10 Secret Steps to the Native American Connection to the Natural World

It's not a secret that Native American people share a special relationship with our planet. But what is that connection and how can the rest of the world's population share it?

Tribal citizen, teacher, and knowledge keeper Dawn Moneyhan, of the Odaawa Nation, takes you on a journey using 10 easy steps to reconnect with the natural world from an indigenous perspective.

On this journey you'll be reintroduced to nature, meeting relatives you may be unaware are relatives. Learn to connect with your inner spirit, an invisible bond of energy shared with every organic being on our planet, the very foundation of indigenous cultures.

Learn to channel your energy, use it to battle your weaknesses and celebrate and increase your strengths. Learn to see the world in a new light, through indigenous eyes. Learn to uplift your own life by drawing from the energy and light all around you, in the natural world. Where there is light, darkness cannot exist. When you possess the ability to generate your own light, darkness can never invade. The brighter your light the further darkness is always kept away.

Come - let's begin this journey of reconnection.