![Fighting for Survival: Lifting Up Indigenous Voices](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Fighting for Survival/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Sarah Abdelrahim
Indigenous peoples play a crucial role in protecting and advocating for global biodiversity. According to the United Nations, there are 370 million Indigenous peoples around the world — almost 5 percent…
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by Jonathan Whittle-Utter
Returning to the question at hand—why a massage therapist would be interested in researching human-elephant communication? The answer relates to the primacy of touch. Touch is the primal arena of connection…
Read more![Touched by an Elephant, Part 2](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Field Notes/Touched by an Elephant/Elephant%20Touch%20Thumb%202.1900ee35.jpg)
by Jonathan Whittle-Utter
The sanctuary rests in an open jungle valley in the remote Mondulkiri province of Northeast Cambodia. Like the rest of the country, Mondulkiri is undergoing rampant deforestation, a tremendous threat to…
Read more![Touched by an Elephant, Part 1](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Field Notes/Touched by an Elephant/Elephant%20Touch%20Thumb%201.1900ee35.jpg)
by Jonathan Whittle-Utter
About three years ago I decided pursue a PhD in somatic psychology. I'd spent the last few years establishing a healthy massage therapy practice in Los Angeles, and although the bodywork was rewarding…
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