Safer greetings in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Safer greetings in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic

We’ve made a short video illustrating some alternatives to hugs and handshakes, that can allow us to keep our distance physically (important for slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19) while acknowledging our emotional and spiritual connections. Two options to share agaya & ubuntu while remaining safe during an epidemic include the “Namaste” gesture (anjali mudra) and the “heart connection” gesture.

Forest Immersion: Shinrin-Yoku as Novasutras Practice
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Forest Immersion: Shinrin-Yoku as Novasutras Practice

Explore the history, practice and science of “forest bathing”, and how it can help you deepen your connection with all other beings in loving-kindness, with the complex wonder and sacred beauty of the universe, with what we call agaya and ubuntu in Novasutras. Shinrin-yoku practice may help you become a more effective agent for increasing ubuntu and agaya in the world.

“Religion is at its best when it becomes a countercultural force”
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“Religion is at its best when it becomes a countercultural force”

  The intention of the Novasutras movement is to provide deep and rich soil in which a new culture can take root and flourish. It seeks to be a response that is at the right scale for the global crises that are now converging on our species, by… …sharpening our attention, cultivating a sense of…