Podcasts about Wendy Johnson

In this opening session of Planting Life, Roshi Joan Halifax, Wendy Johnson, and Alonso Mendez gather the community around a single, urgent call: to put our hands into the earth and “give life to life.” Wendy brings the teaching down to its most elemental — the seed splitting, root reaching down, shoot reaching up — and names corn, rice, and barley not as crops but as relatives… Source

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk preceding the weekend retreat Planting Life, longtime teacher and master gardener Wendy Johnson calls the community “to plant life together in utterly dangerous times.” Weaving traditional ecological knowledge, Dogen's Instructions to the Cook, and more than fifty years of earth dharma practice, Wendy plants us deep in our seats, reminding us planting is: “not… Source

This was a fascinating episode! Thomas and Panu welcomed Dr. Wendy Johnson, a family and addiction medicine physician, to discuss her book "Kinship Medicine." Dr. Johnson shared her journey from political advocacy to medicine (“I went to medical school to do politics better.”) and the discussion delved into the social determinants of health, the historical roots of Western medicine, and the need for collective, relationship-based approaches to well-being (“Wellness comes from communal strength.”). Wendy drew a metaphor from the chrysalis stage of development, emphasizing the importance of planting seeds for a better future and the role of “imaginal disks” that hold blueprints for future transformation. Join us for an inspiring talk in the new year. 

Do you live in a way that maximizes your well-being? Chances are, the answer to that question is no. Our modern way of living, some suggest, is incompatible with a thriving lifestyle. While the notion that many factors impact our overall health and wellness is not necessarily far-fetched, you may be surprised by the argument that some of the strongest factors are relational — both with one another and with the earth. Family Physician and public health professor Dr. Wendy Johnson explores this concept in her newest book, Kinship Medicine: Cultivating Interdependence to Heal the Earth and Ourselves. Johnson asserts that the solution to many of the causal factors of poor health — loneliness, industrial diets, systemic inequality, profit-based healthcare — are about humanity's interconnectedness to people and planet. Examples in Kinship Medicine include information on how trauma can be passed down for generation and how eliminating one organism in an ecosystem can affect all others. Her work also posits that our relationship to non-human life is essential to our well-being, and community action is stronger than individual efforts. With examples from public health, sociology, anthropology, human ecology, and her experience as a doctor, Dr. Johnson advocates for a shift in society that could lead to a healthier future. Wendy Johnson is a family physician, public health professor, activist and writer who has spent her life advocating for a world where everyone can live long lives in equitable communities. Her career includes stints scaling up HIV treatment in Mozambique, overseeing an urban health department, and most recently, directing a community clinic in Santa Fe. She has a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins and holds faculty appointments at the University of Washington and the University of New Mexico. She currently practices family and addiction medicine in rural Northern New Mexico with El Centro Family Health. Dr. Johnson has been a vocal activist on many progressive issues locally and globally and is a two-time TEDx speaker. Tessa Hulls is an artist, writer, and adventurer who is equally likely to disappear into the backcountry or a research library. Her debut graphic memoir, Feeding Ghosts, received the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, the Libby Book Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Award, and was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and the Pacific Northwest Book Award, and nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. She's pivoting her career to fuse her two great loves of creativity and the wilderness by becoming a comics journalist working with field scientists studying ecological resilience and climate change in remote environments, and she would love to hear from you if you want to partner with her on this endeavor. Buy the Book Kinship Medicine: Cultivating Interdependence to Heal the Earth and Ourselves Third Place Books

Villain or maligned? In this interview, historical novelist Wendy Johnson—a founding member of Philippa Langley's “Looking for Richard” project—joins me to discuss her debut novel, The Traitor's Son, which traces Richard III's formative decade (1461–1471). We explore: What being close to the 2012 discovery in Leicester changed for her as a writer and Ricardian Why start with boyhood—and what newcomers should unlearn about Richard Fact vs fiction: where the record ends and imagination begins Favourite sources for Edward, George, and Richard Places that shaped the story: Ludlow, Middleham, London Teasers for Books 2 & 3 in the trilogy Plus: Wendy's top Ricardian must-visit sites, the scene she'd film first, and one non-fiction pick to read next. I'm Claire Ridgway. Thanks for watching. Please like, subscribe, and share your thoughts below! #RichardIII #WarsOfTheRoses #HistoricalFiction #LookingForRichard #Plantagenets #MedievalHistory

According to Wendy Johnson, real wellness starts with community, nature, and rethinking everything we've been told.

Dr. Wendy Johnson is a family physician, writer, photographer and community activist whose career includes stints scaling up HIV treatment in Mozambique, overseeing a large urban public health department and, most recently, directing a community clinic in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work has been published in McSweeney's, The Nation, and newspapers in Cleveland, Seattle and Santa Fe. She spends most of her spare time cultivating and rewilding her acre and a half homestead, and writing about health justice and the intersection of human and environmental wellbeing. To learn more about Dr. Johnson and a link to her new book, Kinship Medicine: Cultivating Interdependence to Heal the Earth and Ourselves: https://wendyjohnsonmd.com

Doctor and professor of public health Wendy Johnson saw in her medical practice people who thrived against all odds, and those who suffered grave challenges due to environmental factors like toxicity, poverty, stress, loneliness, and isolation. Her new book, Kinship Medicine, explores the reality that 80% of our health is determined by factors outside of us—which are largely ignored by our industrialized medical system. What's missing is ecological thinking, and understanding ourselves as part of an environment—from our microbiome to our community, to our ecosystem.

Wendy Johnson is experimenting with Kernza because she believes in the power of perennials. And livestock are helping make this cutting-edge crop a little less of a gamble. More Information • Jóia Food & Fiber Farm • Forever Green Initiative • Ear to the Ground 367: Disrupting the Food Chain • Ear to the Ground 365:…  Read More → Source

In this moving Dharma talk, Wendy Johnson commemorates the third anniversary of her teacher Thich Nhat Hanh's death, celebrating his legacy as a peace activist and founder of the Order of […]

Episode 19 features a friend of mine and fellow Lakeland business owner, Wendy Johnson. In this episode, Wendy shares what kombucha is, how she makes it at her local brewery (Krazy Kombucha), why fermented foods and drinks are good for our guts, and much much more! If you have gut issues or simply want to find ways to incorporate fermented foods into your diet, this episode is for you!Krazy Kombucha Follow Krazy Kombucha on Instagram @krazykombuchahttps://krazykombucha.life/Purchase My Macro Magic Course: https://gettinghealthywithcis.restorationfitnesslkld.com/salespage Download my FREE shopping guides: Aldi - https://api.grow.pushpress.com/widget/form/7jfpK3ceqDtwEf47ajE3Sam's Club - https://api.grow.pushpress.com/widget/form/hfVqtHRtD1kBh94OtI3XCosco - https://api.grow.pushpress.com/widget/form/Lpl7xV1SXtgMMzWMktwGDownload my FREE Instant Pot Recipe Guide: https://gettinghealthywithcis.restorationfitnesslkld.com/salespageGet Your 10 Smoothie Recipe Guide: https://restoration.pushpress.com/landing/plans/plan_8cc2f0dfc1b476 Need A Personal Nutrition or Fitness Coach on Your Journey To Better Health? We will work with you in person and virtually! Book a FREE Intro Today to Learn More:https://api.grow.pushpress.com/widget/booking/8fG7UClFF0eHGU8BIZh

The Upaya garden ceremony begins with Wendy Johnson and Alonso Méndez preparing elements of fire, incense, seeds, water, and flowers while discussing their significance and importance in ceremony. The session moves to the practical […]

This is a continuation of the May31st session with Wendy Johnson and Alonso Méndez where they delve into the symbolism and significance of various elements in indigenous communities of growers and creators. […]

Wendy Johnson and Alonso Méndez delve into the symbolism and significance of various elements in indigenous communities of growers and creators. They highlight the importance of caves, prayers, ceremonies, and the three friends […]

Wendy Johnson, dedicated Zen Buddhist practitioner and gardener, weaves together threads of her life from her early Zen training years to her work establishing organic farms. For Wendy, there is […]

Welcome true believers to X-Men Horoscopes where each week our host Lodro Rinzler is in conversation with a special guest to discuss the X-Men issue that aligns with a significant month and year from their life and what that issue reveals about their future...in this case YOUR future! Legendary writer and editor of X-Men Ann Nocenti joins Lodro to talk about the creation story of Longshot and Mojo! What was it like in the Marvel bullpen in the 80s punk era? How do you play editor to someone like Chris Claremont? War: what is it good for? Also in this episode: Lodro takes his top off for Ann! We talk about X-Men Legends 3, a fascinating story Ann wrote that takes place immediately after her 1980s Longshot mini-series featuring Wolverine and Kitty Pryde...at war. What does that issue say about all of US as a society? Tune in to find out! It is not just a horoscope; it is your mutant destiny decoded. Ann Nocenti is a renowned writer, editor, director and journalist. She teaches bootcamp filmmaking, most recently to at-risk teenagers in Kingston, NY, to Cherokee Native Americans at the Tulsa International Film Festival, and in Norway for the Indigenous Film Circle. Her journalism has appeared in Details, Utne, HEEB, Stop Smiling, PRINT, Filmmaker, Scenario, and more. She made a documentary about the resistance fighters in Baluchistan (with Wendy Johnson) called The Baluch and of course Ann is also known for her work in comics, writing Daredevil, editing the X-Men, and creating such iconic characters as Longshot, Typhoid, Spiral, Mojo, Blackheart and many more. More of Lodro Rinzler's work can be found here and here and you can follow the podcast on Instagram at xmenpanelsdaily where we post X-Men comic panels...daily. Have a question or comment for a future episode? Reach out at xmenhoroscopes.com

This last talk of the winter practice period encapsulates the final reflections centered around themes of presence, gratitude, interconnectedness, and the transformative power of practice. Sensei Wendy underscores the importance […]

The teachers of this practice period each share their personal stories of finding Zen practice. Sensei Kodo shares his path to Zen practice, which began from a deep curiosity about […]

Roshi Joan, Wendy Johnson, Sensei Kozan, and Sensei Noah Kodo offer their final words of sesshin. Seeing these four teachers together beautifully displays the harmony of difference, each of them sharing […]

Wendy Johnson reminds us everything maters, every movement, word, action matters. How do we profoundly enter into our lives to be utterly present. Wendy implores us to drop down in whatever way […]

Começou o Intensivo SIM 2024 e o primeiro encontro já foi memorável. Recebemos a querida Sensei Wendy Johnson numa noite rara e íntima, e ela nos trouxe uma linda reflexão baseada no livro Gardens of Awakening (Jardins do Despertar), de Kazuaki Tanahashi e Mitsue Nagase. Ela apresentou sete qualidades da arte japonesa, que são também qualidades que podem ser encontradas em plantas específicas. Aqui para o podcast, separamos um breve resumo que ela fez sobre essas qualidades ao final de sua fala, e em seguida suas respostas a perguntas feitas pelo Gustavo Gitti e pelo Fábio Rodrigues. A tradução foi feita por  Marcus Telles. Ainda dá tempo de participar. Mais informações em: olugar.org/sim  

Koans are intimate knowledge, teaches Sensei Wendy Johnson, and to be effective they “must and only live in reality through direct experience.”  Here, Sensei Wendy shares with us her intimate knowledge […]

Nos três primeiros encontros do ano, concentramos nossa atenção em exercitar o poder das aspirações e como essa prática, em um mundo com tantos problemas, desigualdades e violências diárias, nos ajuda a caminhar além dos extremos do cinismo e do romantismo. Neste episódio do podcast, Fábio Rodrigues fala sobre a importância de aspirar livremente e, na segunda metade, um exercício coletivo proposto por Lia Beltrão na semana anterior, convidando os integrantes da comunidade a compartilharem suas mais genuínas aspirações para este mundo.  O Intensivo SIM deste ano está para começar, a escalação está impressionante e você ainda pode se inscrever entrando em olugar.org/sim. O primeiro encontro, dia 29 de janeiro, será com a sensei Wendy Johnson.

It is impossible to summarize a dharma talk so undomesticated and wild as the one delivered here by Zen teacher and master gardener Sensei Wendy Johnson. With passion and grit, […]

On this week's show, we bring you a vital community conversation about the 2023 Farm Bill that was recorded live on October 30th by Madison, Wisconsin's community radio station, WORT, during their weekday call-in program, "A Public Affair" hosted by Douglas Haynes. Learn more and find the original program at https://www.wortfm.org/whats-at-stake-2023-farm-bill/ Locally, the Food In Neighborhoods Community Coalition has produced a 2023 Eater's Guide to the Farm Bill that is tailored to people in Kentucky at https://foodinneighborhoods.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2023-eaters-guide-to-the-farm-bill-kentucky.pdf Every five years, law makers in Congress pass the “farm bill,” which is a set of legislation that creates nation-wide standards for agriculture and food systems. The current bill was passed in 2018 and will expire at the end of the year. Wendy Johnson and Lisa Held join host Douglas to talk about what is in the 2023 legislation, how the farm bill impacts farmers and the rest of us, and what's at risk if congress doesn't pass the bill. Lisa is Civil Eats' senior staff reporter and has been covering the Farm Bill at length (https://civileats.com/author/lheld/). We speak to her specifically about her piece, “This Farm Bill Could Reshape the Food System. Here Are 10 Proposals at the Center of the Fight.” Wendy is a farmer based in Iowa. She joins us from her farm to talk about her recent op-ed for Civil Eats titled, “Farmers Want Climate Resilience, but GOP Lawmakers Want to Redirect Billions in Conservation Funds.” Wendy Johnson is owner and operator of Jóia Food & Fiber Farm (https://www.joiafoodfarm.com/), a diverse perennial-based farm in northern Iowa growing perennial grains, grazing grassfed sheep and cows and humanely raising poultry and pigs. She started Counting Sheep Sleeping Company to add value to the fiber her 100 percent grass-fed sheep produce. Wendy also co-manages her family's conventional corn and soybean farm. She often speaks and writes about the need for diverse enterprises and people on the land, the intersections of climate change and agriculture, food system inequality, ag policy, and the observations on the lands she cares for. Wendy is currently Climate Land Leaders co-policy lead and spokesperson and provides leadership on several boards and committees furthering the growth of a more diverse and resilient Iowa and Midwest. Lisa Held is Civil Eats' senior staff reporter. Since 2015, she has reported on agriculture and the food system with an eye toward sustainability, equality, and health, and her stories have appeared in publications including The Guardian, The Washington Post, and Mother Jones. In the past, she covered health and wellness and was an editor at Well+Good. She is based in Baltimore and has a master's degree from Columbia University's School of Journalism. On Truth to Power each week, we gather people from around the community to discuss the state of the world, the nation, the state, and the city! It's a community conversation like you won't hear anywhere else! Truth to Power airs every Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 11am, and Sunday at 4pm on Louisville's grassroots, community radio station, Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP and live streams at http://forwardradio.org

Those of you who have been following our social media over the course of the last few weeks, or who subscribe to our newsletter have heard about the Soil & Health Forum hosted at Tara Firma Farms in Petaluma on September 16, 2023. It was an incredible gathering of like-minded individuals who are pushing for real change. Each person in attendance was and is dedicated to soil and to health. We felt the quiet prayers of Wendy Johnson who led the opening ceremonies, and even tasted the life-giving force of apples grown on the farm as the day began.Enjoy two sessions from the many offered that day, in this week's audio only presentation. You'll hear from Starhawk on Permaculture and from Brock Dolman on California Watershed issues and progress. For those that are interested in reviewing the complete video presentations from the day, please visit: https://soilandhealthforum.org. There you can review 2022 video presenations, and should soon be able to access the curriculum from this weekend's event, including the presentation that Corinna Bellizzi led with Beth Craig, former guest on Care More Be Better. Stay tuned in future weeks for additional content from the forum, and possibly interviews from the presenters, hopefully including Starhawk and Brock Dolman.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://caremorebebetter.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebetter Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability PodcastCare More Be Better answers only to our collective conscience and aims to put more good into the world. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show: https://caremorebebetter.com/donate.

Wendy Johnson joins us at the kitchen table to talk about her farm (Joia Food Farm) her farm journey and her joy of growing local food.   We explore Kernza, the new, perennial grain that Wendy is trialing on her farm and helping to introduce to the market.    Donna gives a history of perennial grain breeding at the Land Institute by Wes Jackson and her experience in baking with Kernza.   Wendy  talks about her sheep flock, how sheep are integrated into the crop and grazing rotation at Joia Farm and her marketing of the wool through her company Counting Sheep Sleep Company.  

06/18/2023, Wendy Johnson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. In this time of climate challenge and unrest, the engaged practice of Dharma and Ecology offers a grounded response.

Caring for senior animals can be a challenging, but immensely rewarding experience. Here's how Wendy Johnson started her path on this type of rescue.

Join me as I speak with Wendy Johnson, author and founder of Heal, where she shares her personal journey with sexual abuse and the pivotal moment when she faced her fears and broke the silence and the cycle that plagued her life. Wendy shares how to handle resistance from family and break the secrecy that surrounds sexual abuse, allowing the survivor to get the help and treatment they need. Wendy shares trusted resources that provide sexual abuse survivors with new life skills to help them overcome their past, stop the abuse from continuing, and tap into their potential and create hope and healing.

On the fourth night of Winter Practice Period sesshin, Sensei Wendy Johnson explores Case 89 of The Book of Serenity, “Dongshan's “Place of No Grass.””

@artivizmUpcoming book: The Ecology Cure: A Doctor's Prescription for Healing the Earth and OurselvesThe scene:We are in Chupadero, New Mexico sitting on Wendy's large “portal” (porch) overlooking an orchard and the acequia (canal) that was built in 1876. Wendy and I just met in person for the first time. She is kind and straightforward and accommodating - and her eyes are full of joy. She has a vibrancy and energy about her that permeates the stories of her life adventures from politics to public health and Chile to Mozambique. Join us holobionts to learn about Wendy's “place” and her adventurous journey toward it.Highlights:+ New Mexico is in the middle of a 1200-year drought+ The acequia used to have water from March through June (it's dry now)+ Humans forgot (300+ years ago) that they already are nature+ Re-wilding feels like a privilege+ We have lost our connection to place+ Humans are part of an ecosystem and our bodies are also ecosystems+ The Gaia theory: earth is a sentient organism and humans are the microbiome of the earth+ Holobiont: all the symbiotic relationships in our bodies required for us to live+ We can't be healthy when earth's ecosystem is unhealthy+ Italian family, from Ohio, schooled at Ohio State and a year in Chile+ Went to med school to do politics better+ The people who are creating health policies are career politicians - not doctors+ Doing a job to get the knowledge+ Worked in Mozambique Africa helping scale up HIV treatment+ Involved in the American Public Health Association+ Worked with Doctors for Global Health - volunteerism, “liberation medicine” in marginalized countries, solidarity (not charity)+ Jack Geiger - started the community health center movement, currently 1200 centers nationally+ “The social determinants of health” - holistic considerations for what affects health i.e. stable housing, etc.+ She became the Cleveland Medical Director for the City Health Dept.+ Obtained her Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins while also holding that position (hero!)+ Still (technically) a professor at the University of Washington Dept. of Global Health (Seattle)+ What medical school teaches doctors addresses 20% of what we need to be healthy+ If you're going to be a good doctor, you've got to get involved in political issues+ We share much of our DNA with trees+ Being connected to PLACE and not reducing it to a resource for extraction+ Creating a healthy society can be intuitive if you start from a place of revitalizing relationship+ The ethic of and commitment to community+ Buddhist-ish but not a club joiner+ Walking away from a relationship if it means not becoming who you need to be+ Women become invisible around 40 to 50 years old and up - in a great way+ Thank you for connecting us Mariel Nanasi! (See her interview)A taste:“If you're really connected to a place, if you're really connected to a community of people - and of non-human people, then you're going to have a whole different idea of what you're willing to do to preserve it, [...] and not just see it as a resource for your pleasure, or something to be extracted.”Favorite sayings:“Medicine is a social science and politics is just medicine on a large scale.” - Rudolph Virchow“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve or save the world and a desire to enjoy or savor the world.  This makes it hard to plan the day.” - EB WhiteSupport the showThank you for listening! Please subscribe to support this project.All episodes also available on sagewlf.com xoxo

Sensei Wendy Johnson gives a characteristically energizing, inspiring, and poetic talk on ecology and Dharma practice. She discusses the process and practice of planting and harvesting Upaya's garden this past year and the relationship she and Upaya have built with indigenous knowledge holders like Roxanne Swentzell and her family over time. Dharma practice, Sensei Wendy insists, […]

Despite increased requirements and encouragements to track what we do and how we do it in different areas of our lives, from job performance to sleep and diet, evidence suggests that constant tracking might not help that much with health and well-being and instead might have dire social consequences. Johnson uses human intelligence, which has been the object of efforts to track for more than 100 years, as an example of tracking's social consequences. The author suggests the potential for tracking activities to lead society into a dystopian future, much like the one portrayed in Huxley's Brave New World.   Robert Goldstone of the Percepts and Concepts Laboratory at Indiana University and editor of the APS journal Current Directions in Psychological Science interviews Wendy Johnson, Professor in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.

Upaya Zen Center welcomes beloved Buddhist author and visionary activist/scholar, Joanna Macy, to address our Socially Engaged Buddhist Training Program, along with the extended Upaya world community. With her are close colleagues Roshi Joan Halifax, Stephanie Kaza and Wendy Johnson. In this challenging time of unresolved war and environmental crisis, Joanna Macy's work is informed […]

Upaya Zen Center welcomes beloved Buddhist author and visionary activist/scholar, Joanna Macy, to address our Socially Engaged Buddhist Training Program, along with the extended Upaya world community. With her are close colleagues Roshi Joan Halifax, Stephanie Kaza and Wendy Johnson. In this challenging time of unresolved war and environmental crisis, Joanna Macy's work is informed […]

Welcome to the very first episode of season 2! Today we're on the other side of the microphone as Wendy Johnson who we talked to all the way back in S1:Ep11 is on the Zoom to interview us. She's asking her own questions plus some of yours, getting answers about Arlene's alternate life plan, weird things Caite has done for weird reasons, Alie Ward of the Ologies podcast, and a lot more.

08/28/2022, Wendy Johnson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Wendy reflects on the Dharma of farming and shares principles by which to practice.

Teiwa sculptor Roxanne Swentzell hasn't owned a refrigerator for 26 years and reminds us that humans have lived without refrigerators for much longer than they've lived with them. It turns out that when we're mindful of the way we prepare, store, and consume food, we really don't need them. “Nothing is closer to us than […]

Sensei Wendy Johnson reflects with the sangha on Stephanie Kaza's talk, Dharma and Ecology, and tells a story about joining other faith leaders at Standing Rock in North Dakota to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery. To access the resources page for this program, please sign up by clicking here.

This week Kent and Liz talk with Wendy Johnson.

Series Description: Upaya Zen Center's Planting Life is a yearly program grounded in the fields of environmental activism, engaged spiritual practice, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Planting Life: Learning from Traditional Ecological Knowledges and Cultivating the Dharma (2022) opens  with an introductory teaching on Dharma and Ecology and Systems Theory by Stephanie Kaza, PhD, author of Green Buddhism and […]

We're on vacation for the month, so we're bringing back some of our early episodes.

Sensei Wendy Johnson kicks off Upaya's Planting Life 2022 with this talk on disintegration, growth, and persistence. “When human codes and established organizing principles are no longer valid, then only disintegration may allow for a more adaptive and resilient sense of inner-being to emerge from calamity.” With these words, Sensei Wendy Johnson, author of Gardening […]

Caring for senior animals can be a challenging, but immensely rewarding experience. Here's how Wendy Johnson started her path on this type of rescue. For more information go to A Touching Tribute to the Rescue That Doesn't Say No (mercola.com)

Sensei Wendy Johnson instructs us in the art of forming a zen altar. In her characteristic poetic style, Wendy talks about the elements that make up a Zen altar, sharing stories and photos of altars that she's created or encountered throughout her Zen practice. Wendy invites us to see the  components of a Zen altar, such […]

The Fourteen Precepts of the Order of Interbeing were first written and transmitted by Vietnamese Zen Master and poet, Thich Nhat Hanh, in 1964; this Dharma talk celebrates the ongoing engaged Buddhist tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh who died this January, 2022, after living in vow as a zen monk for more than 80 years. 04/10/2022, Wendy Johnson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

For a Sunday out on the farm, enjoy the 27th annual Harvest Fair.  In this podcast episode, Wendy Johnson, the executive director of the Fair's organizer -- Friends of the Farms -- is here to tell us about it. It's on Sunday September 28 from 11am to 5pm at the Johnson Farm, on Miller Bay Rd south of High School Rd. Imagine an event with treats like these:  - Listen to six live local bands  - Enjoy apple cider fresh from the fair orchard  - Shop at the farm stand for fresh, local produce  - Attend a seminar on local food topics  - Enjoy yummy food with a focus on “local”  - Talk with local master gardeners  - Sample local beverages at the beer and wine garden  - Take a tractor or horse-drawn wagon ride  - Enter the pie contest (enter by 11:30 pm)  - For children: Enjoy pony rides, face painting, and ride the land slide  - Join in the Friends of the Farms raffle to win great prizes  - Or simply take in seven hours of sumptuous local food and music while sitting on a hay bale, enjoying a beautiful day in the country Think about the history of this Johnson Farm event.  In 1888, Andrew Johnson purchased 80 acres of farmland on Island Center Hill that produced vegetables, fruit and butter for local residents. Mr. Johnson successfully operated the farm from through the early-20th century. After World War II, his son Harvey introduced grapes, fruits, nut orchards and beekeeping. When Harvey died, neighbors collaborated with the City of Bainbridge Island and the Trust for Public Land to purchase nearly 15 of those acres to preserve them for public agricultural purposes. Sponsors for the event include: Mercury Michael - Bainbridge Homes; Brown Bear Car Wash; Island Cool Frozen Yogurt; Riddell Williams; Ace Hardware; Bainbridge Gardens; Guy Dunn; and local farms: Bainbridge Vineyards, Butler Green Farms, Laughing Crow Farm, and Heyday Farm. Diane Landry and the team from the Sustainable Bainbridge Zero Waste project will be on hand to help everyone compost and recycle, to keep the farmland attractive. The Johnson Farm is at the intersection of Miller Bay Road and Johnsonville Road, one-quarter mile south of the western end of High School Road.  See: https://www.google.com/maps/@47.632297,-122.554227,18z   For more information, viist the Friends of the Farms website at http://friendsofthefarms.org/what-we-do/harvest-fair-2 Credits: BCB host and editor: Barry Peters; BCB intro music: Tim Bird; BCB ferry music: Dogfish Bay Studios; BCB podcast art: artopia creative

Wendy Johnson is the founder of the organic farm and garden program at Green Gulch at the San Francisco Zen Center. She is a lay dharma teacher and author of Gardening at the Dragon's Gate. Wendy is a garden mentor to the Edible Schoolyard program and a College of Marin instructor in the Environmental Landscape program at the Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden project. She speaks to us of how mother earth feeds us—perfectly. 

In today's episode, it's time to catch up on the knitted projects. Plus, an essay by British writer and Druid, Nimue Brown.Shownotes: News & Noteworthy:-contest draw (yarn or spinning fibre) winner - Jennifer, Naamah13. For “On and Off the Needles”:“Off” Projects only today:Irish Coffee, by Thea ColmanYarn: Madelinetosh Chunky, 100% SW merino, aran weight, colourway “Rambler”.Telemark Pullover, by Erika FloryYarn: Gaia's Colours, Pales Twisty DK, colourway “Azur-Ava”.Rae scarf, by Jane Richmond Yarn: Purple Label MCN fingering by Tanis Fiber Arts, in the “Autumn Sun” colourway (September 2011 sock club yarn).Diagonal Lace socks, by Wendy Johnson Yarn: Skinny Bugga, 80/10/10 true fingering, by Sanguine Gryphon, in muted rainbow colourway “Frog-legged Leaf Beetle”. Sedum cardigan, by Jane RichmondYarn: Bernat Roving (single-ply bulky, 80% acrylic/20% wool) in “putty” colourway.A Test knit unnamed cardigan by Carol Feller, to be released next year. Made the one-year sizeYarn: Berocco Vintage Chunky in a pale bright green.Ameliorate fingerless mitts, by Hunter HammersenYarn: Gaia's Colours Fibre Arts, Silkie Sock in the colourway “Lolita”.Hacky Sack Hoodie, by Stef Pulford from the Son of Stitch n' Bitch bookYarn: Cascade Eco Wool, deep charcoal gray, 100% wool. Color Affection, by Vera ValimakiYarn: Fiberphile yarns, MCN luxe sock, 375yards/343metres, in “Stardust” and “Honey Amber”, and Earthly Hues Seedlings sock yarn (MCN), 375yards/343metres) in “Sunshine”.Song - Sora, “Heartwood”The Pagan Corner:Nimue Brown's essay - “Ancestors of Yarn”"I'm not sure when humans started spinning wool from fleece, but it goes back a long way into our history as a species, I assume to our first settling as farmers rather than being nomadic hunter gatherers. Yarn has played a significant part of life since then, as clothing and bedding, decoration, comfort, and art form. It's also traditionally a very female activity, in the western world, although I believe in South America knitting is one of those hard core macho things that men get together to do. Which goes to show that like most gender things it actually has more to do with culture than physicality.Our female ancestors then, for most of human history, were involved with yarn. A woman might be buried with her distaff even. Spinning, weaving, making and mending are traditional women's work. The methods we have, from the spindle and spinning wheels to knitting and crochet also connect us to the people who invented, developed and perfected them. Like so many of our ancestors, the yarn innovators are largely unknown, and there were probably a great many of them.Every woman who passes down this skill to a girl, is part of a huge web of weaving tradition. I learned knitting from my mother, crotchet from the mother of a boyfriend, spinning from several friends, although I'm not very good at it! I learned naalbinding (which might not be how you spell it!) to make traditional Viking socks, which take forever but are stunningly substantial. The wool work doesn't come alone though. Alongside it come the tales of other knitters and crafters, family myths and anecdotes. While the hands are busy, the mind has plenty of room to wander.I find wool work incredibly soothing. If I'm rattled, my mind in chaos and my body weary, then to sit down with wool is one of the best therapies. The rhythm of it is innately soothing. Watching small pieces of creativity form between my fingers is affirming, settling. The stories and inspiration of other wool workers are very much with me, and I feel part of something much bigger than I am. There's a power in weaving, knitting, spinning – the power to take the raw materials of nature and fashion them into something essential for life in a cold climate. Wool for our ancestors must have contributed to survival, a vital part of culture that made human life viable in tough locations.I heard a story once, that Arran sweaters have complex designs because each family had its own pattern. The women made them so that if a drowned sailor washed ashore, they could figure out who he was, who his people were. I can't imagine making a jumper for my man that would mark him as mine in case he died, that must take a certain kind of pragmatic courage.Modern life is full of things that claim to be convenient, but that take far more from us than they give. I know a lot of women who are returning to wool, or learning it anew, because it makes sense to them on an emotional level as well as a practical one. Being able to do the essential things of life matters and in turn makes your life feel more real. Ancestral pursuits like this bring a sense of stability, rootedness and belonging. We need that. In cultures full of uprooted people, in times where continuity and certainty are hard to come by, reaching back into the past makes a lot of sense. The ancestors are all there, behind us. A sense of belonging is a precious thing to have when everything else feels a bit fragile and uncertain. Between climate change and the world economies, and the insane priorities of politicians, life for any aware person is not comfortable, even in our relatively insulated western world.The wool tribe is there, for anyone willing to pick up the threads and find out how to make them. Your grandmothers will have done it, and your great grandmothers. The odds are you had some distant grandfathers who kept or sheared sheep, too. Go back far enough and most of us have that, in fact. The threads of wool can also be threads of continuity, safety lines to remind us of where we came from and how we connect to the other creatures, and to the earth. We can bind our own stories into the wool."Anyone interested in a deeper look at ancestry, from an overtly Druid perspective, is invited to pick up a copy of Nimue's new book, Druidry and the Ancestors.  She blogs most days at Druidlife