When we hold our grief inside, we may feel isolated. Does pain ever cut you off from other people? Perhaps you think that they do not care about what is causing you pain, whether that is injustice, climate change, animal exploitation, extinction or another trouble happening in our world, to…

Imagine an egg. You could hold it in your hand, smooth, heavy and warm. An egg is the promise of new life, youth and renewal. It could break so easily, but its design is a marvel. …

Metta meditation for the ecological self and the Earth — How might people grow their concept and experience of self to include more of the living world? Doing so increases the joy and meaning in our lives, and can improve interactions with other humans and with the more-than-human world, creating ripples of change. An attitude of kindness supports expansion of…

Our breath connects us with all that lives on the earth. — The air we breathe is vibrant with life. It travels as wind across oceans and continents, and is endlessly created and recreated with each of us breathing, the plants, animals, the soils and seas. Sky and air are part of the Earth, held by gravity, created by living ecosystems. …

Grounding is a practice of becoming aware of the Earth’s support and drawing strength from it — Right now, your body is supported by the Earth. Even if this is indirect, through a chair or a bed or a surface several floors above ground, all ultimately rest upon the Earth. The support speaks to your feet, hips, spine and skull. It wraps your muscles and organs. Gravity…

We underestimate ourselves — Arne Naess The Earth is our larger body, and our larger mind. When we breathe, we are part of the Earth breathing: the exchange of air among trees and soils, winds and oceans, animals with fur or wings, on two legs or six. When we eat, we draw energy from the plants…

Gratitude is a response to the gift of being alive on the Earth, supported by the soil and the air — Rooting in the universe, coming home to nature, does not ask of you a long journey. You have already arrived. Here upon the Earth, whether it is a calm day or windswept, you are part of the planet’s life, and blessed with awareness of being here. This recognition is why…

The first essay in a series on finding joy and purpose in nature through developing a regular, personal Deep Ecology practice — You are at home in nature. You are a part of nature and live within it. Breathe in, and you draw air through your lungs, oxygen made by pine forests and ocean algae. Breathe out. You send back carbon dioxide to sea grasses and slow-growing lichens. …

Your body is an astonishing gift created through billions of years of evolution. The human body reaches out through generations across the divisions of species. In attending to our bodies, we draw closer to the truth, our radical interbeing with all life on this beautiful living planet. …