Earth. Cosmos.

Here’s an interview between Micah Mortali (a nature lover/author of a book titled Rewilding, Meditations, Practices and Skills for Awakening) and Colonel Mark T. Vande Hei, astronaut and recent meditator.

My curiousity took to the wind when I heard Vande Hei say he’d never seen the stars from the space station until his second tour during his meditation. His first tour, he never bun-geed himself into a window frame, turned out all the lights and sat in stillness. His first tour, six months long, he stayed on a schedule of workouts and work. His life changed in many ways during the second, 12 month long, tour. He worried less about time management, though he still managed his time. He missed wind. He missed the feel of sand under his feet.

Our bodies are designed for earth conditions, he pointed out in the interview. I haven’t read Mortali’s book, but I’m curious about his nature meditation practice.

Earth. Meditation.

My friend, Tess Callahan, leads meditations. She’s studied with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield among other amazing teachers. She’s a writer, too.

This is a link to a powerful meditation Tess leads about solstice and the earth.

I recommend listening.

It could have an unexpected impact on you. It did on me. : )