From the Practice
You can reflect on who you’re practicing on behalf of or who you would like the energy of this practice to flow towards. I call this the pre-Dedication of Merit. I just do the Dedication of Merit upfront just to get clear, who are you practicing for? Who needs the support of this practice? And of course, practicing for the land, practicing for the planet, for our animal siblings and so forth. And of course, this kind of aspiration begins to really open our practice.
Reflecting on how our bodies are indeed expressions of the Earth and how the Earth is indeed expressions of our bodies. Letting our awareness kind of dwell within this profound relationship, this profound connectivity and belonging.
Noticing the saliva in our mouths, the moisture of our eyes, the moisture in our bladders, in our stomachs, in our blood, in our cells, in our tissue. The same water and moisture present within the world around us, and rivers and lakes and oceans and streams, and brooks and rain, water held deep within the Earth. Water circulating through the bodies and the structures of all living organic beings.
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