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The Kapow that changed everything.

7/2/2020

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I was recently interviewed for a podcast by a delightful woman (when it’s live I’ll be sure to post it). She began with one question she asks all of her guests, “Can you share a catalytic event in your life?”

While there have been oodles of “KAPOW!” events, one that was the most impactful – one that literally changed the trajectory of my life and how I share my gifts in the world – was at a week-long Art of Mentoring workshop back in 2003.

After a day of sitting inside, talking about the outside, the facilitators sent us off for a sit spot: simply sitting in nature and paying attention to the world around us. 

I walked out of the building, headed in the opposite direction as everyone else, and ...
plopped my butt down in a damp conifer forest. After a red squirrel stopped chattering at me, the quiet washed over me and something happened. 

I began to remember what life was like in relationship with nature. Not just being IN nature. That never really stopped since childhood. But having a connection with the land and all her beings so deeply rich, and reciprocal, it was familial. 

All at once I felt the joy of reconnection and the deep grief of this missing relationship, and every nuanced emotion in between. And I wept. Chest heaving, ugly crying. I cried so hard I burst blood vessels in my eyes. Because I was HOME and I didn’t realize I hadn't been home for so many years. I cried tears for having lost time not being connected. I cried tears of hope that I still had time to repair and regrow our relationship. 

I vowed right then to dedicate my life to maintaining my relationship with Nature and help others do the same.  

Before the end of the day, I registered for a year-long apprenticeship that was 3 states away from where I lived with my husband. My journey… a long beautiful, challenging, healing, epic journey had begun. And still continues today.

What's your life changing KAPOW moment? 

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    LYNN TROTTA

    I'm a nature-based mentor and coach helping sensitive, empathic souls out of anxiety and overwhelm and into a healing relationship with nature.

    ​When we root in a meaningful relationship with the Earth, we find a sense of belonging more beautiful than we ever imagined.  

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When the constant pursuit to do more leads to overwhelm and anxiety, it’s easy to find yourself feeling disconnected, exhausted, and missing the juiciest parts of life. For over 17 years, Lynn has been guiding people to reconnect with nature and ceremony, allowing them to reclaim a sense of purpose and embrace peace.

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I acknowledge that I'm living and working on stolen land. The original peoples of what's now called New York, as well as the rest of this continent, were wrongfully & forcibly removed from their lands, suffered death, physical, and emotional trauma, and their culture intentionally fractured. I understand that Native Americans are still here; strong and thriving. I offer my condolences those the past, present, and future indigenous peoples who experienced harm, at the hands of colonizers, the colonial system, and systemic racism. I promise to do my best to be an ally, abolitionist, and accomplice. To support reparations and healing, in not just words, but in action. I understand that this statement is imperfect and only the first step. 
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