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Swaying Ferns – A Five Minute Meditation

One Minute Meditations is an ongoing series of short videos, poems, and commentary intended as a meditation. Offered as an opportunity to step back from your cyber routine and settle into a more natural rhythm, if only for a minute.

Swaying Ferns

Symmetrical fronds

letting the summer breezes

flow freely through them

In this five minute meditation

Allow your body to synchronize with the rhythm of the swaying ferns

At the end of each 1 minute interval, a singing bowl will ring.

Allow the sound to reverberate up and down your spine and throughout your body.

Let the sound bring your body, breath, and mind together into the present moment.

Best viewed in full screen

These videos are produced for those of us who spend an inordinately large amount of time in the cyber-world. They are not a substitute for unplugging from your devices and taking a stroll near trees, water, or a patch of unkempt grass. Getting out into the world - touching, smelling, hearing, and seeing nature is the best way to reconnect with our prime purpose.

What is our prime purpose? We are feeling and sensing machines. We are the universe looking back on itself. We are witness to the wonders and dangers of living in this corner of the cosmos. We are the seekers looking for connection a little further beyond yesterday's borders and boundaries.

But sitting and staring at the screen robs us of the sustenance that we rely upon for wonder and sanity. These videos are an opportunity to bring the sensations of nature to you, while you're in the cyber-world. Its an opportunity to relax your gaze, resettle your posture, and regain some depth in your breath. Listen and watch the video and allow your self to open up and recharge.

Most of these are best viewed in full screen

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