“SEQUOIA” DAVID BRUNDIGE

I am passionate about creating space for authentic connection and self-knowing. Building communities based on friendship and shared values has come natural to me. I recently discovered that my longing to build a sustainable community is already here in the way that I orient toward my friendships and the world.

I adore my spiritual, relational and dance teachers both in their wisdom and in their humanity. I feel proud to share what I’ve cultivated from their transmissions and from my personal experience via my coaching and authentic connection offerings.

Transformational Journey

Volunteering at Standing Rock in 2016 shifted my consciousness. Soon after, I began my plant medicine journey with my first teacher, Nano, and other maéstros from Peru, Brazil, and elsewhere. Once I learned that the medicine is already inside everyone, my primary focus became integrating and embodying the plants’ teachings through practices like mediation, yoga, Circling, Authentic Relating, contact improvisation, Contact Beyond Contact, ecstatic dance, 5 Rhythms, Movement Medicine, Non-Violent Communication, satsang., community building, among others.

In 2021, I facilitated a month-long intentional community experiment in which 16 residents gathered in a large estate in Portugal to build community culture. Its success included individual morning spiritual practices, daily family dinners, cuddles around the fire, group beach adventures, attending satsang with Ganga Mira, hosting several successful events for the broader community, and building a model for how intentional community can thrive.

In 2022, I moved to Costa Rica, where I have lived in communities such as Pachamama Eco Village near Nosara and Awake in Uvita.

A sample of my training:

Circling

  • Circling Europe - Circling Coaching Training

  • Circle Anywhere

Authentic Relating

  • Authentic Relating Training (ART) International

  • Authentic L.A.

  • Awake

Contact Improvisation

  • David Rhein in Los Angeles

  • Itay Yutav in Guatemala

  • Vega Luukkonen in Portugal & Guatemala

  • Hugh Stanier in Portugal

  • Aaron Brando in Guatemala