From Little Things, Big Things Grow

Each one of us is a little light, but together we are a powerful force to reckon with! Together we ARE MAKING a difference!

This class is a part of our series on how to make the world a better place… We hade global warming, recycling (or more reducing and reusing), saving the oceans, saving the bees, saving endangered species… And in each of those, we raised awareness of the situation and offered solutions too.

In this class specifically, the focus is on each one of us and what little and big things we can do to fix this world a bit.

As much as the first sentence above, this is a bit of a Jewish concept (taken from our holiday of lights called Hanukkah). The belief in Judaism is that the world is broken and that we are here to fix it, it’s called ‘Tikun Olam’ which means fixing the world. And that we can fix it. It can be perfect. We can bring heaven down to earth and it is our communal duty to do this, to make the world perfect like it was meant to be. 

My Rabbi, a spiritual teacher (like a Guru) in Hebrew, said that God created the world in 6 days, but he didn’t finish his creation. When he and Adam and Eve were preparing to take a break from it all for the Shabat (the 7th day) he said “let’s be partners and finish this creation together”. You see, each one of us has a big part in fulfilling this mission; making the world a better place.

This reminds me of another story that my Rabbi used to tell often. He said “when I was young, I wanted to change the world. When I grew a little older I realized that this is impossible, so I thought that at least I should change my country. When I grew more I saw that this is not very practical as well, so I decided to change my family. And now I have recognized that even this is not doable, so I decided to change myself.”

And that’s what this class is all about!

I really do want to change the world… We, people, didn’t just not finish the job here and fix everything; we have actually done a lot to wrack the world. Therefore, we must do as much as we can to clean it up and make things better for us and for future generations.

Really I want to be the prime minister or president or something and kick out all of those money-centred selfish people out of power and shut down all of the pollution and digging up the earth (and carbon), and make sure that no human or animal ever gets hurt for food or pleasure or entertainment or profit - I’ll get there someday, or you will or someone will! I’m working on it.

But in the meantime, should we sit idle and do nothing just because it feels pointless at times because the problem is so big and beyond our control?

NO WAY!

If we all thought like that, there would never be any change.

But, if we all do our part by starting to change little habits with what we shop, consume, eat, relate, use etc. and make them all much kinder and more considerate to the earth and all of its inhabitants… All of those little efforts combined will count a lot!

We vote with our money, we vote with our habits, we vote with our choices… If no one buys plastic or things in plastic packaging, people will stop trying to sell it to us. Better options will pop all over!

The same goes for dead animals sold in the shop, fuel and gas in petrol stations, pesticides and what not.

There were human slaves available for sale in the markets while they were in demand. Only when more and more people lost interest because their morals woke up did that stop.

Each one of us, and together, we can change the world.

“As one person I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person.” ~Paul Shane Spear

Are you with me?

This is designed again as a 90 minutes class but you can make it shorter by skipping a few activities or you can divide it into 2 classes.

 

To Bring: 1 Plastic Bottle, Rainbow Thread (not wool please)

Introduction Q&A

Today’s class is about what you and I can do to save the earth and make the world a better place.

End extreme poverty. Fight inequality and injustice. Fix climate change. Whoa. The Sustainable Development Goals are important, world-changing objectives that will require cooperation among governments, international organizations and world leaders. It seems impossible that the average person can make an impact. Should you just give up?

No! Change starts with you. Seriously. Every human on earth—even the most indifferent, laziest person among us—is part of the solution. Fortunately, there are some super easy things we can adopt into our routines that, if we all do it, will make a big difference.

Take a moment to open the topic for discussion by presenting to everyone the following questions:

Can we save the earth?

The scale of the challenges facing our planet can seem daunting, but we can all do something. Every little effort counts and TOGETHER it all counts to A LOT.

How can we save Earth?

There are many ways to save our planet including conserving water, reducing our use of oil and embracing green energy, reducing waste and single-use plastics and planting more trees. 

Why is it important to save the Earth?

It is important to save Earth because so far, it is the only completely habitable planet that offers freshwater, food and oxygen for thousands of species, including humans.

There is no planet B (plan B, you got it?)

What year will the Earth die?

Scientists have different estimations of when they believe that Earth will no longer be habitable if humans continue down the path we’re on. However, humans, animals and ecosystems around the globe are already experiencing the negative effects of climate change.

What will happen to the Earth if we keep polluting?

More pollution will cause the Earth’s temperate to rise, causing a variety of issues including increased natural disasters, the destruction of habitats, and many other serious problems.

How can you adjust your habits to save Earth?

You can adopt a number of habits to save the earth. These include avoiding bottled water, replacing car trips with biking and walking whenever possible, reducing food waste and composting, switching to LED lightbulbs, planting bird and bee-friendly gardens and a lot more that we will discuss and experience in this class!

5 Minutes

Super Warming Sun Dance

This is meant to help the kids FEEL the heat and urgency that Global Warming causes.

It’s a Follow My Body style Sun Dance… But this time we want to get really hot - We want to FEEL the heat!

No words are necessary; all the students follow your moves to the best of their ability. Make it a real sweaty challenge by adding lots of jumping into Chaturanga, legs switches, squats, pushups etc to your sequence.

5 Minutes

From Little Things, Big Things Grow

We start with one person doing a yoga pose at the centre, the teacher can be that person to start with, and each student joins the growing yoga statue with another pose connected to the centre pose in some creative way.

Do it a few times, encouraging the students to be more and more creative. Use counterbalance and stacking skills, and make it beautiful! 

If you wish, you can evolve it from here into a Yoga Mobile, letting your statues rotate around the centre axis point or move and be mobile in some other way.

5 Minutes

 

THINGS YOU CAN DO FROM YOUR COUCH

Feeling lazy? There is still a lot you can do without much more than moving your fingers.

1. Conserve Power.

• Save electricity by plugging appliances into a power strip and turning them off completely when not in use, including your computer. 

• Turn off the lights. Your TV or computer screen provides a cosy glow, so turn off other lights if you don’t need them.

Turn It Off

Play some fun music and let the kids move freely around the room. They can walk, jump, dance, crawl… But each child has a switch that turns off their electricity and makes the pause… Whenever you press their pause button they have to freeze in a yoga pose of their choice until you come back around and switch them back on.

5 Minutes

2. Speak up! 

Young people, social media is your power - Use it for good!

We are the first generation to know we’re destroying the world, and we could be the last that can do anything about it. Speaking up is one of the most powerful things you can do especially if it’s to the right people. 

• Talk to your MP. Tell them to commit to action to protect our natural world. Being politically engaged is not limited to voting and it certainly isn’t limited by how young you are. Every year more and more young people are working together to show our political leaders that they want change. We need to ensure we hold our politicians accountable. 

• Contact the brands you buy from and get them to tell you how their products are sourced. Use social media – this is one of the most effective ways to get brands to listen to you, so tell them that you want a change. 

• It’s not just about speaking to the people in charge. Talk to your friends, neighbours and colleagues and get them to make positive changes too. Speak up, speak to everyone, and make your voice heard.

• Share, don’t just like. If you see an interesting social media post about women’s rights or climate change, share it so folks in your network see it too.

• Stay informed. Follow your local news and stay in touch with the Global Goals online or on social media at @GlobalGoalsUN.

• Ask your local and national authorities to engage in initiatives that don’t harm people or the planet. You can also voice your support for the Paris Agreement and ask your country to ratify it or sign it if it hasn’t yet. Yes, you can do it all from your phone.

Yoga Advocate

Divide into groups where each plan and then performs a “slideshow” presentation or a “Documentary” creation about what needs to be done to save the earth and how to do it.

One person in each group can be the narrator while the others move through the images in the “slideshow” or the “documentary” presentation or each of the students can present a different fact about the situation and the solutions and how we can make all this goodness a reality.

After each presentation, have the students all put their thumbs up as “likes” on social media.

You can also have students video those presentations and then share them on their social media as a form of advocacy.

10-15 Minutes

3. Stay Informed

• One of the best things you can do is to keep yourself informed – the more you know the better. It leaves you better equipped to have those conversations with your friends and family and the people you want to influence. Get yourself clued up on the facts, stay up to date with recent news on the state of our natural world and work out what you can do. 

• We have the world at our fingertips, so learn from influential people, keep up with the news and research organisations that are working to make our planet a better place. 

Yoga News

Without much preparation, have each student in the circle give a little news report using their voice and showing the images with yoga poses they perform on the spot to match. It can be bad news or good news about the environment. 

Ask them to keep it short with 1-3 sentences and poses.

5 Minutes

4. Offset Your Remaining Carbon Emissions! 

• You can calculate your carbon footprint and purchase climate credits from Climate Neutral Now. In this way, you help reduce global emissions faster!

Plant Trees

This is how those companies offset carbon emissions as trees draw CO@ and release more oxygen to the atmosphere.

In pairs, one partner is a seed in Child Pose and the other partner is the gardner. Using their imagination, the Gardener waters the Seed and care for the soil. The Seed Person stays relaxed now as the Gardner sculpt them gradually to sprout and grow first into a small plant and then gradually into a tree. 

The Seed does not help, they simply stay in the pose that the Gardner moves them into. The Gardners can continue to help stabilize the trees by pressing their foot into the earth (this helps in finding more stability in the Tree Pose). Switch roles!

5 Minutes

 

THINGS YOU CAN DO AT HOME

1. Save Energy

Most energy resources used today, such as coal, are very polluting.

• Avoid pre-heating the oven unless you need a precise baking temperature, start heating your food right when you turn on the oven. 

• Plug air leaks in windows and doors to increase energy efficiency. 

• Adjust your thermostat, lower in winter, higher in summer. Replace old appliances with energy-efficient models and light bulbs. 

• If you have the option, get your parents to install solar panels in your house. This will also reduce your electricity bill! 

• Get a rug. Carpets and rugs keep your house warm and your thermostat low.

• Air dry. Let your hair and clothes dry naturally instead of running a machine. If you do wash your clothes, make sure the load is full.

• If you’re the last person out, turn off all the lights, the AC etc.

Hot/Cold game. 

Everyone stands in the room and one person is chosen to go in another room, outside, or somewhere where he/she can’t hear or see what is going on in the main yoga room. 

Everyone in the yoga room collectively identifies a source of energy wastage in the room. It can be a plugged appliance that is not being used at the moment, a crack under the door where the heating/cooling is leaking out, an unnecessary light that is switched on etc. 

Once the source of wastage is selected, the chosen one returns to the yoga room. The chosen one must find that wastage source using the latest yoga technology… The APPLAUSE-O-METER! 

As the chosen person walks through the room, everyone else claps when he/she gets closer to the hidden source. When they get close, everyone claps louder. 

Closer, everyone claps louder and faster. Farther, everyone claps slower and quieter or stops clapping completely. 

When the energy wastage source is found, everyone gives a big round of applause to the chosen person. Then, another environmental hero is chosen and the game repeats.

5 Minutes

2. Conserve Water.

It’s a precious resource.

• Don’t rinse: If you use a dishwasher, stop rinsing your plates before you run the machine. 

• Take short showers: Bathtubs require gallons more water than a 5-10 minute shower.

• Turn off the faucet - On average, the amount of water used in your bathroom accounts for about 75% of the water used in your whole home. A bathroom faucet releases water at an average rate of two gallons per minute. To reduce water use, turn off the faucet when brushing your teeth. Doing so can save eight gallons of water per day or 240 gallons every month.

Stop Wasting Water

In this game everyone freezes in a pose of something that dispenses water:

• Hose - Snake Pose

• Sprinkler - Tall Mountain Pose on your tiptoes with your hands raised to the side

• Tap - Triangle Pose

• Washing Machine - Sitting cross-legged with hands on shoulders

• And more - Be creative!

Be very still, as the teacher will now go around and listen very closely to all of the poses making sure that no water is leaking and being wasted.

This is a mindfulness game that requires the children to remain very still and very quiet. Don’t take it too seriously though.

5 Minutes

3. Eat Kindly & Wisley.

Food production is a major driver of wildlife extinction. What we eat contributes around a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and is responsible for almost 60% of global biodiversity loss.

Farming animals for meat and dairy requires space and huge inputs of water and feed. Today, one of the biggest causes of forest loss is the expansion of agricultural land for animal feed production, such as soy. And producing meat creates vastly more carbon dioxide than plants such as vegetables, grains and legumes. 

Moving away from a meat-dominated diet towards a more plant-based diet can lower your impact on the environment. Vegetarian and vegan foods are massively on the rise and becoming far more common in restaurants, cafes and supermarkets, so you’ll rarely struggle. 

• Eat fewer animals, birds and fish (or non at all, duh?!). A LOT more resources are used to provide meat than plants and their production is a lot more polluting. 

• Freeze fresh produce and leftovers if you don’t have the chance to eat them before they go bad. You can also do this with take-away or delivered food if you know you will not feel like eating it the next day. You will save food and money.

 

What other fruit and veggies do you like to eat? 

Let’s make yoga poses for them - Be creative!

5 Minutes

Yoga Fruit Salad

Let all the players stand in the middle of the classroom, or if you are teaching online have them stand in the middle of the screen.

As the music stops, the teacher will announce the names of either a fruit or a vegetable.

When the teacher says any fruit name everybody has to run towards the left side of the room or the screen and when they say the name of any vegetable everybody has to run towards the right side of the room or the screen.

The one who runs towards the wrong side will need to freeze in Pineapple Pose. We will play until everyone is frozen in this pose in the middle of the classroom or the middle of their screens.

It gets confusing because avocados and tomatoes are actually fruit...

5 Minutes

What do vegans eat?

Vegan Ice Cream - Tree Pose (or if it is an in-person class or Family Yoga, you can do stacked Child Poses) - What is your favourite flavour of vegan ice cream?

Vegan Cake - Wide-Legged Forward Fold - Get ingredients from the sky, use a blender to mix by holding your big toe and making circles (great for opening your hips) and fold forward to bake for a count of 10

Vegan Pizza - Wide-Legged Forward Fold - Get ingredients from the sky, kneed the dough by massaging your legs, roll the pizza dough out as far as you can, put ingredients that everyone can suggest, fold forward to bake for a count of 10 and when ready slice the pizza and pull your pizza triangle by scooting out

Veggie Sausage - Forward Fold - What spreads and toppings will you put? Spread them, put the sausage in and the toppings, close the bun for a count of 10… and even let the sausage fall out and start rolling on the floor!

Veggie Burger - Bow Pose - Put more and more toppings and fillings until the burger becomes HUGE and eventually bursts! Again, everyone can come up with suggestions of what to put in

What else vegans eat? Let the kids come up with more suggestions and make poses for it on the spot

5 Minutes

1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - The 3 R’s.

The statistics are shocking: People around the world buy 1 million plastic drinking bottles every minute, and use up to 5 trillion single-use plastic bags every year. Humans are addicted to plastic, and hardly any of it - about 9% - gets recycled. A staggering 8 million tons (7.25 metric tons) ends up in the ocean every year. 

We need to make wasting our resources unacceptable in all aspects of our life.  Every product we buy has an environmental footprint and could end up in landfill. The impact of plastic pollution on our oceans is becoming increasingly clear, having drastic impacts on marine life.

Recycling what we can reduces the amount of new materials we are making, and upcycling is a creative way to make old items into something more valuable. This could be reusing a jam jar as a candle holder, or using old tins as plant pots – the possibilities are endless!

It’s not just the products we buy. It’s estimated that a third of all food produced in the world is lost or wasted. Do your bit by eating up leftovers and use any ingredients you have spare to make interesting meals. Try to waste as little food as possible, and compost the organic waste you can’t eat.

• Break the cycle. Stop buying bottled water. Say no to plastic shopping bags and use cloth bags instead. Don't use plastic straws. Drink from a reusable cup instead of a plastic one. Avoiding plastic can divert a ton of waste from the oceans and landfills.

• No More Plastic Please - Buy minimally packaged goods. Plastic is killing our earth and choking our oceans.

• Compost - Composting food scraps can reduce climate impact while also recycling nutrients. 

• Try to reduce consumption and waste, since most waste ends up in our oceans.

• Pack your own lunch to avoid buying things wrapped in copious plastic and paper. 

• Recycling paper, plastic, glass & aluminium keeps landfills from growing.

• Have a swap party. You and your mates can sift through each other’s clothes, DVDs, music, accessories and books.

• Carry reusable bags with you. Every little bit counts in the big tally of things at the end.

• Give homemade gifts instead of picking out store-bought items. In addition to saving money and giving a more meaningful item, you’ll be consuming less. It all adds up – the packaging of a store-bought item as well as its transport from the manufacturer. 

Garbage Ball

Materials needed:

• Anything that can be thrown and not hurt anyone i.e. balls, wads of paper, sock balls, rubber chickens, etc.

• Something to use as a centre line 

• Music or a whistle to use as a signal

Divide the kids up into two equal teams. Place an equal number of items to be thrown on each side At the signal, each team throws whatever it can get their hands on from their side of the line to the other side.

Players continue to throw until the signal sounds at which time they should stop.

The winning team is the side with the least amount of garbage on its side.

To play more rounds divide the garbage evenly again and continue. 

Make it more interesting by having the losing team pick up all garbage or have both teams pick up garbage. The losing team must do what the winning teams tell them to do such as accomplish a certain number of push-ups, sit-ups, etc.

5 Minutes

Jellyfish Jellyfish Plastic-bag!

Animals often mistake plastic for food, which means that plastics can cause a huge hazard for many endangered species, especially turtles who mistake plastic bags for jellyfish (their staple food) and chock.

This game is another yoga version of Duck Duck Goose. Everyone stands in a circle in Jellyfish Pose, standing forward bend… keep it a bit flowy and wavy as you all move your tentacle arms like jellyfish. 

One participant is the Turtle going around the outside of the circle touching each jellyfish and saying ”jellyfish”. When the Turtle touch someone and says “plastic bag” the Plastic Bag person starts chasing them. The Turtle tries to outrun the Jellyfish running around the circle and take their place in the circle becoming a jellyfish before the Plastic Bag catches them. The Plastic Bag person now becomes the next turtle to swim around and say “Jellyfish Jellyfish…”. 

If the Turtle is caught by the Plastic Bag, they can rest (or be a dead turtle) in the centre of the jellyfish circle until another Turtle is caught and they can go back to the circle.

5 Minutes

THINGS YOU CAN DO OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE

1. Shop Like You Care.

We can all do more to be more conscious about what we buy, and where we buy it from. Buying less will save you money, reduce waste and improve your environmental footprint. Living a less consumerist lifestyle can benefit you and our planet.

• Shop Local -  Supporting neighbourhood businesses keeps people employed and helps prevent trucks from driving far distances.

• Shop Smart - Plan meals, use shopping lists and avoid impulse buys. Don’t succumb to marketing tricks that lead you to buy more food than you need, particularly for perishable items. 

• Buy Funny Fruit - Many fruits and vegetables are thrown out because their size, shape, or colour are not “right”. Buying this perfectly good funny fruit, at the farmer’s market or elsewhere, utilizes food that might otherwise go to waste.

• Use your purchasing power and make sure your money is going towards positive change. By supporting eco-friendly products which are less damaging to the environment, you’re encouraging companies to source and produce their products in a sustainable way.

Eco Yoga Shopping Game

Standing in the circle, the first participant says “I went to the shop and I bought ______ (fill in the blank with a sustainable choice)” and makes a yoga pose for it. 

The second participant also says “I went to the shop and I bought...” first saying and acting in a yoga pose what the person before them did and then adding their own. 

The game continues as each participant in their turn repeats all the items and poses that were said before and adds their own.

It’s a memory game where you get to do lots of yoga along the way!

If it is a small group, you can do a few rounds, adding more and more items and poses to your list.

You can also play where everyone repeats all of the items and poses together. Less memory is needed here by each individual and everyone gets to do more poses. Yay!

As you play the game, encourage the students to shop kindly and wisely.

5 Minutes

2. Reduce Pollution.

• Bike, walk or take public transport. Save the car trips for when you’ve got a big group.

• Use a refillable water bottle and coffee cup. Cut down on waste and maybe even save money at the coffee shop.

• Bring your own bag when you shop. Pass on the plastic bag and start carrying your own reusable totes.

• Take fewer napkins. You don’t need a handful of napkins to eat your takeout. Take just what you need.

• Shop vintage. Brand-new isn’t necessarily best. See what you can repurpose from second-hand shops.

• Donate what you don’t use. Local charities will give your gently used clothes, books and furniture a new life.

Yoga Spin the Bottle

Sit in a circle, and spin the bottle in the centre (the bottle is a symbol of waste and pollution here). 

When the bottle stops the person that the wider part of the bottle faces asks the person that the narrower part of the bottle faces “How can you reduce pollution?”

The person asked answers the question and does the yoga pose for that item or concept.

If they are having a hard time making up poses, the teacher can help of course.

For younger kids yoga can change the question to “What is your favourite animal?”, and for older kids you can ask “What can you reduce or reuse?” or “What do you recycle?”

5 Minutes

3. Do Something Kind About It All.

• Plant a tree - The average car owner creates about 2.5 tons of carbon dioxide annually. Plant 200 trees and they will absorb this amount. So get out there and plant a tree. In 2018 the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, the U.N. suggests an additional 2.5 billion acres (1 billion hectares) of forest in the world could limit global warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) by 2050. That's a lot of trees, but you could plant one or two, right? One young tree can absorb CO2 at a rate of 13 pounds (5 kilograms) per tree. Every. Single. Year. And that's just an itty bitty baby tree. Once that tree reaches about 10 years old, it's at its most productive stage of carbon storage. Then it can absorb 48 pounds (21 kilograms) of CO2 per year. Trees also remove all other kinds of junk from the air, including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and small particles. So go ahead, plant a tree. It's good for everybody.

• Act locally - We all know about the travesties and tragedies of the present day: every day, the amount of negative news we have the chance to digest can be completely overwhelming. While we can sign Avaaz petitions and go to screenings and donate money, sometimes it is worthwhile to remember that we can make and direct visible changes within our own communities. Don’t neglect the local just because the global is more attention-grabbing.

• Positively and kindly support your family, your friends and your community in making any change they can to their lifestyle to make the world a bit better and cleaner.

Count to Tree

While we try to make most of the games non-competitive, sometimes competition can be a fun way to make the children stay longer in a pose. In this game, we all stand in tree pose and start counting slowly from one. Whoever can stay on one foot the longest, without putting the other foot down, wins that round and is declared as the world saver of the day!

5 Minutes

THINGS YOU CAN DO AT SCHOOL

Make The Change Happen. 

If you see something, do something or say something. 

Be a voice for the environment

• Make sure your school uses energy-efficient heating and cooling technology, and adjust the thermostat, lower in winter, higher in summer.

• Examine and change everyday decisions. Can you recycle at your school? Is your school buying from merchants engaging in harmful ecological practices?

• Ask your school to engage in initiatives that will not harm people or the planet. 

• Raise your voice against any type of discrimination in your school. Everyone is equal regardless of their gender, race, sexual orientation, social background and physical abilities.

• Organize a No Impact Week at school. Learn to live more sustainably for at least a week: un.org/sustainabledevelopment/be-the-change.

Rainbow Dream Catcher

Weave a web of dreams by passing a rainbow thread (not wool please) from one student to another. Each student holding to their part of the thread and answering the following question in their turn:

If you could change anything at school or in the world to make it a better place, what would that be?

In the end, lift up the dream catcher the group created, and look and appreciate its beauty.

Becoming a superhero has never been so easy. Tweak your lifestyle, speak up, join forces with others and you will make a difference to our planet

5 Minutes

Tonglen

Breathe it all in, love it all out.

The word “tonglen” is a Tibetan term that translates as “sending and taking.”

Tonglen practise begins with breath awareness and continues with a wish to establish beings in happiness and free them from suffering. This wish is expressed in an image. You imagine that as you exhale, you share the light of freedom, of well-being and its causes, with everyone who needs it. And as you inhale, you relieve beings (including yourself) of the darkness of distress and its causes.

Usually, we look away when we see someone suffering. Their pain brings up our fear or anger; it brings up our resistance and confusion. In this ancient meditation, we use what seems like poison as medicine. We can use our personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings. We can use our anger and frustration and fear about the unknown future of our beloved earth as a force to spur us into positive and helpful action. Rather than freezing, we can become activists!

Sit comfortably and settle in.

As you breathe in, be present with breathing in. As you breathe out, be present with breathing out. 

Now link intention to the breath. On the exhale, breathe out the light of basic goodness: your wish to help alleviate pain and suffering. On the inhale, invite the smoky darkness of negativity and suffering to enter your heart where it will be transformed into light.

On the out-breath: Soothing rays of light, like moonbeams, that fill the world with their benevolent healing power. 

On the in-breath: Smoky, pitch-like darkness. Inviting it in on the in-breath relieves the world of its negative presence. The darkness is transformed by your positive intention and the natural goodness of your heart.

I like to imagine a bright diamond shining inside my heart. It is so bright and powerful, that once the negativity comes in touch with it, it immediately transformed into goodness.

As you breathe out, your affectionate heart radiates soothing, gentle light beams that touch, reassure, and comfort the earth and all of her inhabitants. She becomes confident and happy, cared for and loved.

Repeat until you feel the earth’s suffering easing with your intention and your actions to come.

Make a commitment to be an ambassador for the earth with your words, your choices and your actions.

5 Minutes

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