Wednesday- yes I know it is late

Argh- body prayer.  I have always been resistant to prayers that require movement.  Whenever the workshop leader says “Please stand, put your feet at shoulder width apart, put your arms out to your side and close your eyes,” I get a sudden urge to go to the restroom. 

While I always resist I do find breathing and stretching and moving to be powerful ways of encountering God.  I pray while I walk- developing a rhythm of steps and thoughts.  I pray the labyrinth.  I have a breath prayer I have used for over 25 years.

But right now I am sitting on an airplane so I can hardly move.  I close my eyes and imagine the labyrinth, step, step, breath, exhale, emptying and then inhaling God.  Try it.

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