Good morning everyone,
Ryan and I walked the Phoenix Park labyrinth yesterday. I'm teaching him meditation and labyrinth walking is one way of doing that.
First we picked a mantra, Ryan chose, "The Lord is my Shepherd, I Shall Not Want" and started walking. I walked in front of him or he got confused visually with the lines.
It went well for the first time I think. We didn't get into the reasons get. I just asked him how he felt when he was done. I loved that he wanted to totally feel the brick and center himself (literally) when he was done walking.
I asked if he wanted to meditate again and he did. This is phase one. Learning to meditate with the help of a task. We'll move on and generalize from there.
I think it's important to teach coping skills to our children with disabilities and meditation has physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual benefits. Even a repetitive sound, rather than a phrase, can be helpful.
The park is beautiful right now. We ran into a man who claimed to be an Indian Shaman and had an interesting conversation with him regarding mother earth. I love diversity. What a wonderful patchwork this world is.
Have a wonderful day,
Much love and joy,
Karen
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