Ponder While We Wander

Location: Wawona,Yosemite National Forest, California, USA

Record date: 3/1/26

Release date: 5/1/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

Episode Description:

From a deck in Wawona, California, under the Winter night sky of the Yosemite National Forest,Natasha Morisawa and Amber Martin discuss secular contemplative practice, the benefits of such a practice, and types of practices.

Location: Yosemite National Forest, California, USA

Record date: 3/25/26

Release date: 4/15/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

Natasha and Amber join you from the banks of a babbling spring in Yosemite National Park, to talk about De-centering ourselves in relationship to Nature. 

They explore what is required of us to answer the dire call of Nature, through necessary and diff...

Location: Yosemite National Forest, California, USA

Record date: 3/25/26

Release date: 4/1/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

THANK YOU TO PINE TREE MARKET:

Ponder While We Wander is so grateful for our first community sponsorship! A big shout out to Pine Tree Market run by Michael and Katie Henderson, and their lodging support for us during our stay in Yosemite National Park....

Location: Chetzamoka Park, Port Townsend, Washington, USA 

Record date: 10/21/25

Release date: 3/15/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

Join Natasha and Amber as they introduce Journaling with Nature as a way to deepen our relationship with other-than-human Nature. Through the process of journaling,the opportunities to re-connect and re-member arise. They discuss greetings and pa...

Location: Carrie Blake Park, Sequim, Washington, USA 

Record date: 10/20/25

Release date: 3/1/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa describe, normalize, and discuss the phobias we may have as humans in regard to the natural world. The potential origins, consequences, and environmental impact of biophobias are explored as well as ways to address pho...

Location: Dungeness River, Sequim, Washington, USA 

Record date: 10/20/2025

Release date: 2/16/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

Walking along a trail beside the Dungeness River, Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa discuss the topic of grounding and invite you to explore with them as they engage with the natural environment of the Dungeness River during salmon spawning season. Le...

Location: Halls Hill Labyrinth and Lookout, Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA 

Record date: 10/19/25

Release date: 2/2/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

Based on the work of Richard Louv, Natasha Morisawa and Amber Martin take a walk on an outdoor labyrinth on Bainbridge Island, Washington to ponder the effects of less unstructured outdoor time on children and adults as well a...

Location: Meerkerk Gardens, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA 

Record date: 10/18/25

Release date: 1/15/25

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

From a curated, wooded garden on Whidbey Island, Washington, Natasha Morisawa and Amber Martin introduce the Rat Park study and its findings. They wander and ponder about the connection to humans and addiction as well as different ways of viewi...

Location: Curse and Holler Ranch, Chimicum, Washington 

Record date: 10/16/25

Release date: 1/1/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

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

To be in relationships may be more crucial and difficult now than in previous generations. Based on stories of loneliness and the challenges of making friends in adulthood, Natasha and Amber start to unpack some of the ways this affects us as individ...

Location: HJ Carroll Park, Chimacum, Washington, USA

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

Guest: Rev. Aaron Twitchell https://lovewellnj.com/

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

An episode in two parts. In part one, Amber and Natasha talk with Rev. Aaron Twitchell about good goodbyes in his experience with supporting, consulting with, and counseling individuals and families at the end of life. Then Natasha and Amber take...

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 ma...

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 in...

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 be...

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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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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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 ...

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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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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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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