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In a time of stress, uncertainty, and isolation, Christine Runyan turns our attention to what often evades our awareness - the response of our nervous systems. As part of On Being's 2021 Midwinter Gathering, she offered this brief, practical, gently guide

Dear Friends, I write this from the TED conference in Vancouver, where I'll be speaking - briefly, in TED fashion! - about the generative narrative of our time and living the questions and calling. These, of course, are ways of seeing and arts of living t

Listen here on Apple or Spotify. Dear friends, I am back from my summer of pause. What a joy that while I was gone, so many new people have entered this space. I'm returning from a few months of deep rest and unexpected creativity, filling me with great e

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To view and download Reverberations in its entirety, please visit reciprocalfield.com/reverberations. Artist Reflection Through this time, I have had moments of stillness that feel akin to a river that runs clear. Moments to listen and dwell in intimate p

Artist Reflection Background of the piece I work as an illustrator, mostly making movement art: art that has to do with the political movements of our time. I use to focus on positivity a lot; in my experience, when you're trying to help people feel their

Artist Reflection Indigenous people all over this beautiful water earth have been rising up on behalf of our more-than-human kin. Communities fighting for the rights of water, against pipelines, pollution, and the intertwined struggles of our women and ge

Artist Reflection The background of this piece Healing the climate crisis, and learning to be resilient in its impacts, is the work of our lifetimes. My proposal for this residency was to create a meditative poem-comic designed for people who are just wak

If you look deeply into this flower, you see a cloud, because you know that if there is no cloud there will be no rain, and this flower cannot manifest itself. So looking in the flower you see an element you don't call flower. But if you remove the cloud

Step away from the noise of the day and into this sonic pilgrimage through the natural world. Notice how this 12-minute meditation refreshes your day and primes you for a deeper presence with our planetary companions. This meditation is featured in "A Wil