Happy Wednesday my friend,

Yesterday was my 1st wedding anniversary with my wife Riana. Before the ceremony I surprised her by performing a song I wrote called “Adventure Awaits”. This year I recorded it in secret with my brother-in-law Derik to share with her yesterday. If you’ve followed our journey, it’s now available on all streaming platforms. Here is the Spotify link to listen. 🎶

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🐿️ CREATURE FEATURE 🐿️

The Tarsier

With enormous eyes and a petite frame, the tarsier is a true marvel of Southeast Asian forests. These tiny cuties are masters of nocturnal living, and can swivel their heads nearly 180 degrees to spot insects, birds, and lizards in the dark. One eye alone is as large as their brain! Meet the mysterious tarsier.

Tarsiers are expert leapers, with long fingers and powerful hind legs to spring from branch to branch. Their bodies are built for agility, with lightweight bones and flexible joints to glide through dense foliage.

Sadly, tarsier habitats are threatened by deforestation, making conservation crucial for their survival. Dedicated preservation programs and ecotourism initiatives are working to protect these remarkable primates in the wild. Read 11 other interesting tarsier facts HERE.

🌎 INTO THE…🌎

Into the Rainforest Canopy

The rainforest canopy is truly a “world above the world.” Suspended 100 feet above the forest floor, this lush green ceiling hosts more than 70–90% of all rainforest species: orchids, bromeliads, monkeys, and more insects species than you can count. They can thrive here, far above where most people ever set foot. These plants and animals have found unique ways to adapt, including orchids that hitchhike high on branches and spread their pollen with the help of dedicated insect partners.

Scientists believe the rainforest canopy is one of the last frontiers of biodiversity research, with new tech like environmental DNA sampling and NASA lasers revealing just how much remains undiscovered. Efforts to catalog life above the forest floor are revealing surprising species and delicate ecological relationships, reshaping our understanding of these vital, interconnected layers.

Great overview of the canopy’s biodiversity HERE.

🌎 Subtle Earth Energies

Whether we know it or not, our body, mind, and spirit are yearning to reconnect to the rhythms and subtle energies of nature.

Everything that disconnects us from the cycles we evolved with is disruptive to our overall optimized health, as nature intended.

Especially during the changing of seasons, one way I weave natural healing into my life is through my “PEMF mat”.

Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF) is growing in popularity, and studies show PEMF therapy can be effective in reducing pain, and improving function in people with low back issues or pain in the knees/hands from arthritis.

The heated mat has red light therapy built into the device, to combine multiple modalities in one session! It has become my daily routine to use it almost every morning.

Bon Charge's PEMF mats use this science-backed tech to deliver deep relaxation and soothe chronic pain. The mats come in a variety of sizes to fit your needs, and use different wavelengths of light for targeted therapy.

Check it out HERE and use code ECL20 for 20% off, which is only available for our community.

🍎 NUTRITION 101 🍎

🥦 GLUCOSINOLATES: Glucosinolates are natural compounds found mainly in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and kale. Research shows these phytonutrients may support detoxification processes and help lower the risk of certain illness by assisting the body in eliminating harmful substances.

🔎 EARTH CONSCIOUS DEEP DIVE 🔍

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Spice Is Life: Waking Up the Body With Ancient Heat

If you’ve ever added cinnamon to your smoothie, sliced ginger into your tea, or sprinkled cayenne into a hearty stew, you’ve tapped into something far older and deeper than flavor: you’ve used spice as medicine.

For thousands of years, spices weren’t just culinary tools, they were functional allies. They were how people across cultures supported digestion, circulation, balanced energy, fought infection, and honored the seasons.

Today, many of us are waking up to that wisdom again. And as we lean into the approaching fall (especially up here in the northern latitudes where Riana and I live), we find ourselves reaching for these warming spices more often. Adding them to broths, stews, herbal teas, and even morning drinks. They’re simple. They’re powerful. And they’re sitting right in our cupboards.

Some of the most potent medicine doesn’t come in a bottle. It comes from our kitchens.

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