These times are like no other in our lifetimes. The challenges are unprecedented, and so many at once. We may quite naturally think, I do not have enough time. And yet our sense of time is intimately connected to the availability of our attention, and our attention, can be consciously directed, or simply pulled around by the flow of external events.

We must consciously decide to create the time to connect and nurture our sense of inner spaciousness.  Otherwise the rush of events will simply carry us along. And so I have created a time and a space for you, for us, to take a bit of refuge from the rush of external events and activities. Though Zoom is a remote connection, it is a connection nevertheless. Despite the magnitude and overwhelming presence of the current social and political changes, we retreat a bit to remember the constant, overarching cycles of the natural forces.

As our part of the planet moves to the winter rhythm of shorter days and longer nights, we can choose to align with the movement of the seasons by moving our attention inward, opening up and reflecting upon the mystery within, and giving ourselves the time and space to simply experience it. 

When we are able to connect with the depths of what we hold within, we encounter new openings. We offer our awareness opportunities for greater sensitivity, greater receptivity, and the space for new insights or understandings to arise.