Gaian Practices and Rituals

29 Nov 2020

Be a Tree

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals | 0

Walking you through a diverse ecosystem of Tree Meditations.

22 Nov 2020

Two Bite-sized Reflections for Thanksgiving and the Holidays

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals | 1

How can we spend time with and show our love to our dear family and friends this COVIDy Holiday Season?

25 Oct 2020

A Skeptical Centering

by Bart Everson | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 0

Bart Everson explores the meditation practice of centering even as the center seems nebulous.

18 Oct 2020

Fox Walking: A Natural Walking Meditation

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Understanding Gaia | 0

Marrying ancestral skills with meditation.

4 Oct 2020

Raising Gaian Children

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, Understanding Gaia | 0

What activities, rituals, books, and media can help to bring up kids who are connected to the Earth?

27 Sep 2020

How will your death help the world?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 7

Will your death help heal Gaia or contaminate Gaia? And how have you prepared for that?

20 Sep 2020

Free Money Day? How about Free Veggie Day?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community, Learning from Other Traditions | 0

#FreeMoneyDay is a clever way to challenge people’s thinking. But is there a way to apply its sharing mission to charitable food distribution?

14 Sep 2020

The Ten Twig Meditation

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, Learning from Other Traditions | 0

Adding a Gaian twist to the Five Attitudes meditation of Jin Shin Jyutsu.

6 Sep 2020

When Shalt Thou Kill?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals | 4

Could the sixth commandment be more nuanced?

30 Aug 2020

Burying Fairies in the Forest

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Parables, Gaian Practices and Rituals | 3

What’s the right way to respond if you find someone burying fairies in the forest?

16 Aug 2020

Thinking Outside the Ring

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals | 1

Lots of couples are getting married during COVID-times. But does that really mean ring sales need to go up? Why not a new more meaningful and sustainable custom?

9 Aug 2020

Questions at the End of the Nuclear Age

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community, The Quickening | 2

Seventy-five years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, do we know how we will guard the poison fire we have created for millennia to come?

The Gaian Creed

“We believe that the Earth, Gaia, is a living being. That Gaia is at the same time composed of the vast diversity of life and is alive in Her own right. We understand that we depend completely and utterly on Gaia and are part of Gaia. We recognize that current human actions are fundamentally altering Gaia and that if pushed too far, Gaia will shift from Her current state to one inhospitable to humans and millions of other species. Therefore, we commit to living radically sustainable lives—even to an extent that it may alienate us from our kin, our communities, our cultures. We commit to sharing our philosophy and bringing others to understand and embrace their relationship with Gaia and help heal Gaia—and in the process, themselves, their families, and their communities.”