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Summer is finally here and for many, that means getting outside for movement, play and social time. The last thing you may find yourself wanting to do is to sit still on your cushion in your usual meditation spot. Sunny skies beckon, and I know I’d rather be in the pool, at the park doing yoga, or napping with a warm summer breeze. Summertime brings on a whole host of challenges to maintaining a meditation practice. So how does one drag themselves to the meditation cushion when clearly there are so many enjoyable things we could be doing?

In putting the Art before the Artist, Art becomes something that happens through us, rather than from us.  And then role of the ‘Artist’ becomes, perhaps, to merely get out of the way, making ourselves available to be used by muse,  genius, daemon… by Art, manifesting something unique that illuminates true nature for the benefit of all beings.