From The Hive

Though our walk through the Hive's domains is complete, the Hive from Home series continues with a conversation between Alice Connor and Troy Bronsink! Alice and Troy chat about the Enneagram and an upcoming Enneagram course that they're facilitating. Alice Connor is an Episcopal priest, Enneagram teacher, author, and campus minister.  Find out more about our upcoming course, "The Enneagram for Spiritual Formation: Clarity for Chaotic Times" here!  You can find out more about Alice's work as an author here. And learn more about the community Alice pastors here.  Huge thanks to Michael Hester for the beautiful music you hear in this podcast. Michael is a multi-instrumentalist and producer creating in the Midwest. You can find his music here.

In this weeks episode, Troy chats with his good friend and colleague Daniel Hughes about collective action. Daniel Hughes is an abolitionist, pastor, and Hive facilitator. In turbulent times, Troy and Daniel's work together in cultivating mindfulness around antiracism has been a gift to the Hive community and beyond. We hope you'll enjoy their conversation. You can learn more about Daniel's faith community and their work in Price Hill, Cincinnati here! Also, follow along with Daniel on Facebook here. Huge thanks to Michael Hester for the beautiful music you hear in this podcast. Michael is a multi-instrumentalist and producer creating in the Midwest. You can find his music here.  

In this weeks episode, we hear from Jeffrey Miller- longtime Hive member and local chef! Troy and Jeffrey have a fun conversation about the Mapping Tools domain, the Hive community during the pandemic, and Jeffrey's new ghost kitchen, Parts and Labor! You can learn more and order food from Jeffrey's ghost kitchen, Parts and Labor, here. Huge thanks to Michael Hester for the beautiful music you hear in this podcast. Michael is a multi-instrumentalist and producer creating in the Midwest. You can find his music here. 

In this week's episode, Cassandra and Troy chat about her experience with the "Creative Expression" domain at the Hive. Cassandra is an artist with a robust inner-life, and she shows that by the way she describes creativity and mindfulness with resonating clarity.  Cassandra is doing incredible work as an LGBTQIA+ wedding and elopement photographer. Find out more about her work here. Huge thanks to Michael Hester for the beautiful music you hear in this podcast. Michael is a multi-instrumentalist and producer creating in the Midwest. You can find his music here. 

In this week's episode, Dominique Brown chats with Troy about her experience with the "Body" domain at the Hive. Her experiences in body classes have helped her learn a new way of "knowing beyond words" as she seeks to listen to her body, and she invites us to join her on that journey. Dominique is a holistic educator, womanist, contemplative, and cultural worker. Her educational practice and community work are deeply rooted in values centering collective wellbeing. She is now pursuing doctoral research in womanist spirituality and contemplative education in the EDL program at Miami University. To learn more about Dominique and her work, visit her website at: https://dominiquemariebrown.wordpress.com/ Huge thanks to Michael Hester for the beautiful music you hear in this podcast. Michael is a multi-instrumentalist and producer creating in the Midwest. You can find his music here. 

In this week's episode, Troy interviews Tina Hubert- a longtime Hive member raising a family and working in a local church while staying committed to contemplative practice. Tina shares about her introduction to the Hive, and how contemplative practice has served her through difficult seasons in her life. Find out more about Troy Bronsink's upcoming class, "How Do I Start Meditating" here. Huge thanks to Michael Hester for the beautiful music you hear in this podcast. Michael is a multi-instrumentalist and producer creating in the Midwest. You can find his music here. 

In this week's episode, LaShanda Sugg, longtime Hive member and professional healer, shares about her experience with the Hive and shares about the importance of "Healing Work", one of the domains Hive classes are in. Huge thanks to Michael Hester for the beautiful music you hear in this podcast. Michael is a multi-instrumentalist and producer creating in the Midwest. You can find his music here.

From the Hive is back! In the introduction to this miniseries, Hive director Troy Bronsink and Hive intern Chris LaRue chat about the 6 domains of the Hive that will be informing each coming conversation in the series.   Huge thanks to Michael Hester for the beautiful music you hear in this podcast. Michael is a multi-instrumentalist and producer creating in the Midwest. You can find his music here.  

From the Hive is a contemplative space where meditative practice meets mindful everyday living. This is a pocket practice with Aziza Love. If this sparks an interest check out the entire conversation on episode 23.

Aziza Love – aka Alexis Thompson – is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who is the songstress of TRIIIBE, a group of artists exploring ideas through collaboration. For the past four years TRIIIBE has been working on performance, film and photography projects. Much of TRIIIBE's work reveal observations on identity and the politics of identity. Check them out at facebook.com/TRIIIBEworldwide You can also check out Aziza's upcoming class here: eventbrite.com/e/soulstice-movement-meditation-tickets-46773947135 If you don't have time now to listen to everything, feel free to skip ahead to where the meditation begins at 35:00 and then come back later for the conversation. Troy Bronsink is the founder and director of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art & Action. The Hive is a nonprofit located in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati. For $30/month, a Hive member can attend classes and events. If you're interested in this for yourself or would like to sponsor someone else to become a me

From the Hive is a contemplative space where meditative practice meets mindful everyday living. This is a pocket practice with Marthame Sanders. Marthame Sanders is an Atlanta-based dad, artist, and pastor. A graduate of Yale University and the University of Chicago, Marthame has served in ministry as international mission staff, youth director, and solo pastor. aijcast (aijcast.com) is his latest project, seeking to unite his passion for faith, art, and justice. Marthame and his wife, Elizabeth, keep busy parenting their two sons, ages 7 and 11, who are awesome but—let’s be honest—kind of immature. Marthame enjoys writing music, improvising on stage, and the fact that his two sons give him cover to play with Legos®. He will tell anyone who will listen (and some who won’t) about the documentary film series he and Elizabeth produced. Unfortunately, his bragging undermines his “street cred.”

In partnership with Common Change (commonchange.com), The Hive has been producing Common Good Podcast. The third episode of the first season tackled the topics of sabbath and scale and, therefore, was a contribution we wanted to include on the From The Hive podcast. Common Good Podcast (commongood.cc/podcast) is conversations at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the relationship of three scholars who’s life work have shaped and informed one another. Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight are notable thought leaders in their own rights but at this point in there careers their work has begun to shape the others. In fact, their friendship becomes a model for how the common good shows up in local, tangible, relational ways. In the this episode, Walter, Peter and John discuss escaping the rat race and the concept of scale being based in scarcity. You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Fellowship an

The Host of From The Hive shares a practice inspired by a recent class at The Hive, his teacher James Finley and Meister Eckhart.

From the Hive is a contemplative space where meditative practice meets mindful everyday living. Each episode has two parts, a conversation and a guided mediation. We are connecting you to various contemplative teachers, hearing their story, and sharing a meditative practice with them. If you don’t have time now to listen to everything, feel free to skip ahead to 25:40 where the meditation begins and then come back later to the conversation. Maia Duerr (maiaduerr.com) is a cultural anthropologist, writer and longtime meditation practitioner. Maia is a business consultant and a Buddhist, who practices in the Soto Zen lineage of Suzuki Roshi. Troy first encountered her through her work with the Tree of Contemplative Practices (see image attached or contemplativemind.org/practices/tree), which is discussed in the interview. She lives at the intersection of entrepreneurship and awareness. Check out her newest book, Work That Matters at any major book retailer. Troy Bronsink is the founder and director of The Hi

From the Hive is a contemplative space where meditative practice meets mindful everyday living. This is a pocket practice with Marsha Foster Boyd. If this sparks an interest check out the entire conversation on episode 22.

Marsha Foster Boyd, PhD, is a proven thought leader in the field of higher education. She spent 25 years as a professor, dean, accrediting officer and school president. A hallmark of her leadership is her passionate focus on bringing people together across boundaries to find new, fertile, not-so-common ground on which to build new relationships and strategies to affect growth in individuals, institutions and in our world. Check out the Bridge Collective (bridgecollective.us) to explore her most recent project. If you don't have time now to listen to everything, feel free to skip ahead to where the meditation begins at 48:00 and then come back later for the conversation. Troy Bronsink is the founder and director of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art & Action. The Hive is a nonprofit located in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati. For $30/month, a Hive member can attend classes and events. If you're interested in this for yourself or would like to sponsor someone else to become a member, you

From the Hive is a contemplative space where meditative practice meets mindful everyday living. This is a pocket practice with LaWanda Thompson. If this sparks an interest check out the entire conversation on episode 21.

LaWanda Thompson is an award winning corporate executive. She is the Founder and President of Sustainable Outcomes LLC, a coaching, business consulting, and leadership development organization specializing in empowering leaders, teams, and companies to make long-lasting, sustainable differences in the world. Her background as a Ph.D. scientist, business leader in a Fortune 100 company, and Master Somatic Leadership Coach has uniquely shaped LaWanda’s professional career. If you don't have time now to listen to everything, feel free to skip ahead to where the meditation begins at 42:00 and then come back later for the conversation. Troy Bronsink is the founder and director of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art & Action. The Hive is a nonprofit located in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati. After nearly 2 years of over 3,000 tickets to classes and events sold, The Hive has released its May/June classes. Go to cincyhive.org/class to check out the offerings. For $30/month, a Hive member can

From the Hive is a contemplative space where meditative practice meets mindful everyday living. This is a pocket practice with Varun Soni. Keaton Nelly provides the drum track. If this sparks an interest check out the entire conversation on episode 20.

Dr. Varun Soni is the Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California (USC) and the first Hindu to serve as the chief religious leader of an American university. Find out more at varunsoni.com If you don't have time now to listen to everything, feel free to skip ahead to where the meditation begins at 38:00 and then come back later for the conversation. Troy Bronsink is the founder and director of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art & Action. The Hive is a nonprofit located in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati. After nearly 2 years of over 3,000 tickets to classes and events sold, The Hive is now announcing its May/June classes. Go to cincyhive.org/class to check out the offerings. For $30/month, a Hive member can attend classes and events. If you're interested in this for yourself or would like to sponsor someone else to become a member, you can find more information at cincyhive.org/membership. We've just launched a new podcast called Common Good Podcast where we int