Dear Beloved Community,

You are warmly invited to join Mindful Breath Sangha for a special celebration: Bearing Witness to Mother Earth. As interconnected cells of our beautiful planet, we will come together in mindfulness, gratitude, and peace to honor the Earth and reflect on our deep relationship with her.

🌳 Event Details

Date: November 1, 2026

Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Location: Griffin/Dubose Healing Lodge – 240 Talmadge Dr. Athens On Piedmont Hospital Campus

What to Bring: Comfortable shoes for walking meditation in the gardens and the labyrinth, a reusable water bottle, and an open heart.

🌸 What to Expect: 

Sitting & Walking Meditation: Cultivating peace and stability in our bodies and minds. 

Earth Touching: A practice of bowing to & touching Mother Earth to express our gratitude, let go of our pride, heal ourselves, and the world around us. 

Readings: Excerpts from Love Letter to Mother Earth, by Thich Nhat Hanh. The readings emphasize that we are not separate from Nature, rather that Mother Earth lives inside every cell of the human body, and that soil, water, rock, and air are literally extensions of ourselves. 

🍃 Who can attend? FREE & OPEN TO COMMUNITY