Week One

Some Suggestion for Practice.

1. Intention - Begin each practice with focus. Spend a moment centering yourself and set your ‘intention.’ You may want to say a phrase such as “I hope this day to learn more about your love” or “I want to discover the clutter in my life” or “teach me...”
2. Breathprayer - Many spiritual traditions have found that being attentive to our breathing helps us center or focus. Breathing attentively, at an easy, regular pace, slows us down and calms our rushing mind and body. You may want to focus on a word or phrase that assists you in centering.
3. Reflection - Use your cup as a part of a daily or weekly practice. Place it in a specific place and allow it to become a sacred vessel that symbolizes something that holds your spiritual journey.
4. Scripture - You may want to read a daily scripture to assist you on this path.
5. Journaling - Even if you are not a ‘writer’ you may want to record your reflections by writing, drawing or painting in a journal. In the process of putting something down on paper we often find more clarity.
6. Connecting - Find ways to take your practice with you into your day. Add richness and vitality to this season by integrating your spiritual practice into your relationships and daily life.
7. Integrating - Take time at the end of a week to review and ponder how you have grown in your spiritual walk and life. What have you learned? What do you hope for?

Week i - The cup of life

This week reflect on your relationship with God, and celebrate the beauty of this presence within you. Be grateful for the marvelous life flowing through your spirit.

Hold the cup in your hands and notice all it’s features. Be conscious of yourself as a cup held in God’s hands. Accept your uniqueness and your goodness. Thank God for creating you as you are.

You are a dwelling place for the Source of all life - Marcrina Wiederkehr