Collective Breath
- cwilli480
- Aug 11, 2022
- 1 min read
The second practice explored interconnection and brought the group together in shared practice. We began by setting the tone of interconnection by sharing a poem. Each participant read two lines around the room. Next we stood with a fresh piece of clay from our setting. This practice utilized chanting as a group practice. The practice began with five breaths, five hums, and five practices of vowels sounds. Then participants were invited to vowels, hums, and ending with five collective breaths.
A Simple Poem by (shared with permission from Suzanne Thomson)
A Simple Poem
Across the tumultuous, debris strewn river
Just on the other side of the hill
Where the crowded forest gives way
To the soft dawn
And the rising, rising light
There!
Can you hear it?
A soft, pulsing hum-
Calming, at first, then giving way
To an unending strength
As voice upon voice
And breath upon breath
Join
Here!
The ancient chant, the song of all languages, of all lands,
Beyond words, this chant,
Vowels, they're called but who can resist the call
Of simple, collective voice
Leaning into fierce hope,
Giving way to unexpected joy,
Inherently free to
Be!
Yes, be
The people who dare
To lift our eyes up, up,
To lift our eyes unto the hills
And sing
Yes
Sing!
As we breathe deeply from the earth's core
And breathe out to the distant stars.
May 3, 2017, by Norma Ryuko Kaweloku Wong Roshi for the beloved of Suzanne Thomson, that we may all breathe into our collective freedom.
Collective Voice Meditation
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