Michael

“The Satipatthana Sutta, the discourse on the four foundations of mindfulness, supports a direct relationship to earth: A Noble One examines and reflects on this very body in whatever position it remains or is placed, as composed of the primary elements: There are in this body only the earth element, the water element, the fire element, and the air element. The invitation here is to deconstruct the experience of the walking and movement meditation into the four primary elements universal in the material world.”
― Larry Yang, Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community

“As practice expands from the personal to the collective, from the internal to the external, from the particular to the universal, it comes to embody the value of inclusion of all things, of all people, of all differences. All of our experiences are invited and belong; none of us is marginalized or excluded. In this way, we are being invited to create beautiful and Beloved Communities.”
― Larry Yang, Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community

“We do not move and walk on the earth; we are earth that moves and walks with the whole — regardless of the extent of our physical abilities.”
― Larry Yang, Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community

“At EBMC we don’t always have the space to accommodate everyone to do movement or walking meditation inside the facility, so we do it on the sidewalk — moving on the pavement in a slow pace that supports mindfulness.”
― Larry Yang, Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community