Sunrise/Sunset: A Practice for Awakening a Weary Soul

Slipping into Rhythm — With the Earth, the Divine, Your Inner Ground

Join the earth each morning for sunrise and each evening for sunset for one week*. Behold the sky in silence and stillness.

I’m riffing off of Irish poet and theologian John O’Donohue’s advice in this practice.

Make this Practice Your Own - Optional Add-Ons:

• Take a mental picture. Tuck it into your memory to be retrieved as needed.

• Take an actual photo of some of the displays that move you most. The images in this post are images I’ve carried with me.

• At the end of the week, take time to reflect on your experience. How was it to join the earth’s rhythms so intentionally? Is joining these rhythms a practice you’d like to return to?

Add your favorite photo to a place you’ll see it often, maybe your phone or computer wallpaper. And allow it to rekindle the experience occasionally. See if you can settle into the memory for a few moments.

*If this rhythm is not available to you, start by bringing your full attention to one sunset, and see where it goes. There is no right or wrong here.

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