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Understanding Gaia

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head… and They Slide Right Off
10 Oct 2022

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head… and They Slide Right Off

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 1

Why are forever chemicals showing up in rain around the world?

Chemicals, collapse, consumerism, pollution, sustainability, wisdom
Put Your Hands, and Your Feet, Into the Soil
3 Oct 2022

Put Your Hands, and Your Feet, Into the Soil

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

Two more reasons to take your shoes off.

earthing, Gaian Way, nature awareness, soil
When You’re Forest Bathing, You’re Never Alone
18 Sep 2022

When You’re Forest Bathing, You’re Never Alone

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

A poem and reflection on the many other-than-human forest bathers that are always with you

forest bathing, Gaian Way, nature awareness, wisdom
To Life! (A Gaian Toast)
11 Sep 2022

To Life! (A Gaian Toast)

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 3

It doesn’t get simpler, or deeper, than this.

Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, sustainability, wisdom
Gaians as (Civilization’s) Death Doulas and Birth Midwives
21 Aug 2022

Gaians as (Civilization’s) Death Doulas and Birth Midwives

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Growing the Gaian Community, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 4

Literally and figuratively, these are two essential skills worth nurturing.

collapse, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, transition, wisdom
Plunging Into the Polycrisis
14 Aug 2022

Plunging Into the Polycrisis

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 6

This summer, we’ll be exploring civilizational collapse, so grab a cool drink and enjoy!

Climate Change, collapse, Gaia, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, The Quickening, wisdom
This Will Be the Coolest Summer of the Rest of Your Life
8 Aug 2022

This Will Be the Coolest Summer of the Rest of Your Life

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 0

A prescient meme for the climate breakdown era.

Climate Change, collapse, Gaia, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, wisdom
To Swim in the Seine
30 Jul 2022

To Swim in the Seine

by Gaian1 | posted in: Guest Contributor, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 1

Jeremiah Jones reflects on the life, death, and the potential rebirth of rivers.

Climate Change, Gaia, nature awareness, Resilience, rewilding, sustainability, wisdom
A Personal Definition and Incomplete History of Gaianism
9 Jul 2022

A Personal Definition and Incomplete History of Gaianism

by Bart Everson | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Guest Contributor, Understanding Gaia | 4

This week’s essay, by Bart Everson, explores the history, and perhaps the future, of Gaianism.

cosmology, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, wisdom
Happy Interdependence Day!
4 Jul 2022

Happy Interdependence Day!

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 3

While Independence Day may be an American holiday, Interdependence Day should be a global, and Gaian, holiday!

collapse, consumerism, Gaia, Gaian Way, interdependence, nature awareness
Lyme, Lyme, Go Away, Please Don’t Come Another Day
19 Jun 2022

Lyme, Lyme, Go Away, Please Don’t Come Another Day

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Understanding Gaia | 2

My hopefully brief encounter with, and meditation on, Lyme Disease

Climate Change, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Prepare, Resilience, suffering, wisdom
Meditations That Might Make You Sweat
31 May 2022

Meditations That Might Make You Sweat

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 2

There’s sometimes a fine line between exercise and meditation. Here are a few exercises that blur that line a bit farther, while connecting you to Gaia a bit further.

Gaia, Gaian Way, meditation, nature awareness

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