Wild Warriors
Wild Warriorhood is a living philosophy that embraces our kinship with all creation so that we can find fulfillment within while nurturing a more just and peaceful world.
What does it mean to be a “wild warrior?”
During my four year journey of “nature shaman training,” I came to learn that living as a Wild Warrior includes but also goes beyond simply caring about protecting and preserving the earth’s precious resources and beauty.
Wild Warriorhood is a state of mind that extends outward into actions and behaviors. It is a life and spiritual philosophy, drawing from our ancestors of the land who saw all creation as kin, and embodying a more holistic wisdom.
By practicing deep encounters with nature and reclaiming our kinship, we find that particular values become a part of our own nature. Our sense of awe and wonder returns; our compassion towards all creation deepens; and our ability to draw wisdom from within and allow it to speak to our soul awakens. Needless destruction of forests, oceans, and land scorches our heart. We desire to leave a smaller footprint and restore what has been burnt, leveled, mined, poisoned, and made uninhabitable by human hands.
Living Wild Wisdom is in many ways a school of thought and practice. Through a variety of practices that I share, both in person and virtually, I welcome young and old into a sphere of “re-loving” the earth, to walk a path of attentiveness that brings you back into relationship with the natural world, and become a steward of our wild earth in body, mind, heart, and soul.
There is a book in the works! It is designed as a training guide to inspire all who seek well-being in their own lives while also discovering the wisdom that nature has to share. When we open all our senses to true knowing, nature teaches us resilience, adaptability, interconnectedness, cooperation, patience, and even the value of impermanence and letting go of what no longer has life and vitality—whether that’s our own self-destructive attitudes or social structures that erode human dignity and freedom.
For leaders: If you're a minister, conservationist, teacher, artist, or anyone who has the task of sharing tactics with groups to awaken a deeper kinship with the Earth, please consider Living Wild Wisdom your hub! Here you'll find free and downloadable resources and activities to adapt as your own. Every article is also sharable from my Substack and Medium pages (see links in the footer), and serve as wonderful sermon/presentation prompts as they often include books and authors as references with links. NOTE: If you wish to reprint any of my articles, please email me at livingwildwisdom@gmail.com for permission.
Following are what I envision as traits that are common to Wild Warriors. You may already embody many (or most!) of them.
Ten Traits of Wild Warriors
Experiences wonder and awe in the wild.
Aligns with Indigenous and Celtic traditions that honor nature as both imminent and transcendent.
Recognizes a relationship of oneness and interconnectedness with all creation.
Embraces the sacred in nature with gratitude and reverence.
Welcomes their Creative Feminine energy by opening to and trusting their inner wisdom.
Lives more consciously with the cycles and seasons of the natural world.
Seeks wisdom in the natural world and applies its lessons to living authentically, peacefully, and harmoniously.
Assumes a stewardship role as a protector and preserver of the Earth’s beauty, wildlife, and resources.
Uses one’s gifts and talents to further the work of re-wilding the world and restoring human-nature kinship.
Works together with Wild Warriors around the world to bring about ecological and environmental justice.
Six Principles of Wild Warriorhood
Preserve Protect Respect
Like all warriors throughout time, Wild Warriors embrace and embody a set of values or principles that guide their choices and actions toward the greater good. When we hold these principle in our hearts, we approach our actions towards the created world with cautious respect and love that impacts not only our nature/human relationship, but society as a whole. We make a better world by creating it.
We honor nature as a kind and wise elder.
We live in such a way that promotes sustainability and preservation of Earth’s beauty and resources.
We recognize all creation as sacred and our oneness with all creation.
We embrace our calling as stewards, teachers, and guides to share nature’s wisdom with all.
We acknowledge the Divine feminine in nature and within ourselves to foster a more compassionate and just world.
We encounter nature with reverence, respect, and humility as our ancestral home and source of our sustenance.
