"Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body."

Birds, Body, Connection, Earth

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"Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body."

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"Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful."

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