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    Podcast: Ceremonial Consciousness

    An intimate conversation on the Rooted Healing podcast about nature connection, attention, animism, and the role of ceremony in ...

    On June 5, 2025 / By Matthew Zylstra
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    Better with Birds: Webinar Replay

    Why birding benefits us & the planet I was recently invited on as a Guest Speaker for BirdLife South ...

    On May 22, 2024 / By Matthew Zylstra
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    Estuarine Experiences

    My talk at Plett OceanFest looked at the Keurbooms estuary through the lens of connection. ...

    On July 7, 2023 / By Matthew Zylstra
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    Mind (is) what you attend to…

    What core advice would you give to society to restore the human-nature relationship? ...

    On August 22, 2018 / By eyes4earth
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    Familiarity breeds con…nection?

    Backyard birds: boring or best friends for bird language beginners? ...

    On November 19, 2015 / By Matthew Zylstra
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    Is social media making us sad?

    It’s a provocative question and one we may not know – or want to know - the answer to. ...

    On November 17, 2015 / By eyes4earth
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    Cave & The Contemplator

    Announcing the iBook release of an evocative journey into nature connectedness. ...

    On April 22, 2015 / By Matthew Zylstra
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    Whose moment is it anyway?

    Can we allow animals to have a meaningful human experience? ...

    On January 9, 2015 / By eyes4earth
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    The essence of synchronicity as a meaningful nature experience

    How is synchronicity experienced with non-human nature? What does it feel like to live through that moment? ...

    On December 27, 2014 / By Matthew Zylstra
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    The Reintegration Problem (Pt 2): Creating a culture of connectedness

    Culture is vital in sustaining nature connectedness. And the cues for creating such a culture may be found in ...

    On November 28, 2014 / By Matthew Zylstra
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The idea that animals can convey meaning, and thereby offer an attentive human being illumination, is a commonly held belief the world over. The view is disparaged and disputed only by modern cultures with an allegiance to science as the sole arbiter of truth. The price of this conceit, to my way of thinking, is enormous.

— Barry Lopez (2003)
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