tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post9125622603598918716..comments2023-06-20T06:34:12.073-07:00Comments on <b>MAN-MAKING BLOG</b>: The Heartroot Nature ConnectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post-59911317076358032182012-03-14T17:35:54.910-07:002012-03-14T17:35:54.910-07:00I just finished reading your post about Luc and He...I just finished reading your post about Luc and Heartroot Nature Connection and wanted to send a great big and heartfelt hug! Thank you for this positive energy and support. I am Luc's business partner, and full time mentee :) and thinking back over the years and through my misdiagnosed ADD childhood I wish I could go back and re-explore myself. As an adult, with a wife, and 4 children, it's been overwhelmingly obvious at the need to reconnect<br />family and community to the great world around us. As a close friend of Luc's, as well as primary student, I have a great deal of respect for him, and his large heart and desire to correct all of the misconceptions around us. This is not an easy journey, with so few of us that truly want to be reconnected to self, family, community, and nature herself, there is a HUGE gap in the much needed support system of our men. Even I, a student and long time friend of Luc, have difficulties staying on the good path without continued support of like minded 'brothers.'<br /><br />For anyone out there feeling the same, we are long overdue to gather our energies for something positive! Reach out to those around you, and even to those of us like Luc and myself that are trying desperately to live the good and healthy life and stay in contact. These friendships can develop into much much more for our communities, and without these, we tend to wander lost and confused.<br /><br />With love and peace,<br />AdrianAdriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post-78077681216240158432012-03-08T23:25:28.135-07:002012-03-08T23:25:28.135-07:00This is cool!! Thanks for writing this! Luc is my ...This is cool!! Thanks for writing this! Luc is my brother and he's truly one of a kind and super talented in what he does. We grew up in the woods and he's become a pure expert and really honed his skills to do what he's doing...Everyone should do his classes in Montana!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post-3263085690950336782012-03-07T17:44:59.153-07:002012-03-07T17:44:59.153-07:00Really appreciate your including resources (books/...Really appreciate your including resources (books/groups) with so many of your blogs. <br /><br />You mentioned not being exposed to backpacking skills as a youth/adult. Many outdoor businesses/groups offer beginner backpacking classes/outings to help people overcome their ignorance/fears of hiking, backpacking and camping. REI offers these periodically, and Sierra Club Outings does also.<br /><br />It's fun to learn these skills with others so you don't feel so inadequate or insecure compared with others who are also learning alongside you. <br /><br />Thanks!Tim Wernettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post-37428248706451421482012-03-07T12:55:07.719-07:002012-03-07T12:55:07.719-07:00Another really poignant post. It reminded me of my...Another really poignant post. It reminded me of my boyhood in an urban landscape, and the innate longing to connect with Nature.<br /><br />The closest I got in those days was to go exploring the limestone caves along the Maribyrnong River near the home of a schoolmate. Nowadays, of course, they have been bulldozed and the river bank is surrounded by a high wire fence – a tribute to the paranoia of modern society about trying to prevent boys from ‘being hurt’ by anything or anyone.<br /><br />Once I fled my abusive home at age 17, though, you couldn’t stop me from driving out into places like the Kinglake State Forest and walking through the bush, albeit on my own.Brian Meirhttp://www.eaglehealth.net.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post-44704956948004771912012-03-07T08:18:25.132-07:002012-03-07T08:18:25.132-07:00Once again you are spot on with your sharing anoth...Once again you are spot on with your sharing another gem of wisdom for men with this reflection on nature. <br /><br />We've really lost our connection<br />to the natural and animal worlds and are only moving further away from these realms in our overly frenetic lives. <br /><br />My dream group is currently reading Carl Jung's writings on nature and his profound awareness that man has over-identified with the rational, cognitive dimension and lost touch with the wild, natural side of himself which<br />connects him to primitive energy, matter and reality. His suggestion<br />is to engage in physical activity in nature and in simple tasks that<br />help to balance out the psyche and soul in our uber technological<br />world. Nature's restorative and healing qualities really do feed our souls! <br /><br />This is something "elder" men can easily offer as a life experience to young men through the mutually beneficial experience of<br />mentoring.Terry Shaughnessynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post-41625138679568392602012-03-07T08:12:55.899-07:002012-03-07T08:12:55.899-07:00I grew up in St Paul, on the shore of Como Lake, a...I grew up in St Paul, on the shore of Como Lake, and yes, I did have a<br />place in the bushes across the street from our house, between two<br />streets where I played with my cars and trucks, and hung out with<br />bother boys. I was out there every day. Como Park was nearby.<br /> <br />I was also in Boy Scouts, and went on MANY camping trips over the years, and was in the St Paul Scouts Drum Corps and "camped out" hundreds of nights on gym floors.<br /><br />I have to say, I do not have NDD or any desire to spend time out<br />somewhere communing with nature, it is just not for me, and I know<br />MANY men who feel the same way!<br /> <br />Let's not go overboard in trying to push our nature beliefs onto boys - all are not interested.<br />I can commune with God without being out somewhere.<br /><br />Do I like being outside? Absolutely - I work outside and spend most of my days outside - nothing is more beautiful than a warm summer morning about 5am.<br /><br />I appreciate your posts! We must continue to do what we can to make opportunities of all types available for boys - music, racing, hiking, hanging out, there is no limit!!<br /><br />Thanks!!!Bradnoreply@blogger.com