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Connecting with nature is also an opportunity to connect with yourself. So says ancestral skills teacher and wildlife tracker Lucy O\\u2019Hagan, whose \\u2018Wild Awake\\u2019 classes rekindle ancestral life ways for cultural and ecological resistance in Ireland. Think living of off wild foods, tanning animal hides, and building fires from scratch. 

There has been an enormous surge in a desire to reconnect with the land in modern Ireland. Why exactly is this, and how can the revival of ancient practices improve our lives

Tom spoke to Lucy to learn more.