SHOW NOTES

Listening to Winter

In this episode, I share a spoken reflection on winter, embodiment, and the quiet clarity that comes through work and presence. This piece grows out of recent hands-on restoration work at Cambridge Cemetery and reflects a seasonal shift toward slowing down, listening, and letting the body lead.

The spoken reflection is paired with video, including time-lapse footage from the cemetery work. If you are listening through the podcast and would like to experience the visual version, you can find links below.

Watch the spoken-word video:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/qzUuhvGSj-4

Read the written essay on Substack:

Substack: https://bit.ly/4bLE6Mi

Watch the full, un-narrated time-lapse of the cemetery work:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/6AWn71k2Kwk

This reflection is part of my ongoing work with Vital Healing, where I explores embodiment, presence, and the slow return to what is real through breath, movement, and time on the land.

Thank you for being with us on this Vital Healing journey, as we find our way back to ourselves and back to each other.

This week’s reflection comes out of some recent work along Piney Creek, where we put up two wood duck boxes and filmed parts of the process as it unfolded. The piece follows the work as it happened, choosing placement, adjusting along the way, clearing space where needed, and tending to what the creek had carried in during high water.

The spoken word is paired with a time-lapse video for those who want to see the work alongside the words.

Links

• Read the full Substack essay: https://bit.ly/3LtnAWM
• Watch the accompanying video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bIqLO4wrCG0
• Join our free monthly online breathwork session: https://bit.ly/4qZUiPe

Thank you for being part of the Vital Healing journey, as we find our way back to ourselves and back to each other.

Learning to Rewild with Barn Owls

Moving Away from Control and Back Toward Balance

Description:

This episode is a spoken reading of my latest Substack essay, Learning to Rewild with Barn Owls.

The piece grew out of recent work building nesting boxes on the land. While researching bluebird and wood duck boxes, I came across plans for a barn owl box and began learning more about how barn owls live, hunt, and support balance in an ecosystem.

Building the owl box from reclaimed wood became part of a larger reflection on rewilding, stepping away from constant control, and allowing the land and the more-than-human world to participate more fully.

A quiet time-lapse of the build is available in the companion video.
https://youtu.be/c4OpoCTxnjg

Links:

📖 Read the essay on Substack:

https://bit.ly/49vPt8J

🎥 Watch video version:

https://youtu.be/3Yw1F9_xxxM

Join the Monthly Breathe (live breathwork gathering):

https://bit.ly/4qZUiPe