Nurture Your Nature

In this conversation Dina welcomes Carol Robbins (www.carolrobbins.ca) back to the podcast to take a deep dive in understanding the how and why of bunions. We delve into how the loads and adaptations that transfer through human bodies can potentially create bunions. We also discuss why bunions shouldn't be seen as deformities but rather how our bodies are well adapted to create functional ways of moving under various conditions that we may experience. This conversation was recorded on 4/4/21. Some links to topics discussed in the episode: Core to Coeur (teaching platform) https://www.carolrobbins.ca/blog/bunion-myths https://www.carolrobbins.ca/blog/bunions   How not to: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLkGenJBmKK/ How to: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLkLUPch4nP/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/279347111   Bunion Course:  https://healthymoving.com/bunionworkshop/?index=6623 Thank you for listening and please help this podcast grow with a rating and/or review.

In this conversation Dina and her guest Sara Jolena Wolcott (https://www.sarajolena.com and https://www.sequoiasamanvaya.com) have an intimate conversation around Sara's work as a healer, eco-theologian and educator. This conversation was recorded in August 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic and the socio-political upheavals that have been brought front and center to global stage in part due to these unprecedented times.  Sara is currently launching her next round of her course - Origin Stories - https://www.sequoiasamanvaya.com/ancestors-and-origin-stories which dives more deeply into the threads of our discussion. As a gift to NYN's listeners she is offering a 10% discount with the code DINA. Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div., is a healer, minister, and entrepreneur.  She's been doing hands on healing since she was 5 years old and has been attempting to align with the Divine Feminine since a young child.  Her search to understand the root causes and potential solutions to intersecting racial, ecological, and gendered crises took her on an odyssey first around the world and then into her own family and our global ecological history. As one of the descendents of the founding fathers of the United States, she is actively reMembering familial and national origin stories and related histories as part of creating eco-cultures that have a chance of thriving in a climate changed world.  She is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, England, Haverford College in Pennsylvania and the McKinnon Institute of Massage Therapy in Oakland, CA. She has lived, worked, learned from elders and healers, and spoken to audiences in over 9 countries.  While she normally resides in New York City, she has been sheltering in place in her family's home in the East Bay Area, on the traditional homeland of the Ohlone people.  Please help this podcast grow with a rate and/or review. Follow me on IG @Nurture.Your_Nature or @dinacrosta    

In this conversation Dina and her guest Carol Robbins (alignmentrescue.com) discuss Carol's history in becoming a Restorative Exercise / Nutritious Movement educator plus some fascinating ways to think about movement. Some of our topics include the distinction between posture and alignment, head position and swallowing food (have you ever considered how you position your head can affect how you chew and swallow your food??), and the difference between stretching your calf muscles for sensation and doing a calf stretch movement to discover places of unnecessary tensions and/or displacement of loads in how we move and carry our bodies. Lots of "food for thought" in this episode.    Carol's IG page: AlignmentREScue My IG page: Nurture Your Nature Thank you for listening and please rate and review!!

In this conversation Dina and her guest Annie Adamson, creator of Primal Vinyasa yoga, have a conversation around the shifting paradigms in yoga and movement, the importance of language as movement teachers and the difference between holding space and hosting space. This is a great one for all but especially yoga/movement teachers.  

In this conversation, Dina and writer, teacher and The Good Life Revival podcast host, Sam Sycamore have a broad discussion to learn about how Sam has come to practice what he preaches and teaches as an off-grid radical ecologist in California living and learning as he goes. We delve into Sam's background including his education (and eventual unschooling), the use of psychedelics as a transformative component into the nature of reality, ecology and how it can inform our relationship to nature, foraging wild foods and the importance of context when interacting with the land, and also some of the ways you can study with Sam to increase your skills of observation, botanical vocabulary, and comprehension, wild food foraging and overall relationship with plants.

  In this conversation, Dina and Stephen have a deeply personal and provocative conversation about the topics of culture, death, grief and mystery. Stephen Jenkinson is the author Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul and Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble. He is also touring with musician Gregory Hoskins as The Nights of Grief and Mystery. STEPHEN JENKINSON, MTS, MSW is an activist, teacher, author, and farmer. He has a master's degree in theology from Harvard University and a master's degree in social work from the University of Toronto. He is a former programme director and medical-school assistant professor. He is the subject of the documentary National Film Board of Canada documentary film, Griefwalker.  He teaches internationally. With Nathalie Roy, Jenkinson founded The Orphan Wisdom School is 2010, which convenes in Tramore, Canada, and in various places in northern Europe. He is the author of How It All Could Be (now translated into four languages), Money and the Soul’s Desires, Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, and, most recently, Come of Age: The Case of Elderhood in a Time of Trouble. With Gregory Hoskins and band, Stephen has offered Nights of Grief & Mystery to sold out houses on three continents, most recently during the 26-city Nights of Grief & MysteryNorth American Tour 2018.    

In this conversation, Dina and Natalie connect personally for the first time having known each other as peers and colleagues for nearly a decade. We discuss Natalie's nature informed approach to all the practices that put her in direct connection to the multilayers of energy that are ever occurring in our phenomenal world. Natalie also offers some introductory teachings around the elements in Ayurveda and shares how moon cycles, tarot and plants also guide and direct how she lives and how she teaches. Please enjoy!   To learn more about Natalie and her work visit: https://www.natalierousseau.com As always thank you so much for listening and sharing! Please rate this show on iTunes to help with visibility and reach.  Follow me on IG at @nurture.your_nature Email me at nurtureyournaturepodcast@gmail.com

In this conversation, Dina and Chris have a lovely walk through Chris' transformation from seeker to guide. Chris is the founder and facilitator of Woods Walks - guided forest journeys. From his Facebook page: Chris has been involved in ongoing nature-immersion experiences and study for the past 10 years, including 2 summer intensive rites of passage with the Hero’s Journey® Foundation in the mountains of West Virginia, Men’s Rite of Passage with Fr. Richard Rohr and Illuman in the Catskill Mountains, and 9 years of work and training in shamanic healing arts with a Peruvian shaman and guide from the Amazon River basin. Chris also serves on the board and is a steward and guide with Hearthfire, Inc. in Westchester Co., New York. Chris is a resident of South Orange and is grateful to be the father of two sons and a daughter, and a life-partner with their mother for 21 years. “My passion for sharing and experiencing connection to nature goes back to my childhood in Pennsylvania where my playground was the woods at my grandparents house.”  Ways to connect to Chris: https://www.facebook.com/pg/GetIntoTheForest/about/?ref=page_internal https://www.instagram.com/woodswalks96/ woodswalks96@gmail.com (Chris' email) Mentioned in the conversation: https://herosjourneyfoundation.org   As always thank you so much for listening and sharing! Please rate this show on iTunes to help with visibility and reach.  Follow me on IG at @nurture.your_nature Email me at nurtureyournaturepodcast@gmail.com

In this conversation, Dina and Lindsay spiral around the relationship between spirit and the natural world. We discuss the ideas around permaculture, deep ecology, what it means to "talk to the plants", being present and the true art of listening. Please enjoy! From her website www.fieldswithoutfences.org: Lindsay Napolitano is an herbalist, farmer, artist, and permaculture designer living and working within the fields and forests of the Delaware River Watershed. She is the co-founder of Fields Without Fences, a forest garden farm and permaculture design service. In collaboration with the natural world she designs, cultivates, and tends wild gardens and woodlands while growing and crafting plant medicine for her extended community. Combining a love of story, myth, metaphysics, and ecology, Lindsay weaves an inspired narrative throughout her teachings on the subjects of herbalism, permaculture, and agroecology. She is a practicing clinical herbalist and writes professionally on subjects including herbalism, permaculture, and environmental renewal. You can usually find her outside, aiding and abetting the plants in their ceaseless quest for world domination.   Follow me on IG at @nurture.your_nature Email me at nurtureyournaturepodcast@gmail.com Thank you for listening and please rate and review on iTunes.

In this conversation, Dina and Laurel have a lovely meandering (and educational) conversation that winds around her journey from yoga student, to teacher, to interdisciplinary movement educator and to new mom. Some of the topics covered: - We take a big picture look at the ways we move and are moved by our culture and environments, how pain and fear play a role in how we move and think about moving. - We also discuss the role of language and the quality of language when teaching and supporting students and loved ones in our lives. - Laurel's thoughts on what it means to "listen to your body" a common phrase thrown around in yoga/movement classes. This is a great segment for yoga and movement educators. - The changes and discoveries that becoming a parent have brought to Laurel's life and her work. To learn more about Laurel and her work visit her website www.laurelbeversdorf.com Thank you for listening! Please share, follow and leave a review on iTunes. IG: @nurture.your_nature email: nurtureyournaturepodcast@gmail.com

In this interview/conversation Dina and Naomi discuss the defining role of motherhood in their lives and reclaiming what putting oneself  first means. This topic revolves around the intersections of yoga, Ayurveda, habit change and self-identity. To learn more about Naomi's work visit her website at Conscious Healthy Mama To get the specifics on Naomi's year long program visit - Self-Care for All Seasons  Follow along with me on IG at http://instagram.com/nurtureyournature   Want to reach me directly? email me at nurtureyournaturepodcast@gmail.com

In this inaugural episode of the Nurture Your Nature podcast your host, Dina Crosta (that's me!) gives you a brief outline of her hopes and dreams for the future of this podcast. Thank you so much for listening!   Links: My website - yogadina.com Follow the Nurture Your Nature IG page - Nurture Your Nature Follow my personal IG page - Dina Crosta