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“We are all indigenous to Earth. We all belong to this lineage.”
— Alena Natalia
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In this grounding conversation, Alena guides us through some of her rich life experiences and insights, from her childhood in Soviet Moscow and summers in the wilds of Massachusetts to her travels across 75 countries seeking diverse teachers and teachings. Her early encounters with nature and an extraordinary experience at age 14 sparked her wandering quest for a deeper understanding of reality. Alena shares valuable insights on belonging, reclaiming our unique gifts, healing our wounds, reconnecting with the lineage of Earth, and deepening our relationship with the wild within and around us to become more whole. This episode is a heartfelt exploration of living a life grounded in purpose, presence, and the intrinsic power of Earthly elementals and the Feminine essence of reality.
Find Thematic Show Notes Below
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Thematic Show Notes
Reclaiming Unique Gifts and Medicine:
- Alena explores how our childhood experiences, wounds, and passions often reveal the unique gifts we are meant to share with the world.
- She emphasizes the importance of courage in reclaiming these innate gifts.
Global Journey for Wisdom:
- Having traveled to 75 countries, Alena sought diverse teachers and teachings to deepen her understanding of reality, especially the feminine nature of reality.
- She discusses how humanity is ready to reintegrate this feminine understanding into our shared consciousness.
Belonging and Lineage:
- Alena speaks on the importance of belonging to ourselves, our ancestors, and the Earth, rather than compulsively mimicking other culture’s human-made lineages.
- She questions what it means to belong to the lineage of Earth, highlighting our cosmic-biological connection to the planetary system of which we are an integral part.
Healing Through Earth Indigeneity:
- Alena delves into the wounds of displacement and the importance of remembering our indigenous connection to Earth as a whole system.
- She discusses how modern humans have strayed from the feminine Earthly powers and the need to reconnect with them in order to become whole.
Nature and Relationship:
- Highlighting the pain the land experiences from human displacement, Alena emphasizes the importance of nurturing relationships with the elementals, our more-than-human kin, and our ancestral lands.
- She believes all land, all of nature, desires a nourishing, co-creative relationship with humans.
The Feminine Holds All:
- Alena explores the feminine nature of the cosmos, which encompasses all dualities and naturally fosters balance, healing, and transformation.
- She addresses modern feminism, cautioning against perpetuating issues of modernity and emphasizing the need for sensitive balance and integration.
Wounds and Wholeness:
- Discussing the nature of wounds, Alena describes them as messengers of love calling us back into harmony.
- She emphasizes the importance of acknowledging and shining awareness on our wounds to allow for natural alchemical processes to occur of their own accord.
Wandering and Belonging:
- Alena shares her personal journey of not feeling like she belonged to one place, leading her on a quest for a deeper sense of belonging to all of Earth in the here and now.
- She speaks on the importance of wandering as a stage in the evolution of the human soul and the significance of laying roots as we go.