Be Here Now (Var.)
I have been meditating more in recent weeks than I had been for quite some time. It is providing a balance to all the intensity.

I have been meditating more in recent weeks than I had been for quite some time. It is providing a balance to all the intensity.


The goddess serene, the labor of mundane chores, the violence and turmoil of the coup in progress.
I was taught that placing your hand on your thigh palm facing down is the mudra of calm, abiding. I personally find it soothing. So, apparently, does Maitri, who demonstrates another variation.

A friend once suggested that I took photographs to give myself separation. I do gain perspective, as I do from meditation. The chaos will not go away, and our relationship with it can change.

When I emerged from the DC Covid Center after getting the Omnicron booster and meditating for the post-vax waiting period, I emerged and saw this person meditating outside.

As the days get shorter, I am waking in the dark, and the light rises while I do my morning practice.
