#initforallthelove, plants

 Day 6) Recycled Paper Seed Packet (origin unknown)

Origami is so useful for nature lovers, gardeners and tree huggers.  

These resealable packets can be made out of just about any reclaimed paper you have at hand with just a folded square, no tape or glue.

They can be customized to any size and they’re biodegradable.

They safely store cuttings and little deadfall treasures or bandaids while out hiking or forest bathing. Larger size packets can hold foraged goodies or your snacks from home.

Best of all, they can save your precious heritage seeds over winter until it’s time to gently tap them out into the sunny soil.

The marigold represents resilience and plasticity, attributes I greatly admire and aim to embody in this life. I’ve been saving and planting seeds from my yoga teacher’s meditation garden for more than 15 years now, always accompanied with chants for world peace.

Beautiful plants and humble weeds, I love you! I am nourished by and bewitched by you.  Thank you so much for your perennial promise and your bountiful gifts. 

Peace!

#initforallthelove, children

 

Day 5: Lucky Stars (origin unknown)

Today I’m sending love out to all the kids in my life, past, present and future.

To the children we once were, folding paper airplanes and fortune tellers and intricately “locked” notes to our best friends, to my nephews and students who amaze and amuse me with their creativity and ingenuity, thank you!

To all the Star Souls, Crystal Beings and Rainbow Children yet to come, I look forward to your magical presence in the world!

#initforallthelove, lovers

 Day 4 of 14) Masu Box (traditional) and Origami letters (Origami Club)

Today I offer ardent, amorous love and hot-blooded appreciation to my lovers, crushes and flames, past, present and future.

Romance and intimacy are such a gold mine for deep connections, awakenings and alchemical collaborations that I can’t imagine my life without them.

I am smitten with you, thank you for sharing that sense of aliveness and pleasure with me.  

#initforallthelove, parents

 

Day 3 of 14) Modular Book (unknown)

The Buddha taught that we owe our parents so much, we could carry them on our backs our entire lives and it wouldn’t be enough. 

They are our first gurus; the safe containers into which we can, as Stephen Cope says in Soul Friends, “both relax and expand”.

Today I’m sending love and gratitude to my gurus; my parents, grandparents, godmothers, teachers, mentors, ancestors and elders who guide me with great wisdom and kindness.

It’s true, I can never repay you, but I want you to know, I love you, I revere you and I remember.

#initforallthelove, friends

Day 2 of 14: Origami Lilies (traditional)

In the Victorian language of flowers, yellow lilies represent thankfulness, joy and friendship, and orange lilies represent energy and confidence.

I offer this Valentine’s bouquet to all of my friends, past, present and future.  

I love and cherish each and every one of you and thank you for all the ways you bring beauty, joy and positive energy into my life.  

You offer such warm encouragement, sparkling inspiration and sense of belonging!  With you I feel attuned and affirmed, seen and heard.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you!

#initforallthelove, day 1/14

Day 1) Heart Garland in a Decorated Masu Box

This Valentine’s, I’m in it for ALL the love, cherishing love of all descriptions in the spirit of “Unity in Diversity”.

This 14 day origami meditation is a way for me to celebrate and share my passion for paper folding; a timeless art of transformation, mindfulness and conscious creativity.

My wish is that it will inspire you too, to reflect on all the iterations of love that enrich your life and community and joyfully express your creativity and appreciation, your own way.

May all beings be loved and be free to love.

#initforallthelove

 

Welcome to #initforallthelove, a 14 day creative meditation inspired by the Buddhist Loving Kindness meditation and dedicated to all the loves of my life!

I hope you will find this to be an inspiration for your own creative process and an enjoyable origami photo illustration of not only romantic love but love of all kinds. 🙏