Reconnecting with Mother Nature | Sister True Dedication (Sister Hiến Nghiêm)

Aware of my whole body, I breathe in.

Easing my body, I breathe out.

Aware of body,
Easing body.

Feeling joy to be alive, I breathe in.

Feeling happy, I breathe out.

Joy to be alive,
Feeling happy.

Recognizing the seed of compassion in me,
I breathe in.

Touching compassion in me, I breathe out.

Seed of compassion,
Touching compassion.

Recognizing the seed of anxiety in me,
I breathe in.

Calming the seed of anxiety in me,
I breathe out.

Recognizing anxiety,
Calming anxiety.

Recognizing the seed of loneliness in me,
I breathe in.

Embracing my loneliness with tenderness,
I breathe out.

Recognizing loneliness,
Embracing with tenderness.

Aware that I have a sangha around me,
I breathe in.

Feeling embraced by the sangha,
I breathe out.

Aware of the sangha,
Feeling embraced by the sangha.

Feeling the Earth holding me as I sit here,
I breathe in.

Feeling the Earth accepting and supporting me
just as I am, I breathe out.

Mother Earth holding me,
Mother Earth accepting me.

Aware that the Sun, the stars
and the whole cosmos

are present in every cell of my body,
I breathe in.

Feeling the whole cosmos smiling with me,
I breathe out.

Cosmos present in me,
Smiling.