Guided practices:
Earth Prayer by Thich Nhat Hanh
Guided practices help us to pause, rest, focus and deeply experience the present moment of our life. They support us in coming home to ourselves over and over, so that resting our presence in our body becomes a habit.
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Wishing you much joy and peace in your practice,
With deep gratitude for this path we walk together,
Orlaith
Earth Prayer
This practice has nourished many different circles over the last years: Fresh Morning Sangha, a Turkish circle, a Peaceful Hearts retreat and more...
May Thay’s beautiful invocation help our hearts to become abodes of peace.
As we are together, praying for peace, let us be truly with each other.
Let us pay attention to our breathing.
Let us be relaxed in our bodies and our minds.
Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ourselves.
Let us be aware of the source of being common to us all and to all living things.
Evoking the presence of the Great Compassion, let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.
Let us pray that all living beings realize that they are all brothers and sisters and siblings, all nourished from the same source of life.
Let us pray that we ourselves cease to be the cause of suffering to each other.
Let us plead with ourselves to live in a way which will not deprive other beings of air, water, food, shelter, or the chance to live,
With humility, with awareness of the existence of life, and of the sufferings that are going on around us, let us pray for the establishment of peace in our hearts and on earth.