Location: Yosemite National Forest, California, USA

Record date: 3/27/26

Release date: 7/15/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

Episode Description:Join Amber and Natasha as they wander through Wawona, California. As the snow is melting and river water is flowing they explore what it is to wander! They share definitions, poems, and explore chronos versus chiros ways of being with time. Natasha also introduces the wander’s society and the idea of psychogeography.

In this episode Amber and Natasha discuss the archetype of the wanderer, how aspects of their own paths from the outside could be viewed as wandering and validate there are many paths to a destination and through an experience.

They discuss how slowing down and wandering can have powerful implications that support our ability to explore our interconnectedness to self, others, and Nature. They also introduce wandering intentionally in groups and the benefit of wandering with openness and curiosity. They discuss how wandering can support creating new neural pathways, increase creativity and help us feel more alive in the world!

Join Natasha and Amber as they celebrate wandering, invite listeners to wander and offer support and encouragement to do so in their own way.

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Episode Resources Links:

Bouchard-Roberts, Conner, editor. A Field Companion for Wandering. Postcard Bookshop, 2021. https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/bouchard-roberts-conner-a-field-copb

Location: Yosemite National Forest, California, USA

Record date: 3/1/26

Release date: 7/1/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

Join Amber and Natasha in Wawona, CA under the stars, in this first ever episode recorded at night! Together they discuss our need for darkness and stargazing. They explore how stargazing can help us connect us to something bigger than ourselves and how darkness is rich with metaphor.

They share memories of their own experiences stargazing and touch on how both stargazing and darkness are good for our physical health!

They delve into the positive effects stargazing has on us humans such as, its ability to inspire awe and how it could be considered a contemplative practice that can boost our creativity and encourage us to imagine new and positive solutions to challenges.

In addition, they include a discussion on how light pollution negatively impacts us and our other than human friends, including birds, turtles and flowers.

Come join them as they appreciate darkness, the vastness of the stars and ponder how stargazing could inspire deeper kindness and care within us all.

"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night" -Sarah Williams

Explore more about Ponder While We Wander

A soothing podcast for trying times.

https://ponderwhilewewander.com/

https://ponderwhilewewander.substack.com/

https://ponderwhilewewander.com/wander-well/

https://www.instagram.com/ponder_while_we_wander/#

Episode Resources Links:

https://darksky.org/about/

Location: Yosemite National Forest, California, USA

Record date: 2/27/26

Release date: 6/15/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

Episode Description:

Join Natasha and Amber as they slip and slide down a slushy, snow path to a peaceful forest grove where they discuss Forest Bathing and a variety of nature based therapies!

With so many different therapies that center our relationship with and within nature, Amber and Natasha offer listeners an introduction to many of these therapies and the elements they may include.

They explore both the similarities and differences between therapies, what you may expect if you engage in one of these therapies and share many of the benefits offered by nature based therapies.

Throughout the episode they continue to explore the idea of returning home to nature and how each of these therapies include an opportunity to do just that.

Some of the therapies explored in this episode include:

-Ocean Based Therapy

-Sylvotherapy (Umbrella Term) includes Spiritual, Energetic and Scientific Elements

-Curative Sylvotherapy

-Creative Sylvotherapy

-Culinary Sylvotherapy

-Recreational Sylvotherapy

-Energetic Sylvotherapy

-Shinrin-Yoku or Forest Bathing

-Wilderness Based Therapies

Join them and discover which nature based therapy may call to you!

Quote: “The art of forest bathing is the art of connecting with nature through our senses. All we have to do is accept the invitation.” — Dr. Qing Li

Explore more about Ponder While We Wander

A soothing podcast for trying times.

https://ponderwhilewewander.com/

https://ponderwhilewewander.substack.com/

https://ponderwhilewewander.com/wander-well/

https://www.instagram.com/ponder_while_we_wander/#

Episode Resources Links:

https://californiavalleymiwok.us/

https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/yosemite-indians.htm

https://www.npca.org/articles/7475-reclaiming-wahhoga

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/tribal-land-yosemite/

https://pinetreemarketwawona.com/

http://www.forestbathinginternational.org/

https://www.forestbathingfinder.com/find-a-walk/

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