What Holds Us? And What Are We Holding?
A conversation about vessels, containers, boundaries, and the spaces that hold us. Drawing from permaculture, pottery, Chinese medicine, Daoist and Buddhist thought, and our own experiences, we explore what it means to contain, to be contained, and to leave room for what is not yet known. Hosted by Jasmine Oberste and Liza Fox.
NOTES, REFERENCES, LINKS::
Into the Garden From the cosmological to the microscopic, we live in relationship. These relationships include the nuanced balance of our internal microbiomes, how our emotional life is sculpted by our childhoods and ancestral lineage, the astrological blueprint and our life’s unfolding, and the inherent impact these have on the land we walk. Returning to harmonic resonance arises when we commit to taking growth steps to heal these emotional, energetic, and physical ecosystems in our lives.... learn more about Into the Garden here.
Wood-Fired Ginger Jar and Pitcher can be seen here.
We shape, and are shaped by, our communities, the planet, the cosmos and beyond
Into the Garden understands that when we tend to our individual healing we are tending to Universal Healing, and when any part of the collective falls ill, we are all impacted
Please Call Me By My True Names" poem by Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) can be found here to read, or follow this link to hear a recording of Thay reading it in his own voice
“Drinking a cup of green tea, I stop the war” poem by Zen practitioner Paul Rep from his book 1959 book, Zen Telegrams: 79 Picture Poems
The Paani Foundation has mobilized thousands of drought-prone villages in Maharashtra, creating hundreds of billions of liters of water storage capacity. This community-led movement has recharged groundwater tables, enabling multiple annual crop cycles and curbing economic migration to cities. International experts now recognize this massive grassroots effort as one of the world's largest watershed restoration initiatives. Learn more about their amazing work here and see their website here.
MUSIC & IMAGE CREDITS:
Introduction music: Victor Jara's "El Lazo" introduction (played on the guitar by Jasmine), a song that celebrates the dignity of the everyday working class people, the beauty of traditional craft and the resilience of the human spirit. Victor Jara (1932-73) was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist.
Singing bowl: audio at the end from Best Singing Bows, an online curator and retailer specializing in antique Himalayan and Tibetan singing bowls.
Cover image: teabowl made by Jasmine.
