The Relational Reading Lab is a seasonal space for collective inquiry, a living conversation between text, psyche, and world. Each gathering invites participants to read not only with the intellect but with the whole bodymind, exploring how ideas take root in our emotions, relationships, and ecological belonging. Rather than debating meaning, we listen for resonance, tracing how a book moves through the relational field and what it stirs in our shared imagination. Through dialogue, reflection, and embodied sensemaking, we approach reading as a living system — one that evolves through feedback, difference, and co-creation.

The Relational Reading Lab meets once per season. For the upcoming Winter season, we will read Robert Macfarlane's latest masterpiece, "Is a River Alive?" Please read the book before our collective gathering (a suggested reading outline is posted above). FREE for registered participants of the Understory Project.