Brut McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

Now if you have one, take a look at your pet cat or dog.

These animals descend from wild cats and wolves, but today they live pretty stay alive.

They walk around your house in yard, waiting for you to deliver some kibbles to their bowl.

My guest day says that modern humans are in a similar way domesticated versions of

her former wilder ancestors, and that living and flourishing life requires reconnecting

with the primal energy within that now lies dormant.

His name is Mike Mortali, he's the founder of the Coupala School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership

and the author of Rewilding, Meditations, Practices, and Skills for Awakening and Nature.

Mike refers shares how he came to combine his passion for yoga and mindfulness with his love

of the outdoors and bushcraft skills to create his unique philosophy of rewilding.

We then dig into what rewilding means, why it's vital to body and mind and spirit to throw

off the malaise of modern domestication and restore your sensory connection to nature.

From there we turn to the practice that can help you do that from walking barefoot in the

woods to staring into a campfire to meditate.

We all talk about how practicing hands-on ancestral skills like making fire with a bow drill,

building a wilderness shelter and tracking animals can heighten your confidence and awareness,

and we enter conversation with small things that everyone, even if you live in the suburbs

or city, can start doing today to begin rewilding your life.

After the show is over, check out our show notes at aawim.is slash rewilding.

All right, Mike and Mortali, welcome to the show.

Thanks, Brad, great to be here.

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