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Explore advaya's faculty of teachers, scientists, practitioners, philosophers and storytellers, who share multidimensional, local and diverse narratives from across the world.
Bayo Akomolafe
Sophie Strand
Satish Kumar
Vandana Shiva
Veronica Strang
Manda Scott
Beloved Sara Zaltash
David Abram
Dr Andreas Weber
David Whyte
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Dr. Predrag Slijepcevic
Charles Eisenstein
Aisha Paris Smith
Brontë Velez
Hannah Hooper
Hannah Hooper is a writer, activist, and creative based in the UK.
Hannah Hooper is a writer, activist, and creative based in the UK. Her writing explores kinship, ecology, and what it means to embody interconnectedness with the more-than-human world. She is a regular writer for Advaya, and writes a weekly Substack newsletter covering writing, ecology, and creative explorations: https://hannahhooper.substack.com/
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Are minds confined to brains?
What is possible if our minds are not just limited to being inside our head, or located within our brains? The materialist view has taken precedence in science, but it does not necessarily allow us to explore the nuances of awareness or what it means to be capable of subjective experience. Sheldrake’s argument opens the door to a more expansive understanding, offering unexplored insights into our understanding of consciousness itself.
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Lineage and Legacy
Hannah Hooper reflects on June’s edition of advaya’s Spiritual Ecology Study Club, focused around the theme of lineage and legacy.
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Women and Power: The Journey from Healer to Witch
To re-write the historical discourse, we must shed the layers of suppressions and stories which have shrouded them in flames, and see them for the wise women they truly were.
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Ecological Technologies
Hannah Hooper reflects on September’s edition of advaya’s Spiritual Ecology Study Club, focused around the theme of technology.
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Becoming Edible
Love is transformation. Love is death. Love is breathing. Love is decomposition. Love is making ourselves into something edible. In this essay, Hannah Hooper reflects on becoming edible.
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Presence as the antidote: a participant's reflection
A participant reflection from the midway point of the course Joy and the Body. Hannah Hooper writes: "Give yourself this moment to take the opportunity to listen and simply be. What arises within you? What needs to be honoured? Making space for slowness, presence and compassion is all part of the journey to support us in re-rooting into the ecosystem of our body, our communities, and our sense of self."
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The body as the resource: a participant's reflection
A participant reflection at the end of the course Joy and the Body. Hannah Hooper writes that the body—and our shame—is a door. If we allow ourselves, our bodies and these scars can be a door to a fuller, more joyful life — and choosing pleasure can be the answer.
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Our ecological ancestors: a participant's reflection
A participant reflection from the midway point of the course Tree of Life. Hannah Hooper writes: "Next time you are outside, breathing in the cool morning air, I invite you to consider your ecological kin. They are inextricably woven into the air you breathe and the nourishment you exhale."
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Abundant networks: a participant's reflection
A participant reflection from the ending point of the course Tree of Life, exploring the abundant relationships between human and trees. Hannah Hooper writes: "If we create space to listen to the expressions of plants and land, we might gain a deeper understanding of engaging in the gift economy, embracing shared abundance, and fostering communities of care."
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Discovering the unknown
Hannah Hooper reflects on the search for meaning, amidst a so-called meaning crisis in these shared transitional times. Must the search be such a solitary one? As we navigate the unknown, discovering our selves, can we be led by interconnectedness toward a different kind of meaning, one that is grounded in community, in each other? Hannah weaves together the work of Joanna Macy and George Prochnik, and insights from contemporary Druidism, in this reflection.