Becoming the Medicine: A Kinship Praxis Session with the Nesting AmbassadorProgram
Peek inside a Kinship Praxis Session for the Nesting Ambassador Program
Take a peek into the Kinship Praxis training aspect of the Nesting Ambassador Program where trainees learn embodied wisdom weaving, noticing and naming mindfulness practices, and tending the nest strategies with trauma-responsive, compassionate care. In this short video, you learn about the often-missing cultural context of nesting from Lisa Reagan.
Become a Nesting Ambassador. The Nesting Ambassador Program is based on the award-winning holistic science of the Evolved Nest, by Darcia Narvaez. Accepting applications for the spring 2027 Cohort beginning January 9: https://nestedworld.org/nesting-ambassadors/
Learn more about Lisa Reagan’s insights into Kinship Praxis over two decades: https://kindredmedia.org/author/lisa-reagan/
Learn more about Kinship Praxis: https://kindredmedia.org/glossary/kinship-praxis/
Kinship Praxis is the embodied, regenerative application of Evolved Nest science and Kinship Worldview in everyday life, relationships, and systems. It bridges the Theory-Praxis Gap by translating developmental, neurobiological, and anthropological evidence—along with Indigenous precepts of relational kinship—into trauma-informed, heart-led actions that nurture secure attachment, nervous system co-regulation, and nested wellbeing for individuals, families, communities, and the living Earth.
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Core Features of Kinship Praxis (for Nesting Ambassadors)
- Trauma-Informed and Regenerative: Practices prioritize safety, choice, consent, and co-regulation first (e.g., through worldview literacy, nature connection, restorative healing, and play), while repairing ruptures and building resilience without re-traumatization.
- Relational and Multi-Entity: Actions honor kinship with humans and non-humans—through deep listening, ceremony, positive touch, responsive caregiving, and ecological stewardship—fostering partnership societies rather than domination.
- Practical and Scalable: It manifests in concrete tools, curricula, community applications, policy advocacy, and train-the-trainer models that ambassadors adapt locally, test in the field, and share through communities of practice.
- Heart-Led and Emergent: Guided by the Nested Kinship Pathway, it integrates sensing, presencing, letting go/letting come, and co-creating nurturance ecosystems that align personal healing with collective worldview shifts and systems decolonization.
In the Nesting Ambassador Program, Kinship Praxis is the active, participatory “doing” that closes the gap: ambassadors live, model, teach, and iterate these practices to grow decentralized coalitions of parents, educators, wellness professionals, and cultural creatives—helping birth cultures where the Evolved Nest is the norm and kinship is the guiding ethic. It turns science and ancient wisdom into lived, measurable regenerative change.
The term Kinship Praxis was created by Lisa Reagan, who originally studied, explored, and created Kindred Activism with the Kindred Fellowship Program. KFP worked with global college students for a two year period to gather insights into the practical possibilities of integrating Evovled Nest science into a new form of social and cultural activism.
Also see Nested Kinship, Kinship Worldview, Evolved Nest.