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Walking Meditation: The Practice of Stopping

March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 by heatherlynmann

Walking meditation can be short or long in duration, depending upon the amount of time available. This exercise supports the practice of indoor or outdoor walking meditation for either individuals or groups. It is offered in three parts: opening remarks, middle contemplations, and concluding words. When practicing alone, read the…

#Democracy and #Enlightenment

December 31, 2013 by heatherlynmann

There is a tendency to exchange engaged democracy for passive democracy, to entrust the stewardship of our collective understanding and shared ethic to people who appear to have more knowledge but—in fact—have a limited point of view. We are made of the stuff of earth, evolved by her hand, so…

#WendellBerry: The #Peace of #WildThings

December 29, 2013 by heatherlynmann

When despair grows in me and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron…

#Gratefulness during the #GovernmentShutdown?

October 13, 2013 by heatherlynmann

I can only take so much of the news these days. It is painful to watch our political leaders behaving badly--especially when there is important work being left undone. Citizens of this country are hurting; the global environment is tanking, the world is festering with poverty and injustice, and our…

Stopping. Looking.

May 30, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Where are you on the voyage of earth healing? How have you moved away from a culture of violence, greed, consumption, and indifference toward individual, societal, and planetary well-being? How do you embody peace and healing today? In what way are you still a part of the problem? How can…

Heather Lyn Mann

Walking Meditation: The Practice of Stopping

#Democracy and #Enlightenment

#WendellBerry: The #Peace of #WildThings

#Gratefulness during the #GovernmentShutdown?

Stopping. Looking.

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