Becoming Part of the Forest, Dongyanshan Forest Recreation Area 30th Anniversary Celebration, 2024
Breathe deeply. Root down. Sway with the wind and shifting shadows. In this embodied forest meditation, participants learned to dissolve the boundary between human visitor and woodland inhabitant. Through guided breathing and mindful movement, each person discovered what it means to become tree—feeling their feet grow roots into the earth, their arms become branches reaching toward light, their breath synchronizing with the forest's ancient rhythms. Standing among towering conifers that have witnessed three decades of changing seasons, participants experienced the profound stillness that comes from truly belonging to a place. In the layered symphony of rustling leaves, bird calls, and distant wind through canopy, human consciousness merged with forest consciousness, revealing how listening can transform us from observers into participants in the living landscape. This anniversary celebration honored not just thirty years of forest protection, but the timeless invitation that forests extend to all beings: to remember our place within the web of life, to find our rhythm within the earth's breathing.
深呼吸。紮根大地。隨風搖曳,隨光影變幻。在這場具身化的森林冥想中,參與者學會了消融人類訪客與森林居民之間的界線。透過引導式呼吸和正念運動,每個人都體驗到了化身為樹的意義——感受雙腳紮根於大地,雙臂化作枝椏伸向光明,呼吸與森林古老的韻律同步。置身於見證了三十年四季更迭的參天針葉樹之間,參與者體驗到了真正歸屬於此所帶來的深沉寧靜。在層層疊疊的樹葉沙沙聲、鳥鳴聲和遠處風吹過樹冠的交響樂中,人類的意識與森林的意識融為一體,揭示了聆聽如何將我們從旁觀者轉變為這片生機勃勃的土地的參與者。這次週年慶典不僅是為了紀念三十年來森林的保護,更是為了向所有生命發出永恆的邀請:憶起我們在生命之網中的位置,在地球的呼吸中找到屬於我們的節奏。