This month for the
Children's Program we explored the themes of generosity and reciprocity. We felt our breathing and reflected on how each in breath is a practice of receiving, as we breathe in oxygen from trees and other plants, and how each out breath is an act of generosity, as we offer carbon dioxide to the plant community in turn.
Some families brought nonperishable food items to donate to the Worcester Food Shelf, and the children made decorations in the form of paper snowflakes, drawings, and other creations to be hung at the Worcester Community Supper's holiday celebration.
We also made pine cone peanut butter bird feeders to offer to the birds (and squirrels!) to help them through the cold winter season. And we had a snack ourselves.
In the end we went into the zendo and practiced combining our voices as one resonant bell.
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