#378 Vision Quest, Sun-dance, & The Art of Connection w/ Ken Conte

Kyle Kingsbury Podcast

Kyle Kingsbury

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:fitness

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast episode, we discuss Ken's intriguing life journey and spiritual practices. Covering Ken’s numerous experiences with Sundance and sweat lodges, and delve into his significant role in guiding vision quests. Ken shares his transformative journey from a troubled youth turning to drugs and alcohol to finding sobriety and spiritual healing through Native American traditions. The discussion highlights Ken's profound connection to nature and the challenges and rewards of guiding others in spiritual quests. The episode also explores Ken’s transition from being a vegetarian with a deep respect for animals to founding a school dedicated to teaching first-time hunters. Both the host and Ken reflect on their shared hunting experiences, the importance of ethical hunting, and the spiritual aspects of harvesting animals. Connect with Ken here:Ancestral Hunting School Instagram Our Sponsors: - Pique's Nandaka provides sustainable, all-day energy and makes you feel like you’re doing something good for your body! Try Pique and get up to 20% off plus a FREE rechargeable frother and glass beaker when you purchase exclusively at Piquelife.com - GO to MagicBag.co that is DOT CO, and use code: KKP at checkout! - For a limited time, our listeners get 15% off your entire order when you use code KKP at checkout. That’s 15% off your order at truenutrition.com with promo code KKP. Take the guesswork out of nutrition with True Nutrition. Connect with Kyle: I'm back on Instagram, come say hey @kylekingsbu Twitter: @kingsbu Fit For Service Academy App: Fit For Service App Our Farm Initiative: @gardenersofeden.earth Odysee: odysee.com/@KyleKingsburypod Youtube: Kyle Kingbury Podcast Kyle's Website: www.kingsbu.com - Gardeners of Eden site

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the podcast everybody today's guest is a friend of mine and Ken Konti.
0:04.5	I first met Ken a few years back in fit for service and the fact that he had done Sundance so
0:09.2	many times really stuck out to me.
0:11.9	Ken has been a part of many many sweat lodges and has done many
0:15.0	great things. He has a phenomenal school for first-time hunters learning how to
0:19.8	hunt. I had a chance to hunt with him two years ago. It was got my first elk with him, which was really incredible.
0:26.0	We were in southern Wyoming, northern Colorado area, vast vast lands, 9,000 feet elevation, no trees anywhere on the ground for cover, and it was just
0:36.2	such a beautiful experience.
0:38.3	And I wanted a podcast with them then.
0:39.9	I just didn't have the equipment with me.
0:42.8	We saw each other at, we've seen each other since
0:45.4	at multiple fit for service events,
0:46.8	but I was like, do we never podcast?
0:48.3	We gotta do that.
0:49.1	And he came out to our land for a very special event with my brother Jimmy, where he put Jimmy through his first ever vision quest on the land.
0:58.0	No food, no water for four days.
1:00.0	And Ken will break that down what that actually looks like, because there's a lot more to it than just going without.
1:05.0	But Ken's job was to tend the fire, hold down the fort and make sure Jimmy was okay and checking in on him via spirit and many other ways of making sure that our brother
1:15.4	Jimmy was good. I'm going to have a podcast with Jimmy coming up to discuss what
1:18.8	that experience was like for him. This has been one of the things I've felt really drawn to and the more I've had the opportunity to work with indigenous elders the more I know this is something I will do.
1:31.0	Chase, Iron Eyes being one of those guys that I've been fortunate enough
1:34.4	to be able to hang with enough to know this is a path that I want to take.
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