Wear This Body with Loving Kindness

In a culture both obsessed with, and disgusted by, our bodies, what does it mean to be an embodied being?  From our first breath to our last we are sustained and sometimes entrapped in our specific unique remarkable body.  We experience the world through our senses and are shaped by the perceptions we and others have of our bodies.  Race, gender, beauty, ability and disability, health and age may define us in ways over which we have little control.  Join us in celebration of the joys and burdens our bodies share.

“The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.” —  Simone de Beauvoir

“Mindfulness practices enhance the connection between our body, our mind and everything else that is around us.”  —  Thich Nhat Hanh

“I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware.”  —  Joan Rivers