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A small advisory and coaching practice integrating 30,000 years of inherited wisdom into modern leadership, regenerative wellness, and emerging technology.
Ancestral Intelligence for High-Performance Leaders
The Ancestral Operating System
Welcome to The Ancestral OS Journal: Where Ancient Wisdom Fuels Modern Performance! You've optimized your business, team, and technology, but the greatest advantage lies within: your human design! Join our digital sanctuary for elite leaders! Dive into a performance system shaped by Indigenous wisdom. Discover insights into: · Ancestral Mind: Cultivate calm for visionary leadership. · Legacy Impact: Lead while honoring success and our planet. With teachings from Indigenous knowledge holders, we empower you to reclaim your purpose and lead with strength. Ready to elevate your operating system?
They Tried to Erase a Whole People. Now They're the Happiest Nation on Earth.
A story about Lithuania — and about what survival actually looks like. I'm Diné and Lithuanian. Two peoples who were supposed to disappear. Neither one did. I write a lot about my Navajo side — the language, the sheep, the ceremonies that survived. But today I'm standing in a Lithuanian solstice festival in California, weaving crowns and singing the old songs, and I want to tell you about my other bloodline. Because their story of survival is one of the most stunning in the w
It's here. Stone Breath, Ancestral Code for Modern Lives. Born on the solstice, on purpose
Labas, broliai ir seserys 🌿🇱🇹 Ya'at'eeh Šiandien — Rasos. The solstice. The night our people have never slept through. Tonight, somewhere, a Lithuanian is lighting a fire on a hill. Weaving a vainikas of oak and fern. Singing the dainos our great-grandparents sang — the same songs they kept alive in their kitchens through fifty years when singing them could cost you everything. And they did keep them. That's why we're still here. That's why today the happiest young people
The Lithuanian Book Smugglers, the Song Keepers, and the Man Who Raced Hills Into His 70s
Early 1900s. A man leaves Lithuania. Not because he wants to. Because the Tsar has banned his language, his alphabet, his songs. The punishment for speaking Lithuanian in public is exile to Siberia. The punishment for teaching a child to read their mother tongue is prison. So he walks through forests at night. He carries books hidden under hay in a wagon. He crosses borders that don't want him. He boards a ship in the dark. He arrives in America with nothing. Maybe twenty dol
30,000 Years of Wellness Wisdom — Now a PhD, a Book Series, and a Movement
This week I keynoted for Apache, Hopi, and Navajo grant school board members. Last minute invitation and I said yes. I always say yes to this kind of work. Before the call I sat down and did what Masan taught me. Fifteen minutes. Stone breath. The practice her father passed to her, and she passed to me before I could even read. I wasn't nervous. I was ready. I opened with stories about her, my first teacher. Big Mountain. No electricity. Kerosene lamp. Four hundred sheep outs
The Global Ancestral Code for Living to 100
By Tony Skrelūnas, Diné/Lithuanian, MBA, Phd Candidate “Sʼah naaghai bikʼe hózhó.” Walk in beauty. Live long. Die wise. — Diné Blessing Way, Hozhoonji “Ikigai.” A reason for being. The intersection of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be supported for. — Okinawan life philosophy, Blue Zone principle “Sveikata — tai ne tik kūno būklė. Tai ryšys su žeme, su šeima, su daina.” Health is not only the condition of the body. It is the
Innovations in AI and Robotics Driving Solutions for Climate Change and Emerging Markets
Climate change demands urgent action, and technology is stepping up with new tools to meet this challenge. Artificial intelligence and robotics are no longer confined to labs or factories. They are now active players in agriculture, environmental management, commerce, and wellness. These technologies are reshaping how we adapt to a warming planet and create new economic opportunities. This article explores how AI and robotics combine to fight forest fires, support indigenous
The Silent Theft: How the World Wastes Its Most Precious Resource—And How We Can Reclaim It
Note from the Author, Tony Skrelunas, MBA, Phd Candidate The stories in this article are not abstract to me. They are written on the faces of my relatives. I have uncles with the same quiet dignity and profound, nature-taught wisdom as Jerry. I have witnessed brilliant minds in my community, like Maya, slowly dim under the weight of systemic neglect. The Navajo Nation, my home, has been strategically overlooked for generations, its gifts to the world conveniently forgotten. A
The Final Council: Architecting a Post-Extraction Future for Economics and Technology
By Tony Skrelunas, MBA, Phd Candidate, Navajo/Lithuanian, Transitional Economic Leader Co-Founder of the Protectors of the Seventh Generation The Dream of the Protocol It begins with a dream. Not a gentle wish, but a solemn, recurring vision that arrives with the weight of prophecy. In it, I walk through a world both familiar and shattered by the legacy of a single, flawed operating system: an economics of extraction and a technology of domination. But from this silence, a ne
Seeds of the Ancestors: A Lithuanian-Navajo-Hopi Journey to Remember Our Food, Our Stories, and Ourselves
A Personal Prologue: The Global Ancestral Table My life's work exists at the intersection of global systems and ancestral wisdom. Currently, as part of my PhD research, I am deconstructing the very frameworks of sustainable development, arguing that the most resilient models are not new innovations, but ancient principles waiting to be remembered. This journey is the heartbeat of my heritage. I am Lithuanian, from a lineage of forest-dwellers and amber traders on the chilly s
Weaving a New Dream: What Is the World Dreaming Through You?
The meaning of dreams" Tony Skrelunas and the Red Road Journey team on World Dream Day [Author's Note: This reflection is inspired by my...
PhD Journey: The Culture Hero's Blueprint: Slaying the Global Monster of Waste with Indigenous Wisdom
"Turning Trash into Triumph: A Journey of Resilience and Renewal" A Note from the Author Navigating the complex terrain between global...
Reflections on Sacred Waters: A Poetic Tribute to Grant Teton Lake
In the vastness of nature, where the earth meets the sky and water mirrors the soul, lies a sacred connection that transcends time....
A Poetic Journey at the Segrado Gallery: Inspired by the Art of Ernesto Burbank
In the heart of the Segrado Gallery, a room brimming with creativity and inspiration, I found myself on a poetic journey unlike any...
Wealth wisdom from Sheepherders of the planet
--- The Rhythm of the Land A sheep camp isn’t just a place—it’s a symphony. Picture this: horses grazing, cattle lowing, a hogan standing...
Rancho La Puerta’s Wisdom Week 2025: A Journey of Health, Longevity, and Indigenous Wisdom
Nestled in the serene landscapes of Tecate, Mexico, just across the border from California, Rancho La Puerta has long been a sanctuary...
Creating Traditional Inter-Generational Wealth
The other day I went to my form of a retreat back to our family sheep camp. A sheep camp is a traditional Navajo homestead out in the...
Ancient Traditional Farming Preservation as a Hedge Against Climate Change
Standing with a shy smile overlooking her family’s layout of fields on a hot summer day, Rosemary Williams recites her family farming...
Honoring Shizhe’e on Father’s Day
In honor of Father’s day, I would like to write some word play about my pops Frank. I am proud of pops who took on responsibility of...
Turtle Island's Ancient and Honorable Trade Systems--Incorporate Best Practices
By Tony Skrelunas, Dine, MBA, Big Mountain Founder of the Colorado Plateau Intertribal Conversations Founder Red Road Journey The...
Health Club Innovation for our Future
By Shania Babbitt Many believe exercise has many vital benefits on our overall health. What do you think? We already know that exercise...
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