Woodland Walking Meditation

4th July. The day of the meditation. I met with 3 members of the yoga and meditation class I teach. Since mid March I have only been teaching online so it was really lovely to be back teaching in person. It was light rainy drizzle but all were well dressed for the conditions and we paused halfway for a hot drink and homemade cacao energy balls. Sharing the woodland with them and spending time there in silent contemplation of the beauty of nature and the magnificence of trees. We stopped at one point and meditated on the symbiotic relationship between the animal and plant kingdom in general by focusing on the exchange between trees and humans of oxygen and carbon dioxide. In a week where I read about Dominic Cummins interest in a machine that draws carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere at a cost of £500 per ton surely the answer is to plant more trees. This would have the added benefit of increasing wildlife habitats also. I only took one photo this visit during a part of the session where we were walking and talking. The lily pads were looking lovely on the pond.