The practice shines in its simplicity. I’ve found that adding layers only builds more walls between us and what matters.
Find the nearest plant. Sit with it for five minutes as if you’ve never seen a plant before. Let your attention drift over its features, noticing what draws your eye. Discover five things you’ve never seen before.
Stand near any patch of vegetation with your eyes closed. Let your senses wake up naturally — sounds, scents, air movements, temperature. Open your eyes when it feels right.
Walk slowly until something makes you stop. There’s likely a plant nearby that caught your attention. Stay with it. Trust that your body knew something your mind didn’t notice.
I’ve watched hundreds of people try these tiny five-minute practices.
Something shifts in their faces. A softening around the eyes, a different quality to their breathing.
Their need to name, sort, and use everything around them falls quiet, just for a moment.
That small change in expression tells me more than a thousand words could.
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