Episode 59: Deep Nature Connection & The Sacred Attributes

Guest: Jon Young

Hosted by: Marina Robb

Jon Young

Jon Young is a deep nature-people-self connection researcher, mentor, naturalist, wildlife tracker, author, workshop leader, consultant and storyteller. Jon has been mentored in deep nature connection by his own grandmothers, Tom Brown, Jr. and a host of elders and experts.

As a leader in the field of nature-based community building over 40 years, Jon’s research into the impact and significance of nature on mentoring, human intelligence, spirituality, well-being and development has influenced tens of thousands of people worldwide.

Jon has authored and co-authored several seminal works on nature connection and connection mentoring, including What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World (2012), and Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature (2007).

Jon has appeared in numerous documentaries including The Animal Communicator (2012) and in 2016, he received the Champion of Environmental Education Award for his innovative work, which has inspired positive developments in the field, and fostered the growth of the nature connection movement on a global level.

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In this episode, we dive into:

How gratitude supports us to ‘go up the spiral and not down – it elevates us and is dependable
Jake and Judy swamp – the thanksgiving address
Nature connection verses deep nature connection
The uniqueness of Jon’s work – the 4 key categories of relationships with nature
The generation of the ‘Last child in the woods’ – before and after Television
Gilbert Walking Bull and the 7 sacred attributes
The power of wilderness & naturalist skills
The creation of true leadership
Taking your ideal scene to the ancestors and future generations – time is running out
Don’t play small (see below the steps)
Nature connection in danger
How our nervous system has the instructions that we need
512 Project – 64 cultural elements that generate connection than disconnection
Tracking connection Podcast: Living Connection 1st
Tom Brown’s 7 steps to your Ideal Scene

Music by Geoff Robb: www.geoffrobb.com

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Links

Living Connection 1st Website: www.livingconnection1st.net

Thanksgiving Address: https://americanindian.si.edu/environment/pdf/01_02_thanksgiving_address.pdf

Children and Nature Network: www.childrenandnature.org

Jon Young's Book: Coyotes Guide to Connecting with Nature

Richard Louv’s books and website: www.richardlouv.com

Tom Brown’s Tracker School: www.trackerschool.com

Resources

Rafaella Cataldo – Pedagogy of Wilderness!

Tom Brown’s Steps to your Ideal Scene – Renewal Process

1. What makes you light up?

2. What disconnects you or depresses you?

3. What is the help you get from nature?

4. What are your talents, passions – what do people see in your when you are lit up?

5. Inflection points – what are they teaching you?

6. What wounds are in the way of you being alive?

7. Go back through 1 to 6. – circle the loudest – what does that say about what you might do in the future – THIS IS YOUR IDEAL SCENE – look at the patterns!

8. Check with ancestors and future generations, what else can I learn?