Dear Friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today we bring our exploration of the earth element into direct practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the past few days, we have been reflecting on the earth element as solidity, stability, and support, and noticing how these qualities flow through the body as part of the natural world. The practice suggested offers a way to experience this directly, through embodied awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For today’s practice, I invite you to listen to Bonnie Duran’s “Four Elements Instructions: Mindfulness of Earth Element” meditation. (28 minutes) This guided practice uses a gentle, accepting body scan to explore the earth element as it is felt in the body – qualities such as hardness, density, and structure. Moving gradually from head to feet, Bonnie invites awareness of areas like the bones, teeth, and spine, encouraging a simple noticing of whatever sensations are present. There is no need to feel anything in particular, and no experience is considered better than another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout the meditation, we are gently reminded to return to the body whenever the mind wanders, and to meet discomfort, if it arises, with care rather than force. The practice closes with a gratitude-based body scan, offering appreciation to different parts of the body for their ongoing support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You are welcome to engage with the practice in a way that feels steady and easeful for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As you listen, you might notice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I invite you to share a brief reflection after practicing – you can reply to the email or comment below. Reflections often inspire others and help us stay gently engaged as we practice together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tomorrow, we will pause from the elements to cultivate loving-kindness, offering warmth and care to support this month of exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With good wishes, P.S. Bonnie Duran will be one of the teachers of SIMC’s upcoming hybrid daylong retreat, Indigenous Presence: Wisdom Teachings from the Indigenous and Insight Meditation Traditions<\/em>, on January 24, 2026. For more details, please visit the SIMC website: Dear Friends, Today we bring our exploration of the earth element into direct practice. Over the past few days, we have been reflecting on the earth element as solidity, stability, and support, and noticing how these qualities flow through the body as part of the natural world. The practice suggested offers a way to experience this directly, through\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[380],"tags":[383,381,46,382],"class_list":["post-2402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jan-2026","tag-bonnie-duran","tag-earth","tag-elements","tag-meditation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402\/revisions\/2405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Andrea<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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