Week 7: You’re Becoming the Environment

You’re not adding protocols anymore—you’re returning to design.

By now, you’re not just doing the Wayfinder Protocol. You’re living it.

You wake with the sun.
You eat with purpose.
You move because your body craves it.
You meet the cold instead of running from it.

But this week, you start to rewire your identity.

You’re no longer trying to “be healthy.”
You are the healthy organism—because you are obeying nature’s code.

This week is about integration.

It’s where we drop the final remnants of guilt, force, and overthinking.
It’s where we lean into sensation, flow, instinct.
It’s where we realize the modern world isn’t something to adapt to—it’s something to opt out of.

Your Commitments This Week:

You'll notice how often I say "add" here. That means we are layering. You are not allowed to forget about the previous weeks, those habits become lifelong.

Light
🌄 Sunrise is non-negotiable.
This has become your spiritual check-in. If you’ve missed even a single day, take note: how did your mood, cravings, or focus shift?

🌞 Now double down on solar callus building.
Your skin should feel the seasons. We’re aiming for 60–90 minutes of daily outdoor exposure—this can be walking, eating, reading, working, gardening or just existing.
– Minimize clothing. Forget the norm, forget someone else's rule. Nature's rule says your skin is your solar panel. Nature's rule dictates that sun exposure on "nether regions" increases hormonal health, sleep, energy and libido.
– Barefoot whenever possible.
– No glasses. No windows. No apologies.

🪞 Optional: Begin journaling the way light affects your emotions and appetite.
This is when you see how food and mood tie to solar input.

Savage Challenge → Expose “forbidden” skin to the sun until light pink — unapologetically.

Movement
🌀 Add spinal waves, crawling, rolling, squatting.
– Begin exploring primal patterns like:

• Bear crawls

• Lateral squats

• Low gait walking

• Controlled rolls

• Back bends on a yoga wheel or against a tree

💥 Movement should now feel fun, not forced. If you find moving like this embarrassing or silly, then we have simply discovered another aspect of your mental health that needs unpacking, reframing and optimization. Be free!

Savage Challenge → Bear crawl 100 yards, outside, barefoot.

Cold
🧊 10 minutes in a natural body of water—non-optional this week.
Not a tub. Not a trickle. A lake, a river, the ocean.
– Don’t just dip. Stay. Let the cold reach the marrow.
– Begin experimenting with breath control in the cold—this is where nervous system resilience is forged.

💧 Cold showers daily still required. Don’t backslide. Push your biology forward.

Savage Challenge → Stay in natural cold water long enough to provoke shivering. It'll be longer than last week (unless the water is colder!)

Food
🥕 You should now be solid on:

• High protein breakfast within 30 minutes of waking

• No snacking

• Two meals per day rhythm

• < 50g carbs, all seasonal

• Zero sugar. Zero fake drinks. Water only

• Seasonal, local, pressing further into the grasp of what nature provides

• Visiting farmer's market, getting to know farmers, understanding the land around you

If not, then you know where your work here remains

Savage Challenge → Forage or source one truly wild food and eat it. If you don't forage it, at least learn about one commonly foraged item in your area.

Circadian
🔴 Your indoor light environment should now reflect your values.
– Sunset = red lights only
– Screens = tinted red and dimmed
– Blue blockers = worn anytime you’re in public after dark

📵 Try 2 full evenings this week with ZERO screens.
– No TV. No phone. No tablet.
– Just the rhythms: read, talk, sit in darkness, stretch, reflect.

This will feel uncomfortable. That’s the point.
You’re shaking the leash of the modern world.

Savage Challenge → Two full weekend nights with a digital fast; zero screens, phone off, no wifi, only firelight or candles.

Why This Matters

Most people treat health like a job. But health is not something you work on—it’s something you let in.

By now, you’ve probably noticed:

• You’re less reactive.

• You crave screens less.

• You feel hungrier for sun, for silence, for cold, for earth.

That’s not random.
That’s your mitochondria starting to recognize home.

Week 7 is where we stop optimizing—and start reclaiming.

Track Your Rhythm:

✅ Morning sun—eyes and skin
✅ Afternoon sun—60+ minutes
✅ Natural cold immersion + showers

✅ Movement beyond walking (crawling, squatting, etc)
✅ No snacking, 2 meals/day
✅ New farmers market/local connection
✅ Full screen-free evening x2

📄 Week 7 PDF

You cannot outsource alignment. You either live inside nature’s code—or you live in betrayal of it.

“Something clicked this week. I stopped treating these practices like a to-do list and started feeling them as part of who I am. I’m no longer just surviving my days. I’ve never felt this connected to myself or the light. It’s hard to explain, but I feel wild again.”
—Connor, 36, Colorado