Upcoming Episodes
- 12: Present not perfect in showing up for the Polycrisis
- December 1st
- 13: What’s a good goodbye?
- December 15th
Past Episodes
Ep 11: Grieving as a verb
Location: Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, CA, USA Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/ Amber and Natasha explore the challenges and human connection to the universal experience of grief. They touch on the different types of grief, how we grieve, and why it is important to acknowledge it when it shows up. Our relationship…
Ep 10: A cup of coffee can heal me
Location: Captain Whidbey, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/ Natasha and Amber travel to a magical place by ferry and, fueled by a couple cups of coffee, ponder the significance of coffee. They explore the ritual and magic of connecting over a warm beverage. Can a cup of…
Ep 9: My Right Eye Keeps Twitching
Location: Discovery Bay, Washington, USA Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/ Come see how noticing our discomfort can invite us into deeper connection with nature as we ponder by the shore where birds, seals, and other than human nature join us. Explore more about Ponder While We Wander A soothing podcast…
Ep 8: Birds, birds everywhere
Location: Fort Flagler Historical State Park, Washington, USA Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/ Natasha and Amber visit a place where the ocean meets forest to tune into birds as a way of intentionally paying attention and deepening how we make meaning in our lives. Come listen to the topic and the…
Ep 7: Creativity is not a luxury
Location: Price Sculpture Forest, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/ Natasha and Amber amble along in the Price Sculpture Forest on Whidbey Island, Washington, USA and explore creativity as an important force for individuals and humanity as a whole. If you are looking for an invitation or support…
Ep 6: It’s not safe to rest
Location: Penn Cove, Washington, USA Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/ Rest is important, so why is it so hard? Amber and Natasha discuss some of the messages and individual and collective challenges to getting rest and give some examples of nature that invite us to take a deeper perspective to rest.…
Ep 5: We’ve got biophilia, and you might have it too!
Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa Location: Ft Townsend, Port Townsend, WA Come walk with us while we explore the “love of life” humans have with natural environments. Amber and Natasha share ways in which this enhances our lives and can be integrated into everyday living. We find some banana slugs, evidence of other…
Ep 4: Outside, how does that make you feel?
Schmitz Preserve Park Seattle, WA- USA Is it time for a relationship check-in with nature? Have you thought about your relationship with the outside world lately? What happens when we shift from inside to outside? What if our connection with nature was more relational than transactional? We explore this and more as we…
Ep 3: Walking labyrinths together: a contemplative practice for uncertain times
Denny Park Seattle, WA- USA Join us for a discussion where we explore what labyrinths are, how you can walk them, and how walking them can be an important contemplative practice for our times. https://labyrinthlocator.org/labyrinth/denny-park/440/ Explore more about Ponder While We Wander https://ponderwhilewewander.com/ https://ponderwhilewewander.substack.com/ Episode Resources https://labyrinthlocator.org/ https://labyrinthsociety.org/ https://veriditas.org/ https://www.contemplativelife.org/practice/the-center-for-contemplative-mind-in-society/all/teaching-learning https://www.contemplativelife.org/practice/labyrinth/all/body-movement
Ep 2: Walking up a hill, is it better together?
Seattle, Washington-USA Discovery Park We explore the topic of how we do hard things as we launch our discussion from an article of a study about social support and our perception of how steep a hill can be. There are also some surprise raccoons. Come explore if it matters who you’re standing next to…