Laura Bennett Let’s begin by settling into our bodies, into the present moment. I know we already did this a bit at the beginning of the ritual but it’s always relevant, and I want to put it in the context of the Earth.  Breathing in, breathing out.  I become aware of the whole sangha breathing…

By Laura Bennett I want to begin with a poem by Mary Oliver:  “You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about…