REVERENCE is gratitude’s deeper sibling.

Where gratitude asks, what am I thankful for? Reverence asks, what is worthy of my awe in this moment? Reverence is about BEHOLDING, not having.
Reverence is about PRESENCE, not possession.

It doesn't only belong to the good or beautiful moments, we can revere the mystery of both beauty and sorrow. Reverence shows us how to bow to the ENTIRETY of life including the messy, magnificent, and mysterious all at once.

In Sanskrit this is: Ishvara pranidhana, one of the niyamas or moral observations. It means devotion or surrender to the all encompassing divine energy, the divine in all things, to that which is greater than your individual self and it doesn't require a deity or formal belief system. It’s simply an invitation to yield to wonder and interrupt your mind’s regularly scheduled programming long enough to recognize the miracle that’s already here.

Audio-only version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aLu9i0LLaJHqYMljRytCSDJEGz3ivIMC/view?usp=sharing

Time stamps:
Intro - 0:00-2:25
Dharma Talk - 2:25-49:30
Conversation + Connection - 49:30-1:20

Journal prompts:

- When was the last time you felt reverence?
- What places, people, or moments naturally draw reverence from you?
- When do you feel that soft, wordless “wow” most easily?
- What gets in the way of reverence in your daily life? What does reverence require?
- What could you do differently to make space for reverence?
- What in your life is quietly asking to be revered?
- Where in your daily life could you begin to practice reverence for something ordinary you usually overlook? What will you need to do differently to make the mundane more sacred?
- What would it take for you to revere any of the forms of suffering we see everyday? What would change if you did? How could you do this more often?
- What would change if you treated everything even the inconvenient, the mundane, or the painful as part of your spiritual practice?