Before we begin, the Stone Breath

Before you enter, take a Stone Breath. If a stone is nearby, please pick up one and hold in your hand. If not imagine one. Look at it, feel its journey over the centuries. Close your eyes, Inhale deeply 4 counts, hold 4 counts, exhale 6 counts, hold 4 counts. Repeat 4 more times, acknowledging what uplifts you. Now how do you feel? This is a state we learned from stories of my great Grandmother Masan. This is the start of meaningful transformation.

Masan — my great-grandmother, my first and lifelong wellness teacher. A master practitioner of Diné traditional disciplines on Black Mesa. She placed the Stone Breath in my hands before I could read, and trained me daily in the ancient tools of presence, gratitude, and right relationship with the land. Every practice I teach today traces back to her.

A Structure of Gratitude to set our tone

Gratitude Practice — from the book series

1. Recognize all your surroundings. Nature. Earth. Sky.

2. Express intentionally all that you are grateful for — from childhood to now.

3. Ask yourself: What do I want to achieve today, and with what energy?

Close with a quiet Thank You.

With my grandfather. He lived to 103. This is where the teachings come from.

Articles to Awaken

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

WHY TRIBEAWAKEN EXISTS

Every person on Earth has it.

Your ancestors had the procedure — refined across thousands of generations — to win the gold medal. To build the change-making business with a heart and a soul. To raise a family with honor. To make sure everyone shared in the prosperity, now and seven generations forward.

Most of the world has wandered away from these teachings.

Most societies no longer have an elder. Most families no longer have a wise one to turn to. Most companies and most nations now run on mission statements, vision statements, return on investment, and quarterly goals — and almost nothing else. The deeper operating system is gone.

I have been lucky.

I was raised in both worlds. Taught the ancestral procedures by my great-grandparents on Black Mesa, who lived them every day — honor, laughter, hard work, ancient farming, sheep herding, the morning prayer. Educated in the highest tiers of business, governance, and now scholarly research. I walked the boardroom and the dawn run. The negotiation table and the sheep camp. The PhD seminar and the morning prayer.

Seven years ago, I created TribeAwaken.Com to give back.

To uplift the neighbor. To strengthen the community. To recover the tools. To carry the teachings forward — for every individual, every family, every company, every nation ready to remember.

The teachings are still here. They are in your DNA. In your grandmother's kitchen. In the songs your culture almost forgot to pass on.

The work is to help you find your code.

— Tony Skrelūnas

Work With Me

THE PRACTICE

ROOTED Raised traditionally on Black Mesa by his great-grandparents. Taught from childhood to greet the morning gods and carry the Stone Breath discipline. Lifelong practitioner of Diné, Lithuanian, and Japanese traditions. Competitive runner. Long-distance racer. A body still in motion.

SCHOLAR: PhD candidate formalizing how ancestral wisdom can inform world-class wellness, high-performance human development, and supporting technologies. MBA from Northern Arizona University. NAU Alumni Centennial Alumni Awardee, Graduation Standard Bearer, and the only Native American in the NAU College of Business Hall of Fame.

COACH: High-performance coaching for CEOs, founders, executives, and world-class athletes. Specializes in breakthrough work, performance blockages, threshold transitions, and high-stakes negotiations using ancestral practices formalized through PhD research.

GROWTH PARTNER Currently advising on all phases of a world-class hospital and wellness village development. Strategic advisor to a Silicon Valley robotics firm operating at the frontier of AI and emerging technology. Selectively partnering with additional global institutions in healthcare, technology, hospitality, and wellness on systems-level design and transformation. Background. Three decades of growth-phase work at the highest level. Two-term Executive Director of Economic Development for the Navajo Nation. One term overseeing Government Development. Architect of a five-year strategic plan for a major multi-casino tribal enterprise. Founder of the National American Indian Business Association. Founding Program Director of the Grand Canyon Trust Native America Program which he founded while in College (15+ years). Author of landmark legislation including Congressional business leasing reform. Senior negotiator on Antelope Point Marina. Former senior advisor to a leading global solar manufacturer on the launch of their distributed-systems strategy. Trustee of Prescott College. Board President of an Indigenous-led wellness nonprofit.

KEYNOTE & RETREAT LEADER Currently delivering keynote talks and leading immersive multi-day retreats and residencies for executive teams, leadership conferences, wellness institutions, and global gatherings. Topics include high-performance leadership rooted in ancestral wisdom, breakthrough thinking for CEOs and founders, the operating system of regenerative wellness, and the future of human development. Conducting an executive performance and wellness residency at a world-class institution in Scotts Valley, California, summer 2026. Booking selectively for 2026 and 2027 for keynotes, executive offsites, multi-day intensives, and curated retreats worldwide.

AUTHOR Currently writing The Ancestral Watch — a six-book series weaving Diné, Lithuanian, and Japanese ancestral lineages into a practical framework for living and leading. The first book is in review. Long-form writing on ancestral intelligence, leadership, performance, and regenerative systems published regularly at AncestralWatch.com.

Yáʼátʼééh · Sveiki atvykę · ようこそ · Bienvenidos

Before we begin, the Stone Breath

A Structure of Gratitude to set our tone

30,000 Years of Wellness Wisdom — Now a PhD, a Book Series, and a Movement

The Global Ancestral Code for Living to 100

Innovations in AI and Robotics Driving Solutions for Climate Change and Emerging Markets

The Silent Theft: How the World Wastes Its Most Precious Resource—And How We Can Reclaim It

The Final Council: Architecting a Post-Extraction Future for Economics and Technology

Seeds of the Ancestors: A Lithuanian-Navajo-Hopi Journey to Remember Our Food, Our Stories, and Ourselves

WHY TRIBEAWAKEN EXISTS

THE PRACTICE

ROOTED Raised traditionally on Black Mesa by his great-grandparents. Taught from childhood to greet the morning gods and carry the Stone Breath discipline. Lifelong practitioner of Diné, Lithuanian, and Japanese traditions. Competitive runner. Long-distance racer. A body still in motion.

COACH: High-performance coaching for CEOs, founders, executives, and world-class athletes. Specializes in breakthrough work, performance blockages, threshold transitions, and high-stakes negotiations using ancestral practices formalized through PhD research.

We Rise Podcast on Collective Resilience
"Honoring elders and greeting the morning"

Real Native Roots interview
"Observation and Vision for the modern world"

Sounds and visuals of our tribal communities

Yáʼátʼééh · Sveiki atvykę · ようこそ · Bienvenidos

Before we begin, the Stone Breath

A Structure of Gratitude to set our tone

30,000 Years of Wellness Wisdom — Now a PhD, a Book Series, and a Movement

The Global Ancestral Code for Living to 100

Innovations in AI and Robotics Driving Solutions for Climate Change and Emerging Markets

The Silent Theft: How the World Wastes Its Most Precious Resource—And How We Can Reclaim It

The Final Council: Architecting a Post-Extraction Future for Economics and Technology

Seeds of the Ancestors: A Lithuanian-Navajo-Hopi Journey to Remember Our Food, Our Stories, and Ourselves

WHY TRIBEAWAKEN EXISTS​

THE PRACTICE

ROOTED Raised traditionally on Black Mesa by his great-grandparents. Taught from childhood to greet the morning gods and carry the Stone Breath discipline. Lifelong practitioner of Diné, Lithuanian, and Japanese traditions. Competitive runner. Long-distance racer. A body still in motion.

COACH: High-performance coaching for CEOs, founders, executives, and world-class athletes. Specializes in breakthrough work, performance blockages, threshold transitions, and high-stakes negotiations using ancestral practices formalized through PhD research.

We Rise Podcast on Collective Resilience "Honoring elders and greeting the morning"

Real Native Roots interview "Observation and Vision for the modern world"

Sounds and visuals of our tribal communities

WHY TRIBEAWAKEN EXISTS

We Rise Podcast on Collective Resilience
"Honoring elders and greeting the morning"

Real Native Roots interview
"Observation and Vision for the modern world"