Nature Practice

The U.S. Surgeon General has declared loneliness an epidemic as dangerous as smoking. But the prescription — more calls with friends, more dinner parties—is only part of the story. What if we aren’t just lonely for people, but for the land herself? In this episode, we explore Ecological Estrangement and the wisdom of ecologist David Abram, who suggests that our human relationships are breaking because we are asking them to carry the weight of the entire world. Today, we stop asking humans to be our horizon and engage more deeply with our elemental kin.

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In this fourth week, you’re invited to shift from the illusion of solitude to the deep, embodied reality of companionship.

Through the practice of Elemental Kinship, you’ll begin to engage with the natural world as a family of teachers — finding your own stability reflected in the stone and your own flow reflected in the water.

You may start to feel the ancient ache of isolation dissolve, replaced by the profound, unshakable comfort of knowing you have never truly been alone.

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Today, we redefine courage by its true root: Cor (Heart). We put away the timer, silence the "shoulds," and have the fearlessness to let the soil of our soul regenerate on this lazy day.

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There's a word that's famously untranslatable. It describes a specific vibration of belonging.  Today, we explore the secret behind that feeling. We discover why your spirit soars when you watch a hawk glide and why your heart opens when you watch a flower bloom. We look at joy as a shared resonance and amplify our personal practice by relishing in the thriving of our community.  Your clarity is lighting up the whole constellation.

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Through the lens of the "Happy Train," Diné (Navajo) wisdom and the landmark science of Awe, we explore how your own sensory awakening acts as a biological anchor for everyone you encounter, allowing your natural kindness to radiate effortlessly. You're invited to use creative expression — whether through visual ritual, somatic gifts, or Indigenous solidarity — to weave your personal coherence into the Great Healing. By inhabiting your own vibrant peace, you are already walking in beauty with the entire web of life.

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Today, we put the Anatomy of Nature Practice to work. Through the "Gestures of Preparation"—including the Tower of Golden Coins and the Traveler’s Blessing—you will prepare your biology to enter a sacred dialogue with the Earth.

Experience the relief of Entrainment, where your heart rate and brain waves leave the discordant noise of the domesticated world to join the "Interspecies Choir" of the natural world. This meditation is a return to your foundation of safety. Step onto the trail of beauty and allow the Earth to "sing" you back into balance.

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What if the map to your own peace was as close as the palm of your hand?

Today, we move beyond the solo labor of self-repair and into a state of rhythmic reciprocity. By mapping the five elements of Nature Practice onto your fingertips, you turn your own body into a living architecture for vibrant, natural peace.

Learn how to refund your "cognitive tax" and enter an act of entrainment—where your own heartbeat finds its place within the vast, interspecies choir of the Earth. You are no longer just in nature; you are in a...

Duration: 00:21:44

We may have 20/20 vision, but in the context of the living world, we may be walking in the dark.

Modern life has placed our senses in a "cast," numbing us just to survive the noise. Today, we peel the layers of numbness. We move from the labels of the intellect to the "Olympic Standard" of direct perception—rediscovering the sensory gear that is your birthright.

It's time to stop thinking about the world and start allowing your body to experience it. Tune your antenna. The cast is coming off.

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Duration: 00:09:26

After the safety of Communion (Week 1) and the strength of Connection (Week 2), we now enter the season of Clarity.

Week 3 is an invitation to let the sediment settle. We often navigate our lives through "murky waters," disoriented by the noise of external headlines and the congestion of the intellect. This week, we collaborate with the Earth to clear that turbulence and awaken the vibrant, limbic wisdom of your senses.

As you move from thinking your way through life to truly knowing, you will reclaim a peaceful perspective and clear the path for your own intuition...

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Sometimes, we can feel trapped by the turbulence of our own minds—the constant shaking of the jar that clouds our vision and spikes our fear. But we don't have to fight for clarity.  We can just let the sediment settle. Inspired by the poetry of Metta David Cumberbatch and the wisdom of the Tibetan tradition, this episode introduces the Holding Nest—a practice for catching your distracting thoughts with kindness, thanking them for their message, and gently setting them aside so you can return to the freedom of the present moment. Come learn how to stop fight...

Duration: 00:12:39

Restoring your natural peace can feel like a solitary path, but in the ecosystem of Nature Practice, every individual shift ripples into the collective. Today, we return to the practice of Mudita (feeling joy for other's success and wellbeing), but with a new focus: celebrating the collective sense of lineage we are cultivating. We witness the changes happening in our community—from honoring a mother's influence to finding peace in the past—and acknowledge that by restoring your own natural peace, you are allowing life to flow for the entire web of life. Come take your...

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We have spent this week filling the well; today, we water the village. After mapping your Roots and honoring your Branches, we turn our attention to Reciprocity of the Earth. This episode is an invitation to create a Nature Mandala— an ephemeral circle of beauty made from fallen leaves, stones, and twigs. It is a "Thank You" note to the land, a gathering place for your lineage, and a physical prayer for your community. Come weave your personal peace back into the collective web.

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Presence is the sensation of occupying your full essence, with ease and beauty. When we consciously ground into our lineage, we activate what is called the "Ancestor Effect," a resource that stabilizes the nervous system and allows us to stand more confidently. In this episode, we apply the yogic physics of "Root to Rise" to experience this stability in the body. By letting the gravity of your lineage lift you, you become a living bridge between the past and the future — allowing the stream of life to flow through you.

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Duration: 00:11:01

After spending this week honoring the people, places and poetry that supported your love of nature, today we turn the lens to your branches — the ways you shelter, nurture, and transmit a love of nature to the world around you. We explore the three spheres of influence.  This episode is an invitation to see yourself as a nature lover and as a Future Ancestor. Whether through a quiet family ritual or a public act of leadership, you are reweaving the memory of connection for children who have yet to be born.

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Today, we explore the Artistic Lineage that supports your connection to the Earth—from the songs of Abuela Margarita to the films that help remind us of who we are. We explore art as a bridge to nature and we look at the new research in neuroaesthetics which shows that a profound poem or a resonant painting can light up the same "awe" centers in the brain as an inspiring landscape. This episode is an invitation to curate your own "playlist of belonging" and to remember that even if you don't see yourself as an artist, you ca...

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When we think of lineage, we usually think of people. But what about the places that raised you? Today, we expand our definition to include the landscapes, the waters, and the animals that have held you. From a magical encounter with a pink river dolphin in the Orinoco Delta to the science of nervous system regulation, we explore why your body craves contact with the ground. This episode introduces the practice of "Skin to Skin" — remembering that before you belonged to anyone else, you belonged to the Earth.

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To stand strong in  life's storms, you need to know what holds you.
Week 1, was a Return to Communion. Now, we shift our energy toward Rooting. We explore the invisible network of support that has always been beneath your feet: the people, the landscapes, and the poetry that have fed your wildness. This week is an invitation to remember that you are not a solitary seed blowing in the wind; you are part of a deep, ancient root system.

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When we feel overwhelmed by the state of the world, it is easy to feel like we are doing this all alone. But the truth is, you are backed by a mountain range of ancestors, teachers, and guides. Today, we sit with the wisdom of Dr. Maya Angelou, who reminds us that we never enter a room—or a storm—by ourselves. We bring everyone who has ever been kind to us. This episode is a practice in mapping your own Roots and gathering your own "Bouquet of Rainbows"—calling in the grandmothers, the au...

Duration: 00:09:26

Celebration is our practice today. We close our first week by engaging the "Immeasurable" practice of Mudita (Sympathetic Joy). We gather around the fire to witness the profound shifts happening in our community—from reclaiming time for ourselves to remembering our true identity alongside the trees. Using a simple storytelling framework I learned from the memoirist Joyce Maynard ("I used to... but now I..."), we validate that by deepening your relationship with the Earth, you are literally preparing your biology for warm-heartedness. Come add your voice to the constellation.

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Duration: 00:08:11

"We shall be known by the company we keep." Today, we bridge the gap between self-care and community care, exploring how your time in nature supports you in your service to the world. Drawing on the poetry of MaMuse and the physics of sound science (the Tomatis Effect), we discover how listening to the wild literally tunes your voice and your presence. This episode is an invitation to consciously offer the peace you’ve found.  To become the medicine—bringing the calm of the Oak and the flow of the river back to the people you love and t...

Duration: 00:08:32

Many of us live with a subtle sense of separation—walking on the land, looking at the sky, feeling exposed to the elements. But today, we shift the perspective. We explore the biological and spiritual reality that we live within the Earth—nestled beneath the arc of her atmosphere, breathing her breath, and held inside her membrane like a child in a womb. Through the poem "Within Her," this episode invites you to feel the air touching your skin not as empty space, but as the body of t...

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We often feel a subtle restlessness.  A sense that we can leave at any time, never fully committing to the land beneath us. But you cannot deepen your relationship with a place you are ready to abandon. Today, we bridge the biology of safety with the sacred practice of Rematriation. From the measurable calm your nervous system finds in the forest to the Dalai Lama’s ritual of humility, this is an invitation to finally take your second foot off the boat, as Robin Wall Kimmerer puts it.  To stop holding yourself up and allow your...

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Do you remember the secret sanctuaries of your childhood? Today, we return to "Frog Church" to reclaim the truth that enjoyment leads us back to the Earth. We dive into the wisdom of the hummingbird: taking small, frequent sips of the divine. Today the invitation is to stop striving for a perfect practice and simply invite  the wind, the light, and the sacred back into the intimacy of your everyday life.

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We often think that to deepen our relationship with the Earth, we need to leave our lives behind and retreat to the mountains—but what if the connection we’re longing for could happen right in the middle of our workday? In this episode, we continue to unfold the soulful qualities that define nature practice, while exploring Outdoor Switches: a simple, deceivingly powerful way to invite the breeze, the birds, and the sunlight back into your daily rhythm. Instead of escaping to nature, we learn how to open the door and let her into the intimacy of your...

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In this episode, you’re invited to slow down and set the tone for your six-week journey — through intention, ritual, and the intimacy of listening with the Earth.

Together we explore the foundational qualities of Nature Practice: awareness, insight, stillness, and the ancient bond we are remembering as we return to a sacred, reciprocal relationship with the living world.

You’ll be guided to step outside, attune to the environment around you, and create space for your own intention to emerge — a seed planted in the fertile dark of the new moon, ready to grow alongsid...

Duration: 00:15:19

In this first week, you’re invited to shift from simply spending time outdoors to entering a deeper, more intentional friendship with the living world.

Through the practice of Outdoor Switches, you’ll begin setting the stage for true communion — a subtle yet powerful returning that opens your senses, softens old habits of estrangement, and reawakens your natural peace.

You may start to feel how even the smallest choices can become gestures of reverence, quietly transforming familiar spaces into places of belonging. 

 

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Our Nature Practice Foundations journey begins on the new moon of December — December 19th, 2025.

These practices will be available to accompany you through the holiday season, giving you a way to stay connected to yourself and the Earth, when life can feel especially full.

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As we step into this journey together, I want to offer a few simple ways to help you receive the fullest benefit from these six weeks. These suggestions aren’t rules — they’re invitations. They’re meant to help you drop into your relationship with the Earth in a way that feels both spacious and doable.As we step into this journey together, I want to offer a few simple ways to help you receive the fullest benefit from these six weeks. These suggestions aren’t rules — they’re invitations. They’re meant to help you drop into your relationship wit...

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Now that you have a sense of where we’re going…
let me show you how we’ll get there.

Over six weeks, I’ll share my most treasured practices — the same ones that have helped hundreds of Earth lovers re-center their relationship with the Earth and restore their natural peace.  

There are many ways to deepen this vital relationship, but I’ve found that six practices form a particularly reliable foundation. These are the core of the Nature Practice method.

 

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In today’s episode, we explore why you’re really here — the longing beneath the longing.

We trace the shift from using nature as a temporary escape to recognizing her as a living companion who can infuse your entire life with peace, meaning, and coherence.

You may begin to notice how your own body has been asking for a different way — one that honors natural law, restores your rhythm, and brings the ceremony of life into your everyday moments. 

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In this episode, I tell the story of how this all began for me — a moment in the rain that unexpectedly opened the doorway to this work.  It shows how a single moment of presence with the Earth can change a life. 

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The Nature Practice Podcast is a six-week guided journey that helps you shift from 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 to nature… to 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 with her.

Each short episode is a simple, soulful practice you can do right outside your door — a way to take a “soulful sip” of nature, offer your presence in return, and allow your natural peace to re-emerge.

Hosted by me, Natasha Deganello Giraudie — filmmaker, student of Himalayan traditions, lifelong learner of Indigenous wisdom, and creator of the Nature Practice method — this podcast weaves together nearly a decade of guiding hundreds of Earth lovers in retreats, workshops, online programs, and a class at Stanford.

Here, you’ll explore how to shift...

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