In this Episode, Joanna Tomkins reads from the book "Active Hope" by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone to introduce the Spiral of the Work That Reconnects. The rich and broad knowledge of the work has been condensed into this incredibly simple structure upon which all the practices of the Work That Reconnects depend. It goes through the four following stages: 1) Coming from Gratitude 2) Honouring our Pain for the World 3) Seeing with New (or Ancient) Eyes 4) Going Forth In the following Episodes, 7 to 10, she will introduce a practice for each of these stages. This is Gaia Speaking, Thanks for Listening!