I have been thinking about how I’d like to feast and what I would like from these 40 days of practice.
I miss a really great Yin yoga class I used to get to on Sunday afternoons and would like to go again sometime in the 40 days.
I miss sitting with other people and would like to reconnect with the Insight Meditation Center (very close to me in Redwood City) and attend a few Sunday morning or evening sits.
When I sit at home I would like to sit for 40-minutes. Usually, I sit for about 20-minutes. I’d like to see if it’s a much different experience for me.
With art I have been thinking about practicing to making art everyday. It’s been a really long time since I was collaging ever day. I remember it being a really powerful experience for me.
I have been studying Reiki and consider it a form of “prayer”. I don’t yet have a regular self-Reiki practice so am thinking I could bring this to the feast. Not sure what this might look like.
When I emailed out to everyone sharing about the feast, someone shared about a project called the Golden Thread, http://www.dergoldenefaden.info/proj_e.html, it’s a 3-minute meditation to do for the world. I don’t usually do practices like this and would like to bring this one into each of my days.
I feel myself drawn to the “acts of kindness” part of the feast and the truth is I’m not sure what this one would look like for me. So, I think I’d like to bring this one in as an inquiry. To ask myself each day, what might acts of kindness look like towards myself and others and then see what unfolds with it.
It’s so supportive for me to put things into writing (like the journaling part of the feast). Brings clarity, understanding and inspiration.
-Ryl