earth mounds
are raised as altars, connectingthe seen world with the unseen,
(07:03):
connecting the seen world withthe unseen.
In Peru, the Incan Empire, whichwas around the 1200s and 1500s
CE, built their entirecivilization around harmony with
nature, especially thehigh-altitude Andes.
(07:23):
Pachamama, or Mother Earth, washonored with offerings,
festivals and rituals tied toagriculture.
Andean people relied on terracefarming and saw the Earth's
cycles as sacred.
Even after colonization, andeancommunities have preserved
(07:45):
Pachamama rituals and are stillpracticed today in Peru, bolivia
and Ecuador.
Mother Earth they createdespacho offerings intricate
(08:06):
bundles of cacao leaves, cornflour and sweets that are buried
or burned in gratitude.
Every August, pachamama Remy iscelebrated, a festival of earth
where communities gather togive thanks.
Even simple cacao leaf readingslaid upon the ground become a
way of listening to the whispersof the earth mother.
(08:32):
In South America, which coversthe entire Amazonian forest,
there are so many Amazoniancultures that view the
rainforest itself as a livingspirit.
Earth is the mother of plants,animals and medicines.
Shamans use plant teachers likeayahuasca to connect to the
(08:54):
Earth's vision of the future.
Plant teachers like ayahuascato connect to the earth's vision
of the future.
Outside the Amazon, manyindigenous South American
cultures tied earth rituals toagriculture, planting, harvest
and fertility.
Despite colonial disruption,these traditions remain central
to cultural survival.
These traditions remain centralto cultural survival.
(09:16):
In the rainforests of SouthAmerica.
Shamans work with the plants ofthe earth as teachers.
Ayahuasca ceremonies are seennot just as healing but as a
dialogue with the wisdom of theland.
Some rites involve covering thebody with clay or earth.
(09:36):
Reuniting the human form withnature, cycles, planting seeds,
with song and prayer ensuresthat new life is welcomed in
partnership with the earth.
Then there's the NativeAmerican culture Across Turtle
(09:57):
Island, which is North America.
Earth-based traditions arediverse but share common threads
the land is sacred, there'scyclical time and Mother Earth
is our relative.
For the Lakota, the sacred hoopand medicine wheel symbolize
the earth's balance.
For the Navajo, the Dine or theHozo represents harmony with
(10:27):
the land.
Earth lodges, sweat lodges andofferings to the soil remind us
that life comes from the returnsto the earth.
Colonization and forcedassimilation threatened these
practices, but many nationscontinue to keep them alive.
(10:47):
In native traditions of NorthAmerica, the earth is honored
through the medicine wheel, acircle of stones laid upon the
ground to represent balance inthe elements.
In the medicine wheel, thenative people connect certain
animals with those directions.
(11:07):
Then they would do a pipeceremony where tobacco is
offered first to the soil beforeprayers rise on the smoke.
Sweat lodges built from theearth and wood are entered like
the womb of Mother Earth, whereparticipants emerge reborn,
(11:28):
cleansed and reconnected withthemselves and with nature.
Then we have the Celtic lands.
The Celts lived across Iron AgeEurope roughly 800 BCE to 400
CE, before Roman conquest.
They were attuned to the cyclesof the seasons and honored the
(11:54):
earth through festivals tied toplanting and harvest.
They built boroughs and stonecircles as sacred earth sites,
often aligned with solstices andequinoxes.
In Celtic myth, the land waspersonified as a goddess, often
(12:15):
tied to sovereignty.
The land was personified as agoddess, often tied to
sovereignty.
The health of the land mirroredthe health of its people.
That's an interesting concept,considering how the health of
the people?
Anyway, in the Celtic lands,stone circles and earth and
(12:42):
mounds were aligned with therhythms of land and sky.
Festivals like Beltane andImbolc honored the fertility of
the earth and the cycles ofplanting and harvest.
Boroughs and sacred burialmounds returned the body to the
(13:04):
earth while also opening agateway to the other world, a
reminder that earth is bothcradle and threshold.
There are many other worldlytraditions all across the world,
such as the Maori in NewZealand.
Arriving around 1200 CE, theMaori developed a worldview
(13:30):
centered on kinship with thenatural world.
Papatuanuku, mother Earth ishonored through chants, prayers
(14:01):
and a divine mother Ritualsbefore farming or construction
still honor her today beliefsystem emerging around 500 CE,
the Shinto belief centers onkami spirits which are present
(14:22):
in the land, trees and stones.
Earth deities are honored atshrines and through harvest
festivals.
Shinto ceremonies offer foodand sake to the kami of the land
, keeping harmony between peopleand the spirits and the soil
(14:43):
they all walk upon.
So, as we explored, the earthis revered in all shamanic
culture all around the world,and all of these cultures are
still being practiced, whetherby the ancestors of those lands
(15:03):
or by people who were taught orinspired by the practices of
those particular cultures.
There are just so many ways thatyou can connect with the earth.
The earth isn't just the theround, spherical object we all
(15:24):
walk upon.
It's not just the stones or thegrass.
The earth is also comingthrough all of the beings that
we interact with on a dailybasis all the animals and all
the birds and all the fish andall the aquatic marine life,
(15:45):
even the insects.
The earth is present in everyliving organism, in every
material found on earth.
The earth element is thefoundation of stability.
It is the foundation of ourabundance.
(16:09):
As living organisms, we haveeverything that we could ever
need here all around us, all thetime just waiting to be
appreciated, waiting to betapped into, waiting to be
reconnected with.
(16:39):
To really connect with all thedifferent wonderful spirits of
the earth is just to recognizewhen they are interacting with
you, when they are present inyour everyday life.
Really notice the insects thatcome into your awareness.
Notice the animals that crossyour path.
Notice the different stonesthat call to you.
(17:02):
When you are connecting withcrystals, there are certain
trees, certain plants that youcome into contact with.
Start having a dialogue withthe earth, start having a
dialogue with its spirits.
(17:22):
Connect to that stability.
If you are someone who reallystruggles with finding stability
in your everyday life, ifyou're someone who really
struggles feeling grounded with,feeling connected, with having
(17:50):
a family unit, with having asense of belonging, feeling like
you have a tribe, you need totune into the earth element.
You need to tune into thoseresources, those beings that
surround you every single day.
They are there to lift you up.
They are there waiting for youto notice them.
(18:13):
They're waiting for you toconnect with them, and it can be
something so simple as justsitting, being present and
watching them, watching themwith all your attention, keeping
your phone out of your handsand having that childlike wonder
(18:35):
.
And having that childlikewonder observing their behavior.
How is that bee nuzzling intothe center of that flower?
What is it doing?
Oh, it's cleaning itself.
Oh, now it's moving the pollensall the way to the back legs.
Oh, it's so cute.
Oh, it just turned and lookedat me.
(18:58):
Oh, look at it.
Oh, there it goes.
Wonder what B was sharing withme today?
Hmm, collecting pollen.
Maybe I should go collectmyself, collect my energy, and I
(19:19):
should share it with others.
Maybe now is the time that Ilift, lift others around me up
and I contribute to others.
You know, b is not just aboutadaptability, which is what it's
always talked about.
It's about community, beingable to to pour into other
people and to work together in acommunity setting in order to
(19:40):
build something greater that allcan benefit from.
So, tune into the animals thatare all around you all the time.
Tune into the plants that areall around you all the time.
Is there a tree that just getsyour attention?
(20:00):
Go over, sit beneath it, putyour back against its trunk,
close your eyes, breathe intoyour body, into your trunk and
(20:24):
meld yourself into the tree.
What comes up when you closeyour eyes and you listen to the
tree.
Do you see any images?
Do you feel any sensations?
Do you hear any thoughts inyour mind?
Say hello to the tree, ask thetree how it's doing.
(20:53):
How are you doing, tree?
How are you feeling today, tree, it's good to meet you.
My name's Rainbow.
Oh, you're sad.
Why are you sad today, tree?
Because a kid pulled one ofyour branches off and whacked
his friend with it.
That's awful.
That's so awful.
(21:14):
I'm so sorry, tree.
I'm so sorry.
Let me give you a hug.
You'll feel better after a hug.
We forget.
We forget that the trees, thatthe plants, the flowers, that
the bees and the birds and thedeer and the raccoons, even our
(21:36):
own pets.
We forget that they, that theyall, are experiencing a life
that is separate from ours, thatthey want connection too.
They want to be seen, they wantto be felt, they want to be
understood, they want to beloved, just like you.
(22:00):
That's what this month is allabout helping you open up your
heart to connecting with all ofthose forces that earth has to
offer us, having reverence forall the different practices that
(22:23):
come from all those cultures,and even learning how to build
your own practice, so that youcan feel connected with your own
sense of spiritual empowerment.
(22:43):
All across the world, the earthis seen not just as a resource
to be used but as a livingorganism to be honored, whether
you decide to go out and sing asong.
To go out and sing a song, anysong, it doesn't even have to be
(23:12):
a sacred song, Just sing a songto the earth.
Go offer some food, go offersome water, go offer some energy
, some time, some compassion, gooffer a prayer, or you can even
design your own ritual.
(23:32):
Every single culture all acrossthe planet reminds us of this
simple truth that we belong tothe earth, earth and she belongs
to us.
As you move through your daytoday, I hope that you'll take a
(23:57):
moment and place your handsupon the trunk of a tree, or
step your bare feet onto somesoil, touch a stone or even
place your hand on the wood ofyour house.
(24:18):
I don't have wood near me, butI have my table, which is wood.
Place your hand on the wood ofyour house and offer gratitude
and prayers for the connectionthat this object, this earthly
(24:41):
material, has made with youtoday.
Material has made with youtoday.
Next week we will beimplementing some practices.
I will be teaching you somepractices and I will be teaching
you how to create your ownpractices in your daily life, so
(25:02):
as to be respectful of thecultures that these practices
come from.
I ask that you honor the eldersof these traditions.
You never take on a culturethat is not your own, but you do
honor its origins and be sureto give reverence to the elders
(25:24):
that created these traditionswhen you're practicing them.
I look forward to having youguys come join me next week,
where we will be doing somewonderful earth practices.
I'll be giving some examples onhow you can create your own
earth practices and I lookforward to seeing you guys next
(25:48):
week.
I love you all so much andlet's keep ascending together.
Hello, hello, hello and welcomeback to Rainbows Rising, where
we ascend together.
I'm Rainbow Raaja, a shamanicbodywork therapist and coach.
This month we are covering theearth element across shamanic
cultures.
But before we dive into today'sdiscovery, I invite you to
(01:18):
close your eyes just for amoment and feel the ground
beneath you, take a deep breathin and bring your full awareness
to your feet, in contact withthe floor beneath you.
Really feel the earth as itpresses up against the soles of
(01:43):
your feet, feel your bodypressing down to meet the earth.
The earth is always there,holding us, nourishing us,
providing for us, reminding usof cycles greater than ourselves
(02:04):
, us reminding us of cyclesgreater than ourselves.
Across the world, countlesscultures have honored this
sacred connection.
Today we'll walk togetheracross the continents, learning
how different peoples havecelebrated and communed with the
spirits of earth.
Our first continent is Africa.
(02:27):
Africa is home to thousands ofethnic groups, each with unique
cosmologies, but many shareanimist worldviews where earth
is seen as mother and ancestor.
In West Africa, the Yorubatribe honored the Orisha-Anail,
(02:50):
owner of the earth, while inBurkina Faso, the Dagara people
hold strong traditions ofelemental, elemental rituals.
Across regions, earth isrevered as both a provider and a
spiritual being, and ritualsoften combine ancestor
(03:15):
veneration with offerings to theland.
In many African traditions, theearth is the mother of all
ancestors.
Offerings of food, herbs andwater are poured into the soil,
returning life back to itssource.
Communities dance and drumdirectly upon the ground, their
(03:41):
movements awakening thefertility of the land, their
movements awakening thefertility of the land.
And in some regions, clay andochre are used to paint the body
, a sacred reminder that we areearth made of flesh.
Then there's Australia.
Aboriginal peoples are theworld's oldest continuous
(04:04):
culture, with over 60,000 yearsof practice.
Their worldview is anchored inthe dreaming the ancestral time
when the land, animals and lawswere formed.
Song lines, which are sacredpaths across the land, are both
spiritual maps and practicalnavigational routes.
(04:28):
Every ritual story and dance istied to the earth.
The land is not owned but caredfor as kin.
Their earth-honoring traditionsare deeply economical, ensuring
the survival in Australia'sharsh landscapes.
(04:49):
Across the deserts and sacredsites of Australia, aboriginal
peoples walk those songlines,those pathways, mapped not only
by roads but by music.
These songs honor the earth andthe ancestors who shaped it.
Mapped not only by roads but bymusic, these songs honor the
(05:11):
earth and the ancestors whoshaped it.
The didgeridoo would inducedeep trance.
States that allowed the elderspirits to travel across the
land and invite the naturespirits to collaborate with them
.
Sand and ochre paintings drawnupon the ground become living
maps of spirit, of dreams andcleansing smoke ceremonies with
(05:35):
eucalyptus and native plantshonor both the land and those
who walk upon it.
Then there's Siberia.
The Siberian shamans,especially among the Iwanki,
buryat and Yakut peoples, livedas nomadic herders and hunters
(05:57):
across a vast tundra.
Their worldview is also animist, with every mountain, river and
grove inhabited by spirits.
The Earth Mother was centraland the shamans worked to
maintain harmony between thehumans, animals and Earth.
(06:20):
Burial mounds and sacred altarsreflected their reverence for
both ancestors and the land.
In the frozen landscapes ofSiberia, shamans bury offerings
bread, milk or coins into thesoil as gifts for the spirits of
(06:41):
the land.
Their drums, painted withsymbols of earth and sky, are
played while standing barefooton the ground, calling upon the
heartbeat of mother earth, andstone cairns and earth mounds
are raised as altars, connectingthe seen world with the unseen,
(07:03):
connecting the seen world withthe unseen.
In Peru, the Incan Empire, whichwas around the 1200s and 1500s
CE, built their entirecivilization around harmony with
nature, especially thehigh-altitude Andes.
(07:23):
Pachamama, or Mother Earth, washonored with offerings,
festivals and rituals tied toagriculture.
Andean people relied on terracefarming and saw the Earth's
cycles as sacred.
Even after colonization, andeancommunities have preserved
(07:45):
Pachamama rituals and are stillpracticed today in Peru, bolivia
and Ecuador.
Mother Earth they createdespacho offerings intricate
(08:06):
bundles of cacao leaves, cornflour and sweets that are buried
or burned in gratitude.
Every August, pachamama Remy iscelebrated, a festival of earth
where communities gather togive thanks.
Even simple cacao leaf readingslaid upon the ground become a
way of listening to the whispersof the earth mother.
(08:32):
In South America, which coversthe entire Amazonian forest,
there are so many Amazoniancultures that view the
rainforest itself as a livingspirit.
Earth is the mother of plants,animals and medicines.
Shamans use plant teachers likeayahuasca to connect to the
(08:54):
Earth's vision of the future.
Plant teachers like ayahuascato connect to the earth's vision
of the future.
Outside the Amazon, manyindigenous South American
cultures tied earth rituals toagriculture, planting, harvest
and fertility.
Despite colonial disruption,these traditions remain central
to cultural survival.
These traditions remain centralto cultural survival.
(09:16):
In the rainforests of SouthAmerica.
Shamans work with the plants ofthe earth as teachers.
Ayahuasca ceremonies are seennot just as healing but as a
dialogue with the wisdom of theland.
Some rites involve covering thebody with clay or earth.
(09:36):
Reuniting the human form withnature, cycles, planting seeds,
with song and prayer ensuresthat new life is welcomed in
partnership with the earth.
Then there's the NativeAmerican culture Across Turtle
(09:57):
Island, which is North America.
Earth-based traditions arediverse but share common threads
the land is sacred, there'scyclical time and Mother Earth
is our relative.
For the Lakota, the sacred hoopand medicine wheel symbolize
the earth's balance.
For the Navajo, the Dine or theHozo represents harmony with
(10:27):
the land.
Earth lodges, sweat lodges andofferings to the soil remind us
that life comes from the returnsto the earth.
Colonization and forcedassimilation threatened these
practices, but many nationscontinue to keep them alive.
(10:47):
In native traditions of NorthAmerica, the earth is honored
through the medicine wheel, acircle of stones laid upon the
ground to represent balance inthe elements.
In the medicine wheel, thenative people connect certain
animals with those directions.
(11:07):
Then they would do a pipeceremony where tobacco is
offered first to the soil beforeprayers rise on the smoke.
Sweat lodges built from theearth and wood are entered like
the womb of Mother Earth, whereparticipants emerge reborn,
(11:28):
cleansed and reconnected withthemselves and with nature.
Then we have the Celtic lands.
The Celts lived across Iron AgeEurope roughly 800 BCE to 400
CE, before Roman conquest.
They were attuned to the cyclesof the seasons and honored the
(11:54):
earth through festivals tied toplanting and harvest.
They built boroughs and stonecircles as sacred earth sites,
often aligned with solstices andequinoxes.
In Celtic myth, the land waspersonified as a goddess, often
(12:15):
tied to sovereignty.
The land was personified as agoddess, often tied to
sovereignty.
The health of the land mirroredthe health of its people.
That's an interesting concept,considering how the health of
the people?
Anyway, in the Celtic lands,stone circles and earth and
(12:42):
mounds were aligned with therhythms of land and sky.
Festivals like Beltane andImbolc honored the fertility of
the earth and the cycles ofplanting and harvest.
Boroughs and sacred burialmounds returned the body to the
(13:04):
earth while also opening agateway to the other world, a
reminder that earth is bothcradle and threshold.
There are many other worldlytraditions all across the world,
such as the Maori in NewZealand.
Arriving around 1200 CE, theMaori developed a worldview
(13:30):
centered on kinship with thenatural world.
Papatuanuku, mother Earth ishonored through chants, prayers
(14:01):
and a divine mother Ritualsbefore farming or construction
still honor her today beliefsystem emerging around 500 CE,
the Shinto belief centers onkami spirits which are present
(14:22):
in the land, trees and stones.
Earth deities are honored atshrines and through harvest
festivals.
Shinto ceremonies offer foodand sake to the kami of the land
, keeping harmony between peopleand the spirits and the soil
(14:43):
they all walk upon.
So, as we explored, the earthis revered in all shamanic
culture all around the world,and all of these cultures are
still being practiced, whetherby the ancestors of those lands
(15:03):
or by people who were taught orinspired by the practices of
those particular cultures.
There are just so many ways thatyou can connect with the earth.
The earth isn't just the theround, spherical object we all
(15:24):
walk upon.
It's not just the stones or thegrass.
The earth is also comingthrough all of the beings that
we interact with on a dailybasis all the animals and all
the birds and all the fish andall the aquatic marine life,
(15:45):
even the insects.
The earth is present in everyliving organism, in every
material found on earth.
The earth element is thefoundation of stability.
It is the foundation of ourabundance.
(16:09):
As living organisms, we haveeverything that we could ever
need here all around us, all thetime just waiting to be
appreciated, waiting to betapped into, waiting to be
reconnected with.
(16:39):
To really connect with all thedifferent wonderful spirits of
the earth is just to recognizewhen they are interacting with
you, when they are present inyour everyday life.
Really notice the insects thatcome into your awareness.
Notice the animals that crossyour path.
Notice the different stonesthat call to you.
(17:02):
When you are connecting withcrystals, there are certain
trees, certain plants that youcome into contact with.
Start having a dialogue withthe earth, start having a
dialogue with its spirits.
(17:22):
Connect to that stability.
If you are someone who reallystruggles with finding stability
in your everyday life, ifyou're someone who really
struggles feeling grounded with,feeling connected, with having
(17:50):
a family unit, with having asense of belonging, feeling like
you have a tribe, you need totune into the earth element.
You need to tune into thoseresources, those beings that
surround you every single day.
They are there to lift you up.
They are there waiting for youto notice them.
(18:13):
They're waiting for you toconnect with them, and it can be
something so simple as justsitting, being present and
watching them, watching themwith all your attention, keeping
your phone out of your handsand having that childlike wonder
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.
And having that childlikewonder observing their behavior.
How is that bee nuzzling intothe center of that flower?
What is it doing?
Oh, it's cleaning itself.
Oh, now it's moving the pollensall the way to the back legs.
Oh, it's so cute.
Oh, it just turned and lookedat me.
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Oh, look at it.
Oh, there it goes.
Wonder what B was sharing withme today?
Hmm, collecting pollen.
Maybe I should go collectmyself, collect my energy, and I
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should share it with others.
Maybe now is the time that Ilift, lift others around me up
and I contribute to others.
You know, b is not just aboutadaptability, which is what it's
always talked about.
It's about community, beingable to to pour into other
people and to work together in acommunity setting in order to
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build something greater that allcan benefit from.
So, tune into the animals thatare all around you all the time.
Tune into the plants that areall around you all the time.
Is there a tree that just getsyour attention?
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Go over, sit beneath it, putyour back against its trunk,
close your eyes, breathe intoyour body, into your trunk and
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meld yourself into the tree.
What comes up when you closeyour eyes and you listen to the
tree.
Do you see any images?
Do you feel any sensations?
Do you hear any thoughts inyour mind?
Say hello to the tree, ask thetree how it's doing.
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How are you doing, tree?
How are you feeling today, tree, it's good to meet you.
My name's Rainbow.
Oh, you're sad.
Why are you sad today, tree?
Because a kid pulled one ofyour branches off and whacked
his friend with it.
That's awful.
That's so awful.
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I'm so sorry, tree.
I'm so sorry.
Let me give you a hug.
You'll feel better after a hug.
We forget.
We forget that the trees, thatthe plants, the flowers, that
the bees and the birds and thedeer and the raccoons, even our
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own pets.
We forget that they, that theyall, are experiencing a life
that is separate from ours, thatthey want connection too.
They want to be seen, they wantto be felt, they want to be
understood, they want to beloved, just like you.
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That's what this month is allabout helping you open up your
heart to connecting with all ofthose forces that earth has to
offer us, having reverence forall the different practices that
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come from all those cultures,and even learning how to build
your own practice, so that youcan feel connected with your own
sense of spiritual empowerment.
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All across the world, the earthis seen not just as a resource
to be used but as a livingorganism to be honored, whether
you decide to go out and sing asong.
To go out and sing a song, anysong, it doesn't even have to be
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a sacred song, Just sing a songto the earth.
Go offer some food, go offersome water, go offer some energy
, some time, some compassion, gooffer a prayer, or you can even
design your own ritual.
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Every single culture all acrossthe planet reminds us of this
simple truth that we belong tothe earth, earth and she belongs
to us.
As you move through your daytoday, I hope that you'll take a
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moment and place your handsupon the trunk of a tree, or
step your bare feet onto somesoil, touch a stone or even
place your hand on the wood ofyour house.
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I don't have wood near me, butI have my table, which is wood.
Place your hand on the wood ofyour house and offer gratitude
and prayers for the connectionthat this object, this earthly
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material, has made with youtoday.
Material has made with youtoday.
Next week we will beimplementing some practices.
I will be teaching you somepractices and I will be teaching
you how to create your ownpractices in your daily life, so
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as to be respectful of thecultures that these practices
come from.
I ask that you honor the eldersof these traditions.
You never take on a culturethat is not your own, but you do
honor its origins and be sureto give reverence to the elders
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that created these traditionswhen you're practicing them.
I look forward to having youguys come join me next week,
where we will be doing somewonderful earth practices.
I'll be giving some examples onhow you can create your own
earth practices and I lookforward to seeing you guys next
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week.
I love you all so much andlet's keep ascending together.
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