Podcasts about ravenwood outdoor learning center

Recorded April, 6, 2019. Lena Olson lives in the Flathead Valley of Montana and works in nature connection with Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center. She is a mixed media artist exploring wildcraft and traditional mediums. Her source of inspiration is her connection to the land; through hunting, foraging, fishing, chopping wood, and carrying water for her bus, and simply being in wilderness. Watch the podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDV1Ph-S3v4&t=19s

This is a replay from S1 E8: Do you think it’s possible to build future communities of belonging and connection? Living in a culture that values the immediacy and efficiency of life has placed a strain on the importance of connection and belonging to our natural roots. Open your heart and mind with an educational and engaging chat with Brett Holmquist, co-founder and Executive Director at Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center. Listen as we explore how to cultivate the “survival skill of belonging” and why it's important for young people to learn the beginning steps of fearless self-love in community as well as on our own.   How nature can teach us about gratitude and belonging How our connection to nature relates to our level of connection within ourselves/others How to help our youth foster self-sufficiency and self-love   Links Mentioned : Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center http://ravenwoodolc.org Jon Young’s “Coyote Mentoring” Book https://wildearth.org/shop/books/coyotes-guide-to-connecting-with-nature Wilderness Awareness School in Duvall, WA https://wildernessawareness.org/about/about Jake and Judy Swamp, http://www.thetrackingproject.org/ttp/native-communities/remembering-jake-tekaronianeken-swamp/

Tuesday August 7, 2018  and Certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor Andrea Catherine is here to share with us her recipes for cooking around the campfire! Campfire Skillet CornBread and Zucchini Lasagna! What’s cooking? (https://www.groundedhere.com/tea) (https://www.groundedhere.com/fearless-self-love-retreats) (https://www.groundedhere.com/fearless-self-love-retreats) I actually want to talk about the things I cooked out at camp! The two things that were the biggest hits with everyone! (http://ravenwoodolc.org/) Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center (http://ravenwoodolc.org/)  run by Brett Holmquist! You know him?! He’s been a dear friend I tried to take our kids there last year, but they fill up fast, you have to book it like now in September! There were two overnight camps ages 10-12 13-16 kids I am not with them when I am cooking. Relationships between each other, themselves kids all sleep in tepees outside stayed in a camper last year I commuted Both weeks I made both of these dishes I made a big pot of chili, but you can figure out how to make chili in the woods But I made a Campfire Skillet Cornbread (https://www.freshoffthegrid.com/campfire-skillet-cornbread/) never made cornbread on a skillet before turned out so well huge hit burners get pretty hot temperature flip the cornbread was a little complicated cook the cornbread put a lid on it freshoffthegrid.com (http://freshoffthegrid.com) honey in it jalapèno pepper doubled it gluten free in addition to the cornmeal turned out amazing! cornmeal flour baking powder salt milk/ powder milk (if you’re in the back country for a while – ratio 3 tablespoons of powder milk olive oil honey! coconut oil or olive oil they recommend propane fire There is a fire ban in our area of Montana right now so you might have to do it over a propane stove as well. I love this, I’ve made a lot of cornbread in a skillet, and I always put it in the oven, I am curious how you flipped it! such a hit cooked enough burners were so hot regulate the temp better got a spatula oil to clear the edges I put a cookie sheet over the top to flip the whole thing and then slid it back into  the skillet I’m thinking what happened is I doubled the recipe. I didn’t have the images in the woods thinner cooked through was not as thick thicker cornbread If you follow the recipe it, I guess is will work just fine I doubled everything … the ratios are great! imagery what I did was I printed the recipes cause I didn’t have wifi… I think I would have downloaded the pics and recipes… I go crazy because I find my ipad/phone is always closing and then I have to enter my password with my sticking fingers… You can set your phone much better cooking for 20 people doing it in the hottest part of the day dinner was between 6 & 7 at night… muggy Michigan hot and dry lots of wasps and Yellowjackets balled faced hornets eating the yellow jackets It was a definitely great place to be! The cornbread was a hit! I actually looked up this ribbon zucchini lasagna thing I made it differently so I might not even share that recipe, I’ll tell you what I did Making zucchini into ribbons doesn’t work but I  sliced the zucchini 1/4 inch think a lot of zucchini for 20 people We had this big cast iron griddle Where I was able to cook the zucchini which you could do in a cast iron skillet. I cooked it with olive oil oregano basil salt and pepper chicken thighs tomato sauce canned tomato sauce Added herbs and spices 2nd time I made this I added diced sautéd beets, I used little Support this podcast

Launching a heart-centered, community-oriented business is a cause that requires inner transformation. My guest, Kelsey Bryant Starr, owner of Numi Yoga in College Park, Maryland, seems to be a growth junkie, too. She’s on for asking the hard questions, like “am I enough?” and answering them with “‘yes I am , I showed up, I’m breathing, and I have something to offer.” In this interview Kelsey and I interview each other about our journeys to starting businesses that reflect our personal desires for growth and learning.  Listen as we share our reflections on our pathways to learning, loving and accepting ourselves while growing businesses that help others do the same.     How to notice abundance amidst the challenge Why we need each other for true healing How being open allows for what’s to come     Links Mentioned: Interview with Brett Holmquist (Season 1, Episode 8) https://www.groundedhere.com/season-1 Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center www.ravenwoodoutdoorlearningcenter.org Grace Edison’s Yoga of Money http://www.graceedison.com/yoga-of-money/ Numi Yoga College Park, Maryland http://www.numiyoga.com/schedule/ Fearless Self-Love Retreat: www.fearlessselflove.com Body Bloom wellness course www.groundedhere.com/courses Kylin O’Brien interview (Season 1, Episode 19) https://www.groundedhere.com/season-1 Tim Ferriss Show https://tim.blog/ A2 Yoga in Ann Arbor, Michigan www.a2yoga.net Eat, Taste, Heal http://www.eattasteheal.com/ Kripalu School of Ayurveda https://kripalu.org/schools/kripalu-school-ayurveda Dr. Claudia Welch https://drclaudiawelch.com/ Cate Stillman https://yogahealer.com/ Scott Blossom http://www.shunyatayoga.com/ AmeriCorps VISTA https://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps/americorpsvista Pilar’s Tamales https://www.pilarstamales.com/ Show Highlights: 03:58 Easeful Living Practice ~ Take advice from your younger self 12:03 Interview begins with Kelsey sharing how she went from studying Yoga for her own learning to opening a Yoga studio in a new city 21:33 Holding challenge and abundance in the same hand (particularly when starting a studio) 26:55 Addressing fears and allowing them to be present; how personal yoga practice informs teaching and starting a business 33;20 Vision of Numi Yoga Studio in College Park, Maryland & the origin of the Numi name 39:53 Kelsey interviews Andrea, starting with Andrea’s interest in and study of Ayurveda 48:52 Andrea’s lessons learned starting her own business 101:19 Courageous Self-Care tip ~ mantra: I showed up, I’m breathing, and I have something to offer.   Your Favorite Quotes: “There is nothing less selfless than loving yourself.” -- Andrea Catherine “We all get both be served and be of service.” -- Kelsey Starr “Everyday something is a little bit beyond what I know about...but, everyday there’s someone who comes across my path...who is such a valuable resource.” -- Kelsey Bryant Starr “Everyday, when I get on my mat, I get to answer the question, ‘am I enough?’...I get to choose to say ‘yes I am , I showed up, I’m breathing, and I have something to offer” -- Kelsey Starr “Even when we’re experiencing so many blessings, and gifts and connections, it’s very human to wonder, am I even going to get by, can I even make it through?” -- Andrea Catherine “There’s no other journey but to get to know our own self. When we can come to our own selves with loving compassion, we can offer that unconditionally to other people.” -- Kelsey Starr “Those little nudges, for me, mostly come from when I’m able to let go of needing to have it a certain way or needing to let the thing I’m doing work, and rather open up to what could work, and knowing that may not be what I’m doing.”  --Andrea Catherine   Meet Kelsey: Kelsey is proud to join the ranks of the mighty Terrapins in College Park, MD.  Her yoga training began with Ana Hough in Ann Arbor (200hr), and continued with national teachers Christina Sell and Gioconda Parker at the San Marcos School of Yoga (300hr).  Kelsey participates in ongoing online studies with Christina Sell and attends DC-area continuing education. Kelsey is passionate about exploring.  Yoga is her map for the journey to love her body, community, and self.  In Kelsey’s yoga classes students will playfully explore actions within poses and have opportunities to integrate yoga with life off the mat.  She jokingly describes her classes as "offering too many alignment cues while you are trying to flow". Kelsey lives in University Park with her husband, Evan, and goldendoodle, Argo.  

 Do you think it’s possible to build future communities of belonging and connection? Living in a culture that values the immediacy and efficiency of life has placed a strain on the importance of connection and belonging to our natural roots. Open your heart and mind with an educational and engaging chat with Brett Holmquist, co-founder and Executive Director at Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center. Listen as we explore how to cultivate the “survival skill of belonging” and why it's important for young people to learn the beginning steps of fearless self-love in community as well as on our own. How nature can teach us about gratitude and belonging How our connection to nature relates to our level of connection within ourselves/others How to help our youth foster self-sufficiency and self-love Links Mentioned: Jon Young’s “Coyote Mentoring” Book https://wildearth.org/shop/books/coyotes-guide-to-connecting-with-nature Wilderness Awareness School in Duvall, WA https://wildernessawareness.org/about/about Jake and Judy Swamp, http://www.thetrackingproject.org/ttp/native-communities/remembering-jake-tekaronianeken-swamp/   Show Highlights: 01:18 Ravenwood Family Packages Program 03:36 Easeful Living Practice ~ Sensory Awareness Meditation / Sit Spot 13:12 Interview with Brett Holmquist; Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center history and purpose: “Nature connection mentoring program” 21:07 Culture of Gratitude at Ravenwood and blew me away about the campers & staff 24:04 Roots of Ravenwood’s mission: Connecting people with nature, community & self; Mentoring as modeling with elders and others 27:25 Core routines of Ravenwood: Skill-building, gratitude, survival skills 29:28 “The survival skill of belonging”: A difficult skills to learn in a disconnected and isolated culture 31:45 Andrea’s reflections on Ravenwood’s mission to cultivate freedom, nature, community, belonging 35:50 Examples of core routines and 8 attributes of connection 37:01 “Art of questioning”: Creating internal curiosity 42:11 Understanding bird language as a concept and skill: the “art of awareness” 45:26 Courageous Self-Care Tip ~ Survival Skill of Belonging   Favorite Quotes “Our mission is connecting people with nature, community, and self.” -Brett Holmquist “We find that our interdependence with nature and our relationships with nature are the perfect place to teach that [ecology of self]. It’s natural, it just happens.” -Brett Holmquist “The practice of gratitude is the practice of connection. All people want is to belong.” -Brett Holmquist “How do I stay in connection so I am healthy and thriving in this world?” -Brett Holmquist “The belonging includes taking time for ourselves.” -Andrea Bachman “Any individual has these deep ropes of connection to every plant, every tree, every mountain, every river, all the people, all the things that we have relationship with.” -Brett Holmquist “The translation of health in Ayurveda is, ‘to be situated in oneself’.” -Andrea Bachman   Meet Brett: Brett Holmquist is the co-founder and executive director of Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center located in Whitefish, MT. Brett is passionate about using nature to help youth foster better relationships within and with the world around them. Learn more about all the amazing work Ravenwood is doing and connect with Brett at brett@ravenwoodolc.org.