Author: tv6hf

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 walk a muddy trail in Seattle, WA- USA.

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Episode Resources

Links:

https://natureconnection.guide/

https://earth.org/human-connection-with-nature/

https://greenseattle.org/about-us/land-acknowledgement/

https://theunpluggedclub.com/relationship-with-nature/

https://www.seattle.gov/parks/allparks/schmitz-preserve-park

https://mohai.org/blog/2010/mohai-minute-schmitz-park/

https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/schmitz-preserve-park

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/

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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

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 or not when we do hard things! 

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https://ponderwhilewewander.com/

https://ponderwhilewewander.substack.com/

Episode Resources

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3291107/

Seattle, Washington-USA

Discovery Park

Jumping off of the work of Dr. Vaughan Wilkins and the field of applied Ecopsychology, Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa explore the theme of Enculturated Zoochosis. Metaphors applicable to living in modernity and the challenges we may be having are discussed while observing some of the urban wildlife of Discovery Park in Seattle, WA. Could we be experiencing collective trauma? If so, what are the symptoms and what are the problems? And how might we begin to address these? 

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https://ponderwhilewewander.com/

https://ponderwhilewewander.substack.com/

Episode Resources

https://www.vaughanwilkins.com/thesis

https://www.seattle.gov/x63689

https://unitedindians.org/