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Blogs about mindfulness, connection and the experience of being imperfectly human
If we surrendered
to earth’s intelligence,
we could rise up rooted, like trees
Rainer Maria Rilke
An invitation to consider your own relationship to the land. What might I have to offer? What happens if I pause to listen more? What if I consider that in the same way I benefit from being outside, the beings around me could benefit from my presence? We are not as separate from the Earth as we might believe ourselves to be.
Read moreMost, if not all of us, know the experience of feeling anxious or being in some level of fight, flight or freeze, deadening or collapse. We know what it is like to feel scared, uncertain, worried, agitated, or irritable. Metta meditation can help us experience a feeling of safety and a settled nervous system. This practice is an invitation to connect to feelings of well-being, ease, peace, and happiness for yourself and the world.
Read moreFaith does not mean we never feel anything bad. Having faith means we trust we will be caught. We will make it safely to the bottom even when it feels scary or impossible. Even as we are falling at speeds we did not expect, we trust we are okay.
Read moreCan you imagine a world in which we all know we are loved? What would that world look like? How would we live differently?
Read moreThis is who we are as humans. We have tremendous ability to care about the world around us, the creatures and beings sharing the earth with us, large and small, human and non-human. Sometimes it is easy to forget that, especially when we hear so much about our capacity to do harm and to be heartless.
Read moreI have a place inside me where I want everyone to be perfect. This part of me desires a world full of people who are all light with no darkness, like perfect little angels walking around on earth. In this world, everyone would be nice to each other and no one would ever get hurt. We would all be safe, always.
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