62 | Tim Bunting, The Kiwi Yamabushi

Tim Bunting is a practising yamabushi from New Zealand, having moved to the Shonai region of Yamagata, Japan, in 2010. Describing a yamabushi is hard, because the only way to really understand what yamabushi are, is to become one yourself. But, essentially Yamabushi are the mountain dwellers of Japan, practitioners of the ancient belief of Shugendo, the way (do) of attaining divine natural powers (gen) through ascetic practices (shu).   I hope you enjoy my conversation with Tim Bunting.   For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page on  https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep62    ------   Show Notes: [00:00:31] - [First question] - How Tim ended up in Japan [00:08:09] - What type of people try yamabushi training? [00:14:40] - Why the secrecy around yamabushi and their training? [00:18:09] - How do you learn to listen to nature? [00:22:35] - What does the future of yamabushi look like?  [00:30:42] - Where does Tim’s love of nature stem from? [00:31:56] - Why are there no full-time yamabushi? [00:35:26] - yamabushi and how it incorporates into daily life? [00:37:18] - Anything Tim wished more people knew about yamabushi [00:42:02] - Wrapping up   ------   Connect with Tim: Tim’s Newsletter: https://kiwiyamabushi.substack.com/  Tim’s Blog: https://timbunting.com/  Tim’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kiwiyamabushi Follow Tim on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiwiyamabushi/  Follow Tim on Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/kiwiyamabushi/  Connect with Tim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiwiyamabushi/    ------   Stay up to date with the podcast by signing up for the Compounding Curiosity Substack, where I’ll email you when the latest episode comes out along with my summary and takeaways, links to mentioned content, graphics and the transcript. Sign up at https://compoundingcuriosity.substack.com/    ------   Stay Connected with Compounding Curiosity: Visit the Compounding Curiosity PODCAST: https://CompoundingPodcast.com/  Sign up for the Compounding Curiosity SUBSTACK: https://compoundingcuriosity.substack.com/  Follow Compounding Curiosity on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CompndCuriosity/  Follow Kalani Scarrott on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ScarrottKalani/  Sign up for the Allocators Asia SUBSTACK: https://AllocatorsAsia.substack.com/   Join the DISCORD: https://discord.gg/NPVNPVsCYb  Have some thoughts on the podcast? Leave FEEDBACK: https://forms.gle/Du61UxeJ25BkydH49