From the Practice
“We live in a culture that prioritizes spring and summer, celebrates growth, productivity, high yields. We have mostly forgotten how to slow down or to rest.”
“Attuning to the stillness that’s so often present in winter, observe how little life stirs, how quietly the trees stand frozen in place.”
“Be present to what the outer stillness evokes within you and how it supports an inner quietude.”
“In what ways can your inner landscape and the terrain of your life reflect more the qualities and temper of this season—quiet, fallow, still, reflective … ”
This is a meditation featured in Mark Coleman’s new book, A Field Guide to Nature Meditation: 52 Mindfulness Practices for Joy, Wisdom and Wonder.
