First nature
Earth Reverence & Ancient Medicine
“Give yourself permission to have needs” In this First Nature installment, Sara shares from her wealth of beautiful experiences, including what she learned from Native American ceremonial life, nature connection experiences, and land based rites of passage work. She...
Root Into Earth’s Reciprocal Ways
“Just the simple act of being by yourself intentionally in nature burns off impurities and clarifies vision” We talk a lot about Vision, Purpose, and Service at The Rising Man, for good reason. But without PRESENCE in the moment, these endeavors become hollow and...
Celestial Sunset: Harness Winter’s Potential
“Take inventory and let what doesn’t serve die off” What unique medicine does Winter offer our hearts and souls? Recorded in the bitter cold woods of Indiana, Host Shawn Berry shares the spirit of the season straight from the source in this episode of First Nature....
Your Life Starts Here & Now
“Going out into nature is like looking into a mirror. Depending on which aspect we’re looking at, we might find out something different about ourselves.” Our human senses are mini miracles that often go completely unrecognized. There’s a beautiful shift that happens...
Live By Your Convictions
“Each of us has a choice. You have empowerment, you have support. Are you willing to take a closer look at your relationship with Mother Earth?” Harnessing the power of community and starting locally - these are 2 MAJOR aspects of enacting positive change. First...
The Harmonic Transition Into Harvest Time
“There is a way to be in the ebb and flow so that we FEEL THE ABUNDANCE” Every Autumnal transition offers a golden opportunity to allow what doesn’t work to fall away. This time of the year has vital ancestral and indigenous significance, as they lived in greater...
Reconcile Terrestrial Relations & Serve The Earth with Danny Blue
“I’m learning to love the pursuit of discipline” Danny Blue is a man on a mission to save 1 MILLION ACRES of Amazonian rainforest! The path to finding this valiant purpose has been long and winding, with nature appreciation playing a major role in Danny’s awakening....
Be A Sacred Observer Of Life with Lisa Doron
“Take yourself out of your comfort zone and risk everything to find out what you haven’t looked at yet” Nature’s infinite wisdom is available to anyone willing to slow down and accept they don’t know everything! Thanks to decades of nature immersion and witnessing her...
Finding Stillness This Summer Solstice
“The flash of the flower has faded with Spring, now it’s time to commit to what we can bring to fruition.” As we enter this ultra-potent point of the year, remembering our cosmic connection will mightily assist in bringing our visions to life. What was planted in the...
Can Playing It Small Serve The World?
“The more unsafe the world feels the more I lean into what’s comfortable, which feeds into the systems that got us here.” The concept of taking massive action and rocking the world is all the rage these days. But is that actually leading to transformation? Big swings...
Appreciate Each Precious Day with Angela Vincent
“Your heart wants to greet the sun and the sun wants to greet you.” There’s no wrong way to connect with nature. Getting out of your head and into the dirt is so simple, yet the resistance is often fierce. For this segment’s FIRST INTERVIEW - we have the amazing...
Claim Your Cosmic Inheritance
“Balance isn’t motionless. It’s realized by finding peace in the oscillations.” In our busy lives, taking time to APPRECIATE and CONNECT with the natural world is often given low-priority status. At what cost? Dis-ease, anxiety, and a lack of belonging are just a few...
Right Relations Propagate Peace
“One worships as one breathes” - Caroline Myss The highest and most connective states possible can only be experienced while in right relations to the natural world. Host Shawn Berry shares how time spent in nature can be extremely beneficial to our mental, emotional,...
First Nature 008 – Blood and Sand: The Forgotten Wisdom of Desolation
“I choose to see Beauty and Divinity in the face of Death and Pain” Recorded alone in the desert, Shawn Berry shares his heartfelt discoveries from several mortal encounters. Desolation, emptiness, and solitude are not generally promoted as being the source of...
First Nature 007 – Intermingling Myth and Reality
Host Shawn Berry shares his meaningful vision quest story, complete with Yule-time and Winter Solstice significance. Rites of passage programs hold unique medicine, using silence and nature to create an intentional cocoon for our next evolution. Shawn’s story serves...
