SPEAKER_00
0:00
When
was
the
last
time
you
actually
touched
a
tree?
Not
walked
past
one,
not
glanced
at
one
through
a
window,
touched
one.
Skin
to
bark,
hands
on
trunk,
body
present.
I'm
gonna
tell
you
something
that
science
backs
and
that
your
body
already
knows
about
what
happens
in
that
moment,
about
what
nature
is
doing
to
your
nervous
system,
that
no
app,
no
supplement,
and
no
scroll
session
can
replicate.
Stay
with
me.
This
one's
short,
this
one's
real,
and
it
might
be
exactly
what
you
needed
to
hear
today.
Welcome
to
Rooted
in
Rising.
I'm
your
host,
Tara
Michelle,
intuitive
guide,
storyteller,
and
fellow
traveler
on
this
wild
path
of
becoming.
This
is
a
space
for
the
soul
led,
for
the
ones
unraveling
old
stories
tending
to
their
healing
and
rising,
not
perfectly
but
powerfully
into
who
they
are
here
to
be.
Here
we
explore
what
it
means
to
live
with
intention,
to
love
with
depth,
and
to
trust
that
even
the
hard
things
are
shaping
us.
I'll
share
pieces
of
my
own
journey,
the
cracks,
the
beauty,
the
breakthroughs,
and
invite
voices
who
are
walking
this
path
too.
Because
I
believe
life
isn't
happening
to
us,
it's
happening
for
us.
So
come
as
you
are,
root
in
and
rise
up.
And
thank
you.
Truly
thank
you
for
being
here.
Welcome
back
to
Rooted
in
Rising.
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1:29
I'm
your
host,
Tara
Michelle.
If
you're
new
here,
this
show
is
for
the
person
who's
done
performing
their
healing
and
is
ready
to
actually
do
it.
We
don't
bypass
the
hard
stuff.
We
walk
straight
into
it.
We
talk
about
relationships,
nervous
system
regulation,
conscious
living,
and
what
it
actually
means
to
rise,
not
just
talk
about
rising.
No
fluff,
no
mimic
loops,
just
truth.
And
if
you've
been
on
the
journey
with
me,
thank
you
so
much.
Truly,
thank
you
for
showing
up
week
after
week.
Excuse
me,
I
am
recovering
from
this
thing
that's
been
moving
around.
But
I
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
showing
up
week
after
week
because
it's
something
I
don't
take
lightly,
and
you're
the
reason
why
this
show
still
exists.
So
thank
you
to
all
my
listeners
and
to
those
of
you
that
are
new.
Thank
you.
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2:21
So
last
week
I
told
you
I
was
gonna
come
back
and
talk
about
a
moment
that
I
had.
It
was
a
real
one,
not
a
concept.
It
was
a
moment.
I
was
on
the
phone
with
a
dear
friend,
walking
and
talking,
the
way
you
do
when
a
conversation
is
that
kind
that
it
needs
that
movement
underneath.
And
at
some
point,
I
stopped
and
I
just
put
my
hand
on
an
oak
tree.
Now
I
have
several
oak
trees
on
my
property,
and
and
this
one,
I
don't
know,
this
one
has
always
spoke
to
me.
It's
just
a
really
beautiful
tree.
So
I
also
don't
feel
this
was
a
choice
as
much
as
it
was
a
pull.
Like
I
was
being
pulled
to
touch
the
tree.
Like
something
in
my
body
said,
Hey,
stop
here.
And
when
I
did,
I
felt
it.
I
felt
an
immediate
connection,
energy
through
my
hands,
immediate
drop
within
my
body,
the
exhale
that
starts
literally
from
your
chest
and
moves
all
the
way
down.
That
quiet
that
doesn't
come
from
silence,
it
comes
from
something
shifting
inside
you.
And
that's
when
I
had
the
aha.
The
kind
that
doesn't
just
live
in
your
head,
it
moves
through
your
entire
body.
How
often
do
we
step
outside
and
walk
right
past
trees
without
touching
them,
without
ever
letting
them
touch
us
back?
That
was
the
aha
I'd
had
in
that
moment.
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4:00
We
live
in
a
world
that
is
loud,
chaotic,
overstimulating,
and
we
are
reaching
for
everything,
okay?
Our
phones,
our
people,
our
habits.
And
we
reach
for
those
things
to
regulate
ourselves,
but
we're
walking
right
past
the
medicine
that
is
free,
always
available,
and
has
been
there
longer
than
any
of
us
have.
SPEAKER_00
4:25
So
let
me
give
you
some
science
because
this
isn't
woo-woo
stuff
that
I'm
talking
about.
This
is
actual
physiology,
believe
it
or
not.
First,
your
stress
hormones
drop
fast.
Research
published
in
the
journal
Environmental
Health
and
Preventative
Medicine
found
that
touching
a
tree
for
just
a
few
minutes
measurably
reduces
cortisol,
your
stress
hormone
in
the
body.
Not
a
meditation
retreat,
not
a
therapy
session,
a
few
minutes
with
your
hand
on
bark.
That's
it.
Second,
your
nervous
system
will
literally
shift
states.
There's
a
Japanese
practice
called
Shinrin
Yoku,
forest
bathing.
And
it's
decades
of
research
on
it
show
that
time
spent
near
trees
decreases
heart
rate
and
blood
pressure
and
moves
you
out
of
sympathetic
activation,
that's
your
fight
or
flight,
and
into
your
parasympathetic
nervous
system,
your
rest
in
regulate
state.
The
state
where
healing
actually
happens,
where
digestion
works,
where
your
immune
system
functions,
where
you
think
clearly.
So
you
don't
have
to
do
anything,
you
you
just
have
to
be
there.
Third,
trees
are
exhaling
medicine.
Trees
release
compounds
called
phytocides,
airborne
oils
they
produce
to
protect
themselves.
And
when
you
breathe
them
in,
your
body
responds.
Studies
show
phyticides
increase
the
activity
of
natural
killer
cells,
the
white
blood
cells
that
fight
tumors
and
uh
viral
infections
in
your
body,
and
the
increase
can
last
for
up
to
seven
days
for
a
single
forest
visit.
Seven
days
from
one
walk.
Fourth,
this
is
polyvagal
theory
in
action.
Okay.
For
those
of
you
who
are
really
familiar
with
the
nervous
system,
you
know
about
the
ventral
vagal
state.
That's
your
calm,
connected,
socially
engaged
state,
the
one
where
you
can
feel,
relate,
and
be
present.
So
research
confirms
that
touching
trees,
walking
in
nature,
even
just
being
near
moving
water
activates
that
state.
Nature
co-regulates
you.
Co-regulation
isn't
only
something
that
happens
between
people.
Your
nervous
system
can
sink
with
a
calm
environment.
And
trees,
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7:18
which
are
rooted,
still
ancient,
are
one
of
the
most
stabilizing
environments
that
exist.
And
fifth,
there's
an
electromagnetic
reality
here.
The
earth
carries
a
natural
electrical
charge.
When
you
make
contact
with
it,
bare
feet
on
soil,
hands
on
bark,
your
body
absorbs
electrons.
Research
into
what's
called
earthing
or
grounding
suggests
that
contact
has
measurable
effects
on
inflammation,
sleep
quality,
and
nervous
system
function.
We
were
designed
to
be
in
contact
with
the
earth.
We
have
systematically
disconnected
from
it,
and
our
bodies
are
paying
for
that
disconnection
every
single
day.
So
here's
what
I
want
you
to
sit
with
today.
We
are
the
most
medicated,
the
most
therapied,
the
most
self-help
consuming
generation
in
history.
We
have
apps
for
our
anxiety
and
podcasts
for
our
healing
and
supplements
for
our
cortisol.
And
we
walk
past
trees
every
single
day
without
touching
them.
And
I'm
not
going
to
pretend
otherwise.
There
is
real
noise
out
there,
real
instability,
real
uncertainty.
And
when
everything
outside
feels
like
it's
spinning,
we
reach
for
something
to
hold
on
to.
The
tree
is
something
to
hold
on
to.
Not
metaphorically,
literally.
So
reach
for
it.
60
seconds,
one
hand,
that's
it.
That's
the
practice
for
today.
Not
because
it
fixes
everything,
but
because
your
nervous
system
is
craving
something
ancient
and
real,
and
it
is
right
outside
SPEAKER_00
9:15
your
door.
You
don't
have
to
earn
it.
You
don't
have
to
deserve
it.
You
just
have
to
show
up
to
it.
Now,
I
am
going
to
also
say
before
recording
this
podcast,
this
episode,
I
went
out
and
I
hugged
on
my
trees.
And
there's
one
tree
where
I
just
every
time
I
go
to
pull
away,
it
would
pull
me
back
in.
Like
there's
just
this
connection
that
I
needed
to
recharge,
refuel,
and
regulate
my
system.
I
encourage
you
to
try
it.
It's
freaking
amazing.
SPEAKER_00
9:51
Now,
before
I
let
you
go,
I
want
to
tell
you
about
something.
If
you've
been
listening
to
the
earlier
podcasts
where
I
was
talking
about
situationship
uh
to
commitment
and
I
created
an
e-guide,
which
I
did,
and
it's
down
in
the
show
notes,
but
I
want
to
tell
you
about
it
because
I
updated
the
name,
it
got
a
bit
more
clear,
and
it's
called
fuck
almost.
That's
right.
Fuck
almost,
your
guide
to
being
fully
chosen
in
love,
work,
and
self-worth.
Because
almost
is
not
a
relationship.
Because
almost
is
not
a
commitment.
Almost
is
not
enough.
And
if
you've
been
living
in
almost,
you
already
know
it.
You
feel
it
in
your
body
every
time
you
explain
it
away.
This
e-guide
is
for
the
person
who's
done
settling
for
almost,
done
holding
on
to
someone
who
won't
hold
them
back,
done
negotiating
their
worth,
and
done
being
almost
chosen.
And
as
I
mentioned,
it's
called
Fuck
Almost,
your
guide
to
being
fully
chosen
in
love,
work,
and
self-worth.
The
link
is
in
the
show
notes.
If
you're
ready,
it's
ready
for
you.
And
if
you're
not
quite
there
yet,
that's
okay.
Keep
listening,
keep
showing
up.
The
clarity
comes.
I'm
Tara
Michelle.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
with
me
on
this
journey
this
week.
Thank
you
for
choosing
to
stay
rooted
SPEAKER_00
11:10
when
everything
around
you
is
pulling
you
off
ground.
Walk
outside,
touch
a
tree,
it'll
make
a
difference
for
you.
But
I
look
forward
to
seeing
you
guys
next
week
on
the
next
episode.
Have
a
blessed
week.
Thank
you.
And
stay
rooted
and
keep
rising.
Thank
you
for
rooting
in
and
rising
with
me
today.
If
something
in
this
episode
stirred
something
in
you,
take
a
breath,
take
what
you
need,
and
let
the
rest
soften.
Be
sure
to
follow
the
show
so
you
don't
miss
what's
next.
And
if
you
feel
called,
share
this
episode
or
leave
a
review.
It
helps
the
space
grow
and
reach
others
on
the
path.
Until
next
time,
may
you
walk
with
trust,
speak
with
love,
and
rise
in
your
own
time.
I'm
so
grateful
you
were
here
with
us,
and
thanks
for
being
here.
We'll
see
you
on
the
next
episode.
