Tracking Connections
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Summer Break 2025
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're going to take a little break this summer and we plan to resume episodes in September. We've got exciting stuff planned and we look forward to co...
46. Backyard Bird Language & Expanding Awareness with Jon, Sarah, and Aidan
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the birds outside your window were telling a story—and you could understand it?In this rich and deeply practical episode, we explore the tim...
45. Brush Your Teeth with a Plant: Alexis Burnett on Core Routines, Mentoring, and Nature Connection
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Nature doesn’t judge. It just invites you to show up and be yourself."In this wide-ranging conversation, we’re joined by Alexis Burnett—natural...
44. Slow Living, Reciprocity, and Wild Homesteading with Julie Stonefelt
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this heartfelt and inspiring conversation, we reconnect with Julie Stonefelt of Wild Homestead Living—park ranger, nature mentor, cancer survivor...
43. Motivation in Mentoring with Jack Durtnall
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about motivation. How do we motivate our students, and ourselves, to practice our skills, be more consistent in our routines, and ...
42. Leaving a Conscious Legacy with Peter W Johnson
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is all about relationships, and how putting people first and valuing connection helps us build a conscious legacy in our families an...
41. Nature Immersion for Deep Connection with Richie Rivera Booth
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since he was a child, Richie Rivera Booth has dreamed of being a protector of the natural world. In 2007, he embarked on a journey that would lead him...
40. Survival Skills & Mentoring with Jason Knight
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"I love that survival mentality; the will to solve problems…It gives you the confidence to tackle so many things…You believe in your resourcefulne...
39. Ecological Homecoming with Maria Buitenhuis
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"It doesn’t matter how long it's been since I've had an experience with nature. As soon as I show up, nature is there for me."Maria Buitenhuis is a ...
38. Design Adventures with Looby Macnamara
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Someone said to me, ‘We have all the tools and techniques we need for widespread earth repair at the moment.’ Ok, so why is that not happening th...
37. The Paradox of Healing Our Culture Together with Dr. Bill Sutherland
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The message of healing you bring to attend to individual and cultural wounding is paradoxically undermined or attacked by the very same wounding you ...
36. Renewal Routines for Connection
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The vision is the journey, and the journey is now.” -Tom Brown Jr.In today's episode, we take a look at the power of renewal routines as a tool for...
35. What is the 512 Project? Includes Bonus Audio
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"My life’s work is connecting people deeply to nature, each other and themselves. Through over 50 years of mentoring, I’ve seen that deep nature c...
34. Tracking Our Roots in Nature Preview
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have a special episode today, sharing two excerpts from Tracking Our Roots In Nature, the 40th anniversary edition of Jon's seminal audio series on...
33. Foxwalking & Owl Eyes —Core Routines
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"The stories we were hearing were of animals coming out onto the trail in front of people and knowing they were there, but not minding that they were ...
32. Eavesdropping on Animals —George Bumann
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Mimicry has been my life. It was the easiest channel to my best teacher. For me, it wasn’t people; it was the animals themselves, and the most ac...
31 - Bird Language & Mentoring —Dan Gardoqui
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I define tracking as paying attention to the movement of energy.”What are the birds telling us and how can we learn to notice more of what they h...
30 - The 10 Foundation Stones of Connective Culture
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“These are the core routines of people connection.”What happens when we slow down, get present, and put connection first?In this episode, Jon and ...
29. Fast-Tracking Connection to Place & People
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“When we talk about tracking, it's a very holistic definition. It means paying attention, not just with your eyes, but with all your senses.”In th...
28. The Magic of Emergence & Allowance —Susu Marley, Martha Meacham & Patrick Monroney
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“There’s an intelligence that emerges out of being together in a connective way, that we can call The Keeper, or we can call it The Emergent Mind ...
27. Self-Care Through the Cycles of Nature —Kris August
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The message that I’m trying to get across is that we’re all caregivers, whether we recognize it or not, and the more we can take care of oursel...
26. The Power of Immersion in Connection —Jean-Claude Catry & Ingrid Bauer
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“For me, the whole motivation is to facilitate people to come to a place of vision, is to be really activated in their gift, and really starting to ...
25. Connecting Legacy of Mentoring the Natural Mind
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“This idea of the natural mind IS human nature, or maybe it’s nature in human, nature as human.” “Our nervous system is born expecting t...
24. Designing School for Connection —Paul Astin & Jenny Griffiths
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We’re in this time when the earth is activating this awakening, we’re part of the immune system of the earth. So then, what do the kids need to...
23. Resources for Mentoring Connection —Victoria Mew
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Sometimes you hit the bramble patches of life and, if you’re listening for where your drum beat is -your North Star- you can just keep moving tow...
22. Pioneering Connection -Julia Talk
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“How am I connecting? And not just about projects but really about how is my connection journey with nature, with other people, with myself?”Julia...
21. Gravity in Motion —Dr. Bill Sutherland
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Gravity is not just a force of physics. It is a living force, a force in the world that shapes us. And in that way, we can think of it as an old god,...
Take a Pause - Mini Episode
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking a little break this week to enjoy the summer, and we invite you to do the same. Take the time you might have spent listening to this podc...
20. Animal Forms —Core Routines for Connection
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Get down to the height of the fox and see through the fox’s eyes and I bet you’ll be able to find the next track."This is the second episode in o...
19. The Quiet Mind - Attributes of Connection
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Tracking is like dancing because your body is happy. You can feel it in the dance. It tells you the hunt will be good."_“You want that part of you ...
18. Sit Spot - Core Routines for Connection
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Start to become aware of the need to be aware"This is the first of several episodes where we will explore the Core Routines for Connection. Today, we...
17. Rekindling Connection - Shore Charnoe
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We need to build a bridge between where we are and where our future generations need us to be.”In this episode, Shore Charnoe shares how growing ...
16. Conscious Nature - Josh Lane
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Inner tracking, to me, is that interface of how we meet the world -how we meet ourselves- and how we say yes to choosing a path of the most peace, th...
15. Finding the Wild - Craig Foster
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"We feel pulled to reuniting the wild family again. We want to reconnect with all our wild kin, but we want to connect with our wild human relations a...
14. Advanced Awareness - Nate Summers with Jon & Sarah
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"When there’s a pull, or a need, or a deep question, or a sincere curiosity coming from an innocent core part of ourselves, the answers often come i...
13. Reflecting on Tracking Connections —Jon, Sarah, and Aidan
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"There's a moment, as a mentor, where you have to recognize, 'I'm more interested in this than they are. And in that moment, if you push, you can actu...
12. Tracking Club Stories & Design —Brian Knittel
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Brian Knittel shares stories and design principles learned from his ten years at the Bay Area Tracking Club. Brian shares what i...
11. Culture Repair & Suburban Village Building - Joël Dubois
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn more about what Joël is up to:Connect with Joël by email: [email protected]"Acorn Assembly" Backyard Naturalists https://acornassembly.wordpres...
10. Adaptation of the Coyote & Finding Unity - Rick Berry
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The coyote’s on the edge of your awareness. Where’s your edge? Where is your student's edge? That’s what you’re trying to find and push gen...
9. Stories of our Nervous System - Kathleen Lockyer
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“You can’t rehabilitate someone that hasn’t been habilitated in the first place.”In this conversation with Jon and Aidan, Kathleen shares her ...
8. A Way of Living & Forest Schools in Ireland - Ciara Hincksman
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I'd been working for an organization trying to connect people to nature, who were walking past everything. And it made me kind of slow down and not...
7. Bringing it Home with 8 Shields Principles - Peter Cow & Sky Maria Buitenhuis
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connecting to nature and following natural cycles has a profound positive impact...In this episode, we’re joined by Sky Maria Buitenhuis from the we...
6. Embodied Awareness - Nate Summers
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sarah and Jon host their friend and colleague at Living Connection 1st, Nate Summers. Jon begins by sharing stories of when Nate and ...
5. Regenerating Connection Culture & Deep Nature Connection - Arnaud Gagné
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ancient cultures prioritized connecting children to nature for survival and well-being.In this wide-ranging and personal Episode, Jon Young has a conv...
4. Village Building & Designing Community Events with Natural Cycles - Deborah Benham & Root Cuthbertson
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connection 1st principles can be applied to wedding planning, and other community events, with each archetype contributing in a valued way.In this epi...
3. Harmonizing with Natural Cycles & Nervous System Wellbeing - Sarah Fontaine
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah shares how the 8 Shields Design Principles can be seen as a map to our our original design of interconnectedness, and as Jon Young often says, t...
2. Designing Musical Training & Performances with Natural Cycles - Aidan Young
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aidan is Jon's oldest son and was born into a community based on Designing with Natural Cycles and spent the first decades of his life immersed in dee...
1. Origins of Tracking Connections - Jon Young, Sarah Fontaine, and Aidan Young
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah and Aidan offer Jon an audience as he shares the origins and mission of the Tracking Connections Podcast to lift up and honor the amazing projec...