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
Rest that actually lands - in the body, not just the mind
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 actually lands - in the body, not just the mind
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 actually lands - in the body, not just the mind
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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