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The Buddhist rosary is called a malaIt has 109 beads. 108 to count the repetitions of a mantra or prayerThe 109th as the “guru bead” or the one where we acknowledge and thank the one who taught us the prayerIt also lets you know when you finished the 108 mantra cycleVery handyThe number 108 is symbolic, holding both the binary of 1 and 0 and the infinity of the number 8October 22 will mark 108 posts—completing a full mala of Falling GentlyIt feels like the end of a full cycle of small prayersOn October 23 I will start a series here on my primary teachers and why I love themA nod to the guru beadBut I will also be starting a new mala, a new endeavor, on October 23rdFocused on somatic attunement, nature, and exploring divinityWith a website called Grounded WonderAnd 1:1 sessions called Anam ĊaraAnam Ċara means “soul friend”A role in the Celtic spiritual traditionA person who offers a safe place to be, to share, to grow and let goAll in the context of the divineThis is a practice I’m launching today, actually,Since I’ve been doing it all my life 😊But on Thursday I’ll have the official first shared daily practiceBeginning what I hope to be a cycle of 108 daily offerings, Inshallah[Inshallah is an Arabic phrase meaning “if God wills it”And I realize this is starting to sound like an airport announcement and I’m sorry, this is all very important to me]This new offering will be called “Living & Breathing In Trump’s America”And will be a 30 minute live, shared daily practiceAnchoring us in Nature and HumanitySo we can regulate our nervous systemsAs we encounter the many assaults the current administration is making on the vulnerableIt will be free the first 10 days, and Mondays will always be freeI don’t expect anyone to join, but please do if it suits youI certainly don’t expect anyone to join every dayBut I love the idea of having a live resource when you need itThis substack will continue as it has.It means a lot to me.I have been told it is a little too deep, and a little too lofty, for people to share readilyWhich I get.I know my writing asks something of you, and I appreciate your generosity in meeting meThese new offerings, especially the nervous system regulation related to the political momentFeel very shareable, I think, and I hope you willThis may be more supportive of building a community of co-practitioners…I’m very curious how all of this landsIf you have any ideas for improvement of these ideasOr comments on my website if you have time to check it outI need helpFocus. Distillation. Notes on clarity.If you’ve got thoughts, I’ll take them with enthusiastic gratitude.But, as this first mala of my public expression nears its guru beadI thank you againFor holding my hand and heart so gently to get me herexo This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fallingtenderly.substack.com