Happiness Break: Contemplating our Interdependence with Nature, with Dekila Chungyalpa
Take ten minutes to renew your connection to the earth through this guided meditation on our interdependence with the ecosystem.
\n\nLink to episode transcript: https://tinyurl.com/mt473u79
\n\nHow to Do This Practice:
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Find a comfortable place to do this practice, relax into your body.
\nWherever you are, start to acknowledge your surroundings, noticing the living and inanimate things around you.
\nFocus your attention on your breath, and how your breathing is interdependent on other life forms, and other life forms are dependent on your breath.
\nContemplate the Earth\u2019s compassion, and how it provides you with unconditional support.
\nFinish this practice by acknowledging your connection to the natural world.
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Today\u2019s Happiness Break host:
\n\nDekila Chungyalpa is the founder and head of the Loka Initiative, which brings together faith leaders and culture keepers of indigenous traditions on environmental and climate issues.
\n\nLearn More About Dekila Chungyalpa\u2019s work: https://centerhealthyminds.org/about/people/dekila-chungyalpa
\n\nLearn about the Loka Initiative: https://centerhealthyminds.org/programs/loka-initiative
\n\nFollow Dekila on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dchungyalpa/?hl=en
\n\nFollow Dekila on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dchungyalpa?lang=en
\n\nMore resources from The Greater Good Science Center:
\n\nWhat Happens When We Reconnect With Nature: https://tinyurl.com/553xwm47
\n\nHow Nature Helps Us Heal: https://tinyurl.com/2p93682j
\n\nWhy Is Nature So Good for Your Mental Health? https://tinyurl.com/ycx9ns4p
\n\nHow Nature Can Make You Kinder, Happier and More Creative: https://tinyurl.com/d2vzpsaj
\n\nHow Being in Nature Can Spur Personal Growth: https://tinyurl.com/2p822nyj
\n\nHow Modern Life Became Disconnected from Nature: https://tinyurl.com/bdzzy6pc
\n\nBeing Around Nature Helps You Love Your Body: https://tinyurl.com/34m7tfre
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\n\nWe're living through a mental health crisis. Between the stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, burnout \u2014 we all could use a break to feel better. That's where Happiness Break comes in. In each biweekly podcast episode, instructors guide you through research-backed practices and meditations that you can do in real-time. These relaxing and uplifting practices have been shown in a lab to help you cultivate calm, compassion, connection, mindfulness, and more \u2014 what the latest science says will directly support your well-being. All in less than ten minutes. A little break in your day.
\n\nThis Happiness Break is part of our special series, Climate, Hope & Science. In it, we explore the intersection of environmental well-being and our own well-being, where taking care of ourselves and the planet are one in the same and feeling good is not only possible, it\u2019s helpful. We find the links between crisis, hope, happiness, and action.
\n\nLook for the third and final episode May 11. Plus, we\u2019ll share another climate-focused Happiness Break on May 18.