Episode 3: Nature as a Healer

Episode 3 of the Home Ground Audio Journey, Take The Space

Home Ground, a creative collective dedicated to empowering women in the justice system through creativity, is excited to share the new episode of Take the Space.

Nature as a Healer will be available on Wellington Access Radio 6pm on Tuesday 11th of March 2025.

The Home Ground Collective, a community of artists (inside and outside of prison), uses dance, performance, writing, music, and visual arts to address the issues women and whānau face within the justice system. This project gives voice to women reclaiming their identities and navigating systemic challenges in creative ways.

Take the Space invites you into a world where the voices of women impacted by the justice system are heard, valued, and amplified. In this audio journey, the Home Ground Collective shares their stories of survival, strength, and creativity, taking control of their own narratives and shaping the future of the justice system.

Nature as a Healer

This episode we hear from Super Narni – our incredible collaborator and creator, Narni inspires us all with her healing powers and bravery. A talented weaver of harakeke and dream catchers, Narni has been working with us for four years. A gentle warning that this episode deals with grief. Dive into this episode as an audio listening experience, she has recorded sound in spaces that she loves, that nurture her and her whānau, while sharing her creative writing.

Call to Action

Our call to action this week is to go out and explore the sounds in nature all around you, find that magic space, the sea, the wind, the trees, and sit, collect the sound and breathe…..

✨✨✨find your space, find your magic ✨✨✨

Why "Take the Space" Matters

The Home Ground Podcast aims to amplify voices that are often overlooked in the mainstream conversation about justice reform. Through this podcast, the Home Ground Collective is creating a platform for women who have been incarcerated or impacted by the justice system to speak for themselves, tell their stories, and reclaim their narrative. With each episode, listeners will hear how the arts — in all its forms — are used as tools for healing, empowerment, and social change.

“We are telling our stories on our own terms, in our own voices,” says a Home Ground participant. “It’s time for us to take the space that has always been ours, and to invite others to join us in creating a more just and compassionate world.”