Rise Rooted: A Conversation With Rebecca Wildbear Rebecca Wildbear’s story begins in the wordless wonder of childhood, drawn to the mythic embrace of trees even as she grew up in a suburban landscape. Her yard was a small forest, home to many trees, including a giant ash so vast it took three children holding hands to circle its trunk. This early, silent kinship with trees became a guiding thread in Rebecca’s life, a calling she felt before she knew she chose it. As the years passed, her connection to the natural world—especially the forest—remained at the heart of who she was, shaping the paths she would walk and inspiring the work she would do, much like two trees reaching out across space to meet. Welcome to the Mythic Christ Podcast. In today’s episode, we journey into the rich tapestry of dreams, mythic imagination, and our profound connection with the natural world. Our host is joined by Rebecca Wildbear—a soul guide, psychotherapist, wilderness guide, and author—whose work alongside the Animas Valley Institute helps visionaries and empaths traverse thresholds of transformation. This episode includes a guided imaginal journey, inviting listeners to reconnect with their embodied imagination and to experience the wisdom of the forest from wherever they are. The conversation branches into themes of grief, transformation, ancestral memory, and the importance of rekindling childlike wonder. Together, we’ll contemplate the questions at the heart of our existence—and the possibility of rising up, rooted, like trees. Settle into this sacred space as we discover what it means to listen to the wild world, to dream, and to ask: What if life is larger and deeper than we ever imagined? ----more---- You are invited to experience “Rise Rooted: The Body, Dream and Mythic Imagination” an online and immersive program co-guided by Rebecca Wildbear author of Wild Yoga, and founder of Mythic Christ Mystery School, Matt Syrdal from August 17th to September 28th, over the course of six Mondays. Click here to learn more. This course is an invitation into the body as a doorway to the mythic imagination. Through movement, dreamwork, and deep imaginal practice, we explore how the world lives and dreams through us—through sensation, image, story, and relationship with the living Earth. ----more---- Rebecca Wildbear is a wilderness guide, depth-oriented psychotherapist, teacher, and author whose work explores the relationship between body, imagination, soul, and the living Earth. Through embodied practice, dreamwork, mythic imagination, and nature-based soul work, she guides transformative experiences that invite deeper belonging with self, community, and the wider animate world. Rebecca is the author of Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth and founder of Earth & Soul Academy. To learn more about Rebecca, visit: www.rebeccawildbear.com | Substack: https://rebeccawildbear.substack.com/ To receive updates about Earth & Soul Academy, courses, writings, retreats, and future offerings, visit: https://rebeccawildbear.kit.com/58b158ed89 ----more---- Special Musical Credit: “Calming Handpan” from Handpan by Greenred Productions “Love of Mauritius”, by Istvan Sky from Voice of Avatar “On the Nature of Daylight,” by Max Richter from The Blue Notebooks
