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In June, I created a short-term Centering group based on the work of Dr. Ortega who published 15 centering ritual activities in Open Plaza.

I thought of using these as inspirations to incorporate in a bibliotherapy group where we could be guided by a centering meditation, then reflect on an inspiration video, lyric from a song or poem. Then reflect on our own reflections of our writing in the group in our journals.

The Centering Themes for Centering Ritual are based on Dr. Ortega's article "Centering" in Open Plaza along with the choice of poem, video, lyric, or song. and used here with his permission, but these were modified by me. I may have used a different Poem or a Video.   Some poetry came  from  Sacred Poetry in Spirituality and Practice.

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The focus of the Centering Rituals was as follow:

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1. Presence (5 sessions) - June/July 2020

2. Wandering (5 sessions) - September 2020

3. Gratitude (5 sessions) -October 2020

Module #1 "Presence" was in person sessions,  but Wandering and Gratitude where sent via email to participating participants.

To read the structure of these centering ritual activities please go to our blog.

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