
Increasing Connection + Sensation with Adrian Grenier
About this episode
So many of us have had the experience of nature, of farming, bringing us back to ourselves. Adrian Grenier’s story isn’t much different - several years ago he found himself disconnected and in a state of constantly numbing. Coming back to the idea of ‘chop wood, carry water’ he came home to a place after changing just about everything. Adrian and I talk about the nature of disconnection and the connection we can find in nature. We start with the idea that everything has to die - even versions of ourselves - in order to nourish our future, where we might even find ourselves in the infinite. One of Adrian’s philosophies is to constantly be increasing sensation and connection - so we dive into just what that might mean on a practical level. Adrian is an apprentice of the land and exploring what it means to live at Earth Speed.
Find Adrian:
Instagram: @adriangrenier, @earthspeed
Other Great Interviews with Adrian:
Adrian Grenier on the Meat Mafia
Timestamps:
00:00:00: Introducing Adrian and how we met
00:10:30: Spring sets some themes of death, rebirth, renewal, transformation
00:12:37: Finding future self in the infinite
00:18:30: Death of versions of ourselves
00:20:30: Chop wood, carry water - connecting to nature
00:26:35: Increasing sensation and connection
00:35:00: Connecting to intuition
00:41:00: Being an apprentice to the land
00:46:05: Living at the cadence of earth speed
00:55:40: Feeling at home in earth + our current isolation
01:07:32: Starting with small solutions
Books Mentioned:
Matter and Desire: An Erotic Ecology
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