Ponder While We Wander

Location: Kah Tai Lagoon, Port Townsend, Washington, USA

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/

Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa talk and walk around the Kah Tai Lagoon with deer, herons, eagles, and other than human nature to discuss what the Polycrisis. They help us see through a lens of interconnectedness and discuss how to build a social, emotional, and spiritual first aid kit in managing the predicaments we find ourselves in. 

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Episode Resources

Links:

https://cityofpt.us/parksrec/page/kah-tai-lagoon-nature-park

https://polycrisis.org/lessons/what-does-the-term-polycrisis-mean/

https://commonslibrary.org/learn-from-joanna-macy/

https://www.admiraltyaudubon.org/kah-tai-nature-park-updates

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 with nature can provide ways of incorporating ritual and meaning-making into ways of holding and processing grief instead of disconnecting from it all together. 

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Episode Resources

Links:

https://gabrielinotribe.org/

https://www.cityofpasadena.net/parks-and-rec/arroyo-seco/

https://www.ekrfoundation.org/5-stages-of-grief/change-curve/

https://grief.com/

https://cac.org/daily-meditations/the-work-of-grief-and-love/

https://www.priyaparker.com/art-of-gathering-newsletter/grieve-together-now

https://www.kintsugigrief.com/resources

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 coffee connect us to ourselves, loved ones, strangers, the whole world? Grab a beverage of your choice and join us.

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Episode Resources

Links:

https://www.captainwhidbey.com/

https://www.ebeysreserve.com/history-culture

https://www.islandhistory.org/our-story

https://michaelpollan.com/books/caffeine-how-coffee-and-tea-created-the-modern-world/

“Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when it occurred to me that to drink a mocha is to gulp down the entire history of the New World. From the Spanish exportation of Aztec cacao, and the Dutch invention of the chemical process for making cocoa, on down to the capitalist empire of Hershey, PA, and the lifestyle marketing of Seattle's Starbucks, the modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top.”

― Sarah Vowell

https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Sarah-Vowell/1558688

“I hope there are days when your coffee tastes like magic, your playlist makes you dance, strangers make you smile, and the mighty sky touches your soul. I hope there are days when you fall in love with being alive” 

– Brooke Hampton

https://www.barefootfive.com/barefoot-me

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. 

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Episode Resources

Links:

https://silvotherapy.co.uk/about-forest-healing

http://www.tribalmuseum.jamestowntribe.org/

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 birds! 

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A soothing podcast for trying times.

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Episode Resources

Links:

http://www.tribalmuseum.jamestowntribe.org/

https://amytan.net/backyard-bird-chronicles

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31932836-mozart-s-starling

https://parks.wa.gov/find-parks/state-parks/fort-flagler-historical-state-park

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 to sink into your creativity, you’ll definitely want to listen to this episode!

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A soothing podcast for trying times.

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Episode Resources

Links:

https://sculptureforest.org/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-the-right-words/202506/creativity-is-not-a-luxury

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_empathy_help_you_be_more_creative

https://historicwhidbey.org/whidbey-island-history

https://www.haydentimm.com/

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.

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Episode Resources Links:

https://allpoetry.com/poem/15374223-Wild-geese-by-Mary-J-Oliver

https://salish-current.org/2024/11/20/orcas-display-uncanny-behavior-in-historic-penn-cove-visit/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42771901-how-to-do-nothing

https://historicwhidbey.org/whidbey-island-history

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 animals around, and breathe in the forest air, and you’re invited to come along!

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“They travel long distances to stroll along the seashore, for reasons they can't put into words.”

― Edward O. Wilson 

Episode Resource Links:

https://www.childrenandnature.org/

https://natureconnectionguide.com/shop-base/forest-bathing-how-trees-can-help-you/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6143402/

https://sdbg.org/shinrin-yoku-connecting-people-to-nature-through-the-art-of-forest-bathing/

https://waparks.org/parks/fort-townsend/

https://parks.wa.gov/about/news-center/field-guide-blog/fort-townsend-historical-state-park-history

https://www.nrdc.org/bio/maria-mccain/bringing-outdoors-benefits-biophilia

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/biophilia

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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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