- Webinars
- Grounding in Gratitude
June 13 and 14, 2025 – For the past decade, the WTR Network has been a space where we come together to deepen our work, hold each other through grief and gratitude, and weave a future rooted in connection. On June 13 and 14, we celebrated with a vibrant tapestry of offerings and connection with our global community. Here are the resources and the combined recording of these two events.
Resources shared by our presenters:
Priyanka Sharma runs a practice group (offered on gift economy) on Non-Violent Communication called Growing in Authenticity every Friday from 8 to 9:30 pm IST. Everyone interested in learning to live again in a way that gives and receives from the heart is welcome to join.
Zeinab Benchakroun is offering An Experimental and Authentic Approach to Decolonizing the Work – Full Spiral which runs November 3 through December 1.
Siobhán Friel has a podcast – In Our Nature. You can find that here. If you’d like to connect with Siobhán, she can be reached at hello@siobhanfriel.com.
Aravinda Ananda and Molly Brown spoke about their upcoming book Coming Together In The Great Turning, which is available for pre-order.
Aravinda‘s co-authored book, Coming Together In The Great Turning can be pre-ordered here. Aravinda is also offering a sixth Earth Leadership Cohort – an immersion in the Work That Reconnects for people ages 21-34 is convening this fall in the northeast U.S. The application deadline is June 30.
Barbara Hundshammer can be found here.
Jo delAmor’s book – Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for New Paradigm Parenting can be found here. Jo is offering WTR Spirals for Parents on August 14 and September 4 and Parenting in Tumultuous Times Program, an 8-week program that runs September 18 through November 6.
Margo van Greta’s reading of the Shambala Warrior Mind Training can be found here.
Betti Rooted Lionheart read the poem, We Pollinate the World, she created with Claire Lewis Evans in “Creating a Poem Together: Emotion and Experience into Words”
We Pollinate the World
Poetry rises from the ground; like the Lotus
The Lotus opens briefly and then decays
The Lotus feeds the world, its leaves and petals float away, sinking and creating ground
The white noise of interstate 90 is the background sound of many people’s lives
The neighbor’s dogs barking
The refrigerator hum
The steady constant presence of what seems normal
Normal eroding the edges of our lives and the very life that sustains us
Normal erasing the insights, muffling the joy
Yet sparking moments nevertheless
The moments of gratitude and joy give me something of substance to hold onto
Like the fleeting Lotus, each fiber spiraling out
Sometimes my life feels like it is spiraling out of control
Sometimes life is absolutely spiraling out of control
Even as we breathe
Maybe control is not something to aspire to
Life the traffic on I 90, or the barking dog, we are living together
Together in this intricate web of life, and yet so so alone
Jostling in the world, a single tear opens doors
Coming home to a circle of Community to witness and be witnessed
To water and be fed
To drink and to share
To blossom like a Lotus, even if just briefly
We pollinate the world
Music shared by Jen Myzel
I Believe, I Belong
By Mo Washburn
I Believe
I Belong
To the Earth
I Belong
May my life
Be a Song
May my song
Feed the Earth
River Current
By Jen Myzel
Keep your head above the water my daughter
Keep your head above the water my son
Listen to the wild, wild voice when she calls you
Cause the river current is runnin’ strong
Listen to the wisdom of your body
Listen to the wisdom of your soul
Listen to the wild, wild voice when she calls you
Cause the river current is runnin’ strong
When you made your prayers on the river bank
Angels made a plan
A course for you to follow your dreams
Now the river beckons you in
We Shall Be Known
By MaMuse
We shall be known by the company we keep
By the ones who circle round to tend these fires
We shall be known by the ones who sow and reap
The seeds of change, alive from deep within the earth
It is time now, it is time now that we thrive
It is time we lead ourselves into the well
It is time now, and what a time to be alive
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love
My Heart is Ready
By Cindy Kallet
My Heart is ready and what am I gonna do
My heart is ready and what am I gonna do
My heart is ready and what am I gonna do
Oh God/Lord/Love, what am I gonna do
(Feet, Hands, etc.)
