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MIND-BODY-SPIRIT We Are the Field: Shaping Collective Coherence ................................................................................9 By Ruslana Remennikova
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CULTIVATING COMPASSION Literature, Tattoos and Resistance .....................................................................................................11 By Laura Wright; edited by Cam MacQueen :KDW:H&DQ/HDUQ)URP/LWHUDU\*LDQW7RQL0RUULVRQ :KHQ$Q$ZDUG:LQQLQJ:ULWHURI Fiction Takes On Fascism ..................................................................................................................36 By Cam MacQueen ASTROLOGICAL INSIGHTS )DOO 7KH3DVW,PSDFWV<RXU)XWXUH By Misty Kuceris TO YOUR HEALTH Get Connected with Grounding .........................................................................................................18 By Annie Larson GREEN NEWS & VIEWS 5HWXUQLQJWRWKH2UFKDUG $5HJHQHUDWLYH6WRU\RI/LIH'HDWKDQG5HQHZDO By Michael Judd ON THE PATH 5HFODLPLQJ5DGLDQFH +RZ:RPHQ2YHU&DQ5HVHW5HDOLJQDQG5HFUHDWH7KHLU6RXO/HG/LIH By Carla Salteris BUILDING COMMUNITY (QHUJ\+HDOLQJIRUWKH/DQGDQGWKH3HRSOH,Q:DVKLQJWRQ'& By Rory Duff ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL JUSTICE %H\RQG7KRXJKWVDQG3UD\HUV &OLPDWH&DWDVWURSKHVDV7HDFKDEOH0RPHQWV By Paul Rogat Loeb GREEN NEWS & VIEWS 3ODQWLQJD1XWW\)XWXUH +RZ6LOYR&XOWXUH,V&XOWLYDWLQJ5HVLOLHQFHLQWKH0LG$WODQWLF By Taylor Logsdon WASHINGTON GARDENER 0XOFKLQJ7LSV By Kathy Jentz HERB CORNER Aromatherapy Healing Wand for Calm and Well-Being ..................................................................64 By Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman
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the door to a new kind of conversation about how we can relate, regulate, and perhaps, heal — literally together. At the same time, studies of large- scale group meditation have uncovered FRPSHOOLQJRXWFRPHV'XULQJPRPHQWV RI V\QFKURQL]HG SUDFWLFH HVSHFLDOO\ GXULQJ JOREDOO\ RUJDQL]HG HYHQWV re- searchers observed measurable drops in crime rates, violence, and even emer- JHQF\FDOOV 2UPH-RKQVRQHWDO The causes are still debated, but the SDWWHUQV DUH GL̇ FXOW WR GLVPLVV &RXOG IRFXVHGFROOHFWLYHLQWHQWLRQKDYHH̆ HFWV that ripple beyond the individuals par- ticipating? Some researchers think so. They suggest
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during pregnancy, each sharing a meal but also an act of care that cre- DWHVDWDQJLEOH¿HOGRIVXSSRUWDURXQGKHU6LPLODUO\QHLJKERUKRRG block parties and mutual aid networks quietly weave webs of connec- tion and intention, strengthening the social fabric. What started as a study of one-to-one resonance now opens the door to a more radical idea: human beings, when attuned together, might generate coherence across entire communities — even global QHWZRUNVRILQWHQWLRQ'UDZLQJIURPELR¿HOGVFLHQFHV\VWHPVWKHR - ry, and research on social entrainment, we explore a bold possibility where the space between us might not just connect, but become a cru- FLEOHFDWDO\]LQJHYROXWLRQ Collective Coherence in Research and Ritual ,Q UHFHQW \HDUV VFLHQFH KDV EHJXQ WR FDWFK XS ZLWK ZKDW PDQ\ wisdom traditions have long sensed — that an energetic awaken- ing occurs when people come into sync, bridging the emotional and SK\VLRORJLFDOLQDXQL¿HGUK\WKP6WXGLHVIURPLQVWLWXWLRQVOLNHWKH +HDUW0DWK ,QVWLWXWH VKRZ ZKHQ JURXSV PHGLWDWH WRJHWKHU RU SUDF - tice steady, heart-focused breathing, their heart rhythms begin to align. This isn’t a metaphor — it’s measurable. Scientists track this DOLJQPHQWXVLQJDPDUNHUFDOOHGKHDUWUDWHYDULDELOLW\ +59 DVXE - WOHUK\WKPWKDWUHÀHFWVKRZZHOOWKHERG\EDODQFHVVWUHVVDQGFDOP :KHQ+59SDWWHUQVEHJLQWRV\QFKURQL]HDFURVVSHRSOHLW suggests a deeper process at work — something collective, rhythmic, and pro- IRXQGO\KXPDQ 0F&UDW\ And it’s not just meditation that brings us into sync. Research shows even simple group activities — like singing in unison or drum-
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