Grounded Wisdom: A Conversation with Dani Wolff on Natural Building, Permaculture, and Conscious Communities
Release Date: 06/13/2024
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My friend and wise woman Angela (Ange) Jessup joins me on the podcast today to speak about all things holistic kinesiology. Ange and I met on the Four Season’s Journey with Jane Hardwicke Collings and The School of Shamanic Womancraft, and quickly bonded over all things babies (we both had newborns), yoga, and the multidimensional aspects of life! Ange curates her kinesiology offerings to serve the specific needs of women, especially those in their mothering season, and more recently children, and she is a total sorceress - it was a delight to hear her speak about her work. Ange is...
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In this episode, I was both privileged to sit with, and deeply inspired by, my guest, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, PhD. Uma is the author of Yoni Shakti, as well as many other books, and her work, along with Vicki Noble's, set something alight in me. As I read her book, I saw written in plain and clear language what my body-heart-mind had always known: there is a feminine source-point for yoga that is the key or code to understanding the truth of the practice. Uma helps me to unpack this awareness, and she and I cover many topics that are challenging but, hopefully, ultimately liberating. We do touch on...
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Grounded Wisdom: A Conversation with Dani Wolff on Natural Building, Permaculture, and Conscious Communities
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In this episode of Body of Wisdom, we meet Dani Wolff and she takes us through her fascinating life as a legit pioneer in earth building and natural building design, permaculture, and conscious community creation, all the way through to her more recent work with Byron Bay-based pregnancy/gardening group Earthed to Birth and as a doula. We cover all sorts of territory in this chat, I am so sure you're going to love it! From Earthships to Motherhood: Discover how Dani transitioned from her life travelling the world designing and building sustainable natural homes to supporting new mothers as a...
info_outlineIn this episode of Body of Wisdom, we meet Dani Wolff and she takes us through her fascinating life as a legit pioneer in earth building and natural building design, permaculture, and conscious community creation, all the way through to her more recent work with Byron Bay-based pregnancy/gardening group Earthed to Birth and as a doula.
We cover all sorts of territory in this chat, I am so sure you're going to love it!
- From Earthships to Motherhood: Discover how Dani transitioned from her life travelling the world designing and building sustainable natural homes to supporting new mothers as a doula
- The Realities of Conscious Community: Dani shares the trials and successes of building conscious and collaborative commnunities, including her studies at Findhorn in Scotland and how that led her to create two 'model' communities, in Victoria and Byron Bay
- Community Impact: Learn about Dani's innovative projects, including a local mums and bubs farm initiative and the Earth to Birth pregnancy support group (that was concevied as probably the world's first pregnancy and garedning group!), and how she pivoted from large-scale projects to micro-projects in order to increase her impact
- Sustainable Living: Gain insights into sustainable building practices and how Dani learned to adapt them to different climates through trial and error
- Birth Work and Doula Experiences: Hear touching stories from Dani’s experiences attending births and the vital role doulas play (especially in supporting dads!)
Don't miss this deeply enriching conversation on the Body of Wisdom podcast!
Find Dani:
https://www.instagram.com/_daniwolff_/
Make Hearth - Natural Building Design
https://www.instagram.com/make.hearth/
Byron College Course: Natural Building Introduction
https://byroncollege.org.au/course-details/?course_id=82985&course_type=w
Earthed to Birth - meets at The Farm Byron Bay fortnightly
https://www.instagram.com/earthedtobirth/
Young Farmers Connect
https://www.instagram.com/young.farmers.connect/
Dani also offers a Lismore pregnancy group and doula services. Contact her via Instagram to learn more.