This is a guided meditation offered by Sister Chan Duc for the Three Earth Touchings: one of the most treasured practices in the Plum Village Tradition.
Practising the Three Earth Touchings gives us an opportunity to deeply connect with the reality of interbeing across space and time.
After practising with this guided meditation a few times, we encourage you to write your own, so that you can go even deeper into your practice.
To begin, we invite you to stand, joining your palms in front of your chest in the shape of a lotus bud.
Then, at the sound of the bell, gently lower yourself to the ground so that all four limbs and your forehead are resting comfortably on the floor. While touching the earth, turn your palms face up, showing your openness to the Three Jewels: the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. When we touch the earth, we breathe in all of her strength and stability and breathe out our suffering - our feelings of anger, hatred, fear, inadequacy and grief.
Please enjoy your practice.
For a video tutorial on how to touch the earth, please click here.