The Sun, My Heart…

Even though basic for some, I find this book and the following foreword words galvanizing:

“Meditators since the beginning of time have known that they must use their own eyes and the language of their own times to express their insight. Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum. Only when a practitioner finds the spring of wisdom in his or her own life can it flow to future generations. Keeping the torch of wisdom glowing is the work of all of us who know how to clear a path through the forest in order to walk on ahead. Our insight and our language are inseparable from the times in which we live”

-Thich Nhat Hanh

Some inquiries I am sitting with: how do I want to invite others to engage in transformative, mindfulness and somatic practices in a way that is clear and personal yet speaks to our times and honors the teachers and wisdom before us?

One thing I am clear about. Cynicism and avoidance is no longer cool. I am in the mood for heartfelt, expansive engagements and for the practice of joy and rest as a form of resistance. As my teacher, Richard Strozzi says, quoting Woody Guthrie: take it easy, but take it.