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Gaian Practices and Rituals

Seven Daily Aspirations
25 Sep 2022

Seven Daily Aspirations

by Bart Everson | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Guest Contributor | 1

Bart Everson shares his daily aspirations: “To live each day to its fullest, without expectation, to be bold, and unpredictable, with good humor, to love humanity, to serve Gaia.”

meditation, wisdom
When You’re Forest Bathing, You’re Never Alone
18 Sep 2022

When You’re Forest Bathing, You’re Never Alone

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Understanding Gaia | 3

A poem and reflection on the many other-than-human forest bathers that are always with you

forest bathing, Gaian Way, nature awareness, wisdom
To Life! (A Gaian Toast)
11 Sep 2022

To Life! (A Gaian Toast)

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 3

It doesn’t get simpler, or deeper, than this.

Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, sustainability, wisdom
Karate-Do: The Official Sport of the Gaian Way
28 Aug 2022

Karate-Do: The Official Sport of the Gaian Way

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 3

No, we don’t really have an official sport, but here’s why karate would be it if we did…

Gaian Way, karate, Prepare, Resilience, wisdom
Don’t Mention Nuclear War
24 Jul 2022

Don’t Mention Nuclear War

by Gaian1 | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Guest Contributor, The Quickening | 7

A 40-year old poem on the impropriety of discussing nuclear war in polite company captures our particular moment exceptionally well.

nuclear, Prepare, Resilience, sustainability, wisdom
Happy Interdependence Day!
4 Jul 2022

Happy Interdependence Day!

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 3

While Independence Day may be an American holiday, Interdependence Day should be a global, and Gaian, holiday!

collapse, consumerism, Gaia, Gaian Way, interdependence, nature awareness
Lyme, Lyme, Go Away, Please Don’t Come Another Day
19 Jun 2022

Lyme, Lyme, Go Away, Please Don’t Come Another Day

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Understanding Gaia | 2

My hopefully brief encounter with, and meditation on, Lyme Disease

Climate Change, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Prepare, Resilience, suffering, wisdom
The Dance of Decluttering
5 Jun 2022

The Dance of Decluttering

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 1

Not as much a Two Step as a 28-step, at least for this “Chaotic Creative.”

consumerism, plenitude, Prepare, Resilience, sustainability, Wheel of the Year, wisdom
Meditations That Might Make You Sweat
31 May 2022

Meditations That Might Make You Sweat

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 2

There’s sometimes a fine line between exercise and meditation. Here are a few exercises that blur that line a bit farther, while connecting you to Gaia a bit further.

Gaia, Gaian Way, meditation, nature awareness
The Pain of Separation
22 May 2022

The Pain of Separation

by Bart Everson | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Guest Contributor, Understanding Gaia | 0

This week’s reflection, by Bart Everson, explores the illusion of separation and how this can be a source of suffering.

breath, Gaia, Gaian Way, Indigeneity, meditation, nature awareness, Science, suffering
Deliberative Democracy and Gaianism: Natural Complements
8 May 2022

Deliberative Democracy and Gaianism: Natural Complements

by Gaian1 | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community, Guest Contributor, Learning from Other Traditions | 1

Tom Prugh explores the overlapping qualities that Deliberative Democracy and the Gaian Way share, and their cross-fertilizing potentialities.

Climate Change, democracy, Gaian Way, governance, Guilds, Prepare, Resilience, wisdom
Nukes Are Environmentalists’ Problems Too
1 May 2022

Nukes Are Environmentalists’ Problems Too

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 5

Why environmentalists should care about nukes and what we can do about them

collapse, Gaian Way, nuclear, Prepare, security, sustainability, wisdom

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