EarthRising Podcast
EarthRising is a podcast about connecting to our planet through the arts, spirituality, and conservation. We will explore how to be in greater connection with the natural world in order to benefit our mental and emotional well being. Show guests will include artists, authors, spiritual teachers, and guardians of the natural world. By listening to their stories, we will learn how they honor the environment through their insights, service and actions. In turn, we may gain insights about how to be better stewards of the earth. This podcast will aim to create a framework to weave together various art forms, spiritual thought, and environmental conservation throughout the episodes. This will reveal universal themes that encourage self-growth, community empowerment, and environmental stewardship for those who feel called to take action on behalf of the planet. With your host Erin Haley
EarthRising Podcast
Touching Sacred Earth through Expressive Arts and Spiritual Practice with Christine Valters Paintner
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Erin Haley
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Season 1
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Episode 6
Christine Valters Paintner has spent her career and life as a Benedictine oblate exploring the link between the disciplines of making art and having a spiritual practice. We contemplate how these two disciplines provide an access point for relating to the natural world and deepening our relationship to Earth, while activating our imagination and relationship to mystery.
Christine also shares what it can mean to slow down and cultivate a contemplative practice in the midst of our busy lives, including some practical ideas and insights for how to do this. She is also a poet and we end the interview with an offering from her writings.