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Not too late to join in The Gaian Way's May Meditation Challenge!

When the world feels scattered, the breath remains.
Always here. Always ready to bring you back.

Sit for five minutes today and follow your breath.
Inhale. Exhale.
Let the rhythm carry you—not to some distant peace, but to the present moment.
Right here. Right now.

With each breath, the mind softens.
With each exhale, the noise thins.
You don’t need to control your breath—just witness it.
You don’t need to change your mind—just calm it.

Gaian meditation isn’t a performance. It’s a reunion.

How did your breath shift your presence today?

Not too late to join The Gaian Way's May Meditation Challenge. Spend 5 minutes a day outside in meditation. It will quiet your system, while deepening your connection with the broader Earth system.

Stillness isn’t weakness. It’s wisdom.

This week’s Gaian Way newsletter invites you into a different kind of challenge—
One not built on productivity, but on presence.

✨ Winning Stillness explores how meditation becomes an act of resistance in a world addicted to motion. Whether you're new to the practice or simply seeking to deepen it, this is your invitation to slow down and sit with Gaia.

Inside you'll find:
– Simple steps to start a daily nature-based meditation practice
– An invitation to our May Meditation Challenge
– Details on our upcoming live check-in and end-of-month celebration
– A reminder that five minutes of presence is always enough

📬 Read the full issue here: https://tinyur

Let the Earth teach you how to be still.

If you haven't listened to Earth Eclectic yet, do yourself a favor and listen! It's an amazing mix of songs celebrating Earth!

Start your morning with music that connects hearts and ecosystems. Earth Eclectic returns tomorrow with Songs of Connections & Valentines, a collection of love songs for Gaia and a reminder that we are not separate from the non-human world.

Featuring music from:

Lorraine Bowen, Greg Schatz, Forest Dweller, Ancient Baby People, Wilderness Betty and the Turnips, Elise LeBlanc, ECOLOGY141, Marc Beaudin, Dana Colley, Billy Conway, Laurie Sargent, Elemental Magic, Dan Berggren, The Beatles, Mr. Elephant/De La Torre, Jarvix, Teeny Tiny Stevies, Formidable Vegetable, Psyfolk.

Tune in with hosts Bart Everson & Laura Chamberlain Dedelow at 5 AM on 102.3 WHIV FM or stream anytime on EarthEclectic.org, Mixcloud, or PRX.

A beautiful way to connect with nature's cycles!

Middletown researcher and artist encourage CT students to see a year from nature's perspective The colorful Cycles of Gaia image shows the growth of 20 Northeast species using 35 years of Harvard data and will be taught in CT schools.

A beautiful exploration of the passage of time from the perspective of 20 native species of southern New England by The Gaian Way. Below is an essay exploring how it was developed by artist Jon Schroth.

Co-creating with Nature Jon Schroth shares his journey in creating the Cycles of Gaia ecological calendar.

The central question to our Overshoot Age: are humans worth saving? And if so, what role in the Earth system should they play?

Dogs in Space Explore Existential Questions Could a kid’s cartoon hold important answers to whether humans are worthy of redemption?

The massive European heatwaves coming quickly after the effort by the European Commission to greenwash natural gas and nuclear energy is something right out of a political TV drama. Specifically .

Earth Island Journal Netflix Klimastrejke - Fridaysforfuture Denmark Fridays For Future U.S. 350.org

When Fiction and Reality Meet: Lessons for the EU from the Danish TV Show Borgen What can a power-hungry TV politician teach the head of the European Commission?

Some good meditative exercises in the below essay, including the simple act of "gripping Gaia" with your toes (underused in today's shoe-centric culture).

Meditations That Might Make You Sweat There’s sometimes a fine line between exercise and meditation. Here are a few exercises that blur that line a bit farther, while connecting you to Gaia a bit further.

Nukes are Environmentalists' Problems Too argues Erik Assadourian for Earth Island Journal.
How many environmental organizations are actively working to combat nuclear proliferation? And shouldn't they be considering a nuclear war could extinguish all life on Earth?

Nukes Are Environmentalists’ Problems Too This Earth Day, a call for the environmental movement to take on nuclear disarmament again.

Important lesson: You’re a big Mobius strip that ultimately is not separate from the environment at all, but woven into it—covered and integrated with other species from start to finish. That is an important reminder that helps to break down the myth of individualization, the dangerous idea that we are not completely and utterly dependent on a living Earth for our lives and wellbeing.

Bodies—Human and Planetary Important Lesson: You’re a big Mobius strip that ultimately is not separate from the environment at all, but woven into it—covered and integrated with other species from start to finish.