Touch the Earth

Touch the Earth

Please touch the earth in mindfulness, in joy and concentration. The earth will heal you and you will heal the earth.

                                                 Thich Nhat Hanh: Touching Peace

The recent wave of engagement in the state of the Earth by young people has made environmental issues a hot topic again. Rightly so! We all need to revise our lifestyle and Reduce, Reuse and Recycle as much as we can. Even the smallest act counts.

Touching the earth in mindfulness is an energising way of showing respect and love to our planet. It heals not only the earth, but yourself as well. Do it while practicing walking meditation or try the “light” version below.

First, find your own walking rhythm, where each in-breath and each out-breath lasts a certain number of steps (normally 3-5 steps). Then continue as follows:

• Breathing in, fill yourself with love and care
• Breathing out, let it flow through your feet into the earth
• Breathing in, feel how the earth’s energy fills you from your feet upwards
• Breathing out, let that energy spread into your whole being.

Enjoy this exchange for a few steps, and know that it is not wasted.