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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https://ponderwhilewewander.com/

https://ponderwhilewewander.substack.com/

“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.

Explore more about Ponder While We Wander

https://ponderwhilewewander.com/

https://ponderwhilewewander.substack.com/

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/

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