#121 Catherine Potter on reconnecting to nature, spirit and your souls purpose

In today's episode we are diving deep into spirituality and nature. I am so excited to bring you this episode as it has been one of my favourite conversations to record. 

Catherine Potter is a marriage celebrant, yoga teacher, retreat facilitator, ecologist and spiritual teacher. As you will come to find she is incredibly passionate about her connection to spirit and earth and believes that by cultivating a spiritual practice closely aligned with nature she is able to bring more meaning and purpose into her own life and helps others to do the same. This episode dives into the history of the spiritual as well as introduces us to many different practices and the connection and intention behind each. I really enjoyed talking with Catherine and I hope that her words inspire you to dive a little deeper into your own practices. Let’s dive in…

Find Catherine:

www.radiantsun.com.au

Extra notes:

Books

David Abram

• The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More Than Human World (1996)
• Becoming Animal : an Earthly Cosmology (2011)

Sharon Blackie  

• If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging (2019)  

James Endredy

• Ecoshamanism: Sacred Practices of Unity, Power and Earth Healing (2005)
• Earthwalks for Body and Spirit. Exercises to Restore Our Sacred Bond with the Earth (2002)

Sandra Ingerman  

• Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation (2019)

Joanna Macy

• A Wild Love for the World and the Work of Our Time (2020)

Bill Plotkin

• Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World (2008)
• Journey of Soul Initiation: A Field Guide for Visionaries, Evolutionaries and Revolutionaries (2021)

Mary Reynolds Thomson 

• Reclaiming the Wild Soul. How Earth’s Landscapes Restore Us to Wholeness (2019)

John Seed, Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Arne Naess

• Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council Of All Beings (1988)

David Tacey

• Re Enchantment (2000)

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (editor) 

• Spiritual Ecology – The Cry of the Earth (2016)

Robin Wall Kimmerer  

• Braiding Sweetgrass (2013)  

Websites, Podcasts and Video 

David Abram - wildethics.org/dynamic-media/

Sharon Blackie - sharonblackie.net/podcast/ Isla Macleod - Nature–based Spirituality 

Joanna Macy – 

• joannamacy.net/main#multimedia
• The Work that Reconnects

Bill Plotkin - www.animas.org/podcasts/

John Seed – Deep Ecology video   Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann - Dadirri - 

• miriamrosefoundation.org.au/about-dadirri
• miriamrosefoundation.org.au/about-dadirri/dadirri-film

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee - workingwithoneness.org/video/

Louise Wiggins – Chakra Yoga  The Earthing Movie: The Remarkable Science of Grounding