What we’re about
Hi, we are an outdoor meditation and mindfulness group.
After he left home, the Buddha lived in the forest, meditated in nature, and awakened under a tree next to a river. He did the majority of his meditating outdoors, and often in places we’d consider public. Today in contrast, most of us meditate privately, indoors. There's value in this of course, but is something significant also lost?
Let’s meditate together outside, in public spaces, and invite people to join.
In addition to the sitting meditations that started at the Art Museum steps in 2023, we’re also moving the meditations to different outdoor spaces within and around Philadelphia, and adding mindful walks/hikes to more of the meetups. We’re open to suggestions.
As Robin Wall Kimmerer suggests, the way to fall in love with the world is through sensory engagement—Showing up in natural spaces and listening with deep attention, tuning in to our sensory experience.
Welcome 🙏
