FIELD NOTES
Notes from the field Things we’re learning, sitting with, and can’t stop thinking about.
Connection doesn't happen by accident. It needs safety first – a nervous system settled enough to open, a shared experience the body remembers, and a space intentionally designed to hold what doesn't get said out loud.
At RUWT, we design for three things: genuine connection, deep decompression, and the kind of inspiration that comes from slowing down enough to notice. These are our reflections on how we do it.
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On connection
The conditions that make people feel close
DECOMPRESSION
The science of what actually happens when you stop
What the body does with three days in nature - and why the effects last longer than you’d think.
Read on substack
DECOMPRESSION
Why your body needs to exhale before your mind can
On the polyvagal theory of safety - and why the nervous system must settle before anything real can happen.
Read on substack
DECOMPRESSION
The case for doing nothing - properly
Jenny Odell argued for it. we are living it. On reclaiming attention as a radical act.
Read on substack
On decompression
Rest that lands -- in the mind, not just the body
DECOMPRESSION
The science of what actually happens when you stop
What the body does with three days in nature - and why the effects last longer than you’d think.
Read on substack
DECOMPRESSION
Why your body needs to exhale before your mind can
On the polyvagal theory of safety - and why the nervous system must settle before anything real can happen.
Read on substack
DECOMPRESSION
The case for doing nothing - properly
Jenny Odell argued for it. we are living it. On reclaiming attention as a radical act.
Read on substack
On inspiration
Details and environments that unlock creativity
DECOMPRESSION
The science of what actually happens when you stop
What the body does with three days in nature - and why the effects last longer than you’d think.
Read on substack
DECOMPRESSION
Why your body needs to exhale before your mind can
On the polyvagal theory of safety - and why the nervous system must settle before anything real can happen.
Read on substack
DECOMPRESSION
The case for doing nothing - properly
Jenny Odell argued for it. we are living it. On reclaiming attention as a radical act.
Read on substack
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