Good morning meditators! Today's meditation is inspired by an interview I heard on CBC's "The Current" this week with Israeli peace activist, Yonaten Zeigen, whose mother was killed in the Oct 6 terrorist attack in Israel. Vivian Silver was a peace activist, and he has taken up her mantle. I was so moved and filled with peace hearing him speak of the need for a new non-binary discourse that helps us move forward from conflict-based consciousness into something more sustainable and compassionate.

As meditators, we know our work as peace activists begins inside, discovering where we are at war with the world, and then releasing this for the much greater payoff of feeling great connection and respect for our fellow humans.

We practice this breath meditation today and I hope you enjoy! To watch in video format, please visit https://youtu.be/-QejnTuT-gg

For the interview with Yonaten Zeigen, please follow this link: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/16150671-hamas-killed-mother.-now-hes-continuing-fight-peace Also, I recommend the transcript as well, since his discussion of new discourse to move past binary thinking is well worth reading several times to internalize. I do refer to it in the pre-meditation discussion, and here it is for reference if you'd like to sit with it further. It's about half way down the page; you can search for the interviewee's name, Yonaten Zeigen: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/thursday-june-5-2025-episode-transcript-1.7553590

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Kind regards, Rosanna D'Agnillo, Founder and Lead Facilitator, Calgary Mindfulness