Earth Body: Resonance and Response

What is the relationship between Earth’s vibrancy and our own? How might we sense, even subtly, the dramatic changes underway in the living Earth community? And what is possible when we begin to understand our body as inseparable from Earth’s body, as an extension of our source and home?

EcoDharma Explorations are offered monthly for you to explore a particular aspect of EcoDharma as well as develop a sense of community. In this gathering on April 17, 2022, Natural Dharma Fellowship founding teacher Lama Willa Blythe Baker invited us to commune with our bodies, our planet, and one another — and to allow this communion to support our engaged practice.

The Support of the Five Elements

In this gathering on March 20, 2022, senior teacher in the Triratna Buddhist Community and award-winning author Vimalasara led an embodied inquiry into our relationship with the elements of our bodies and the Earth.

Working with Paradox and Uncertainty in the Anthropocene

In this gathering on February 20, 2022, Awake in the Wild founder and One Earth Sangha guiding teacher Mark Coleman led a heartfelt investigation of how we might hold the pain and joy of the Earth as we practice compassionate engagement.

Connected and Embedded

How can we honor the true impact of our everyday living and embrace our belonging to this world? Susie Harrington of Desert Dharma was our featured guest on December 19, 2021 for this EcoDharma Exploration.

Compassion in Action

In this EcoDharma Exploration on January 23, environmental lawyer Melissa Hoffer offered insight on US environmental policy and how we can bridge the gap between aspiration and action.

Remembering Our Reciprocity with Earth

Man in the forest among the trees

In April 2021, Thanissara, Pennie Opal Plant, and Alison Ehara-Brown led an extended exploration of the mutually enriching traditions of Buddhism and Indigenous wisdom.