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EARTH’S BREATH

The guided breathing exercise is an immersive, interactive installation designed to deepen the participants’ understanding of CO₂, the carbon cycle, human interaction with nature and our intrinsic connection with the environment through a direct sensory and introspective experience. The experience is grounded in the elements of nature – soil, grass, plants, and simulated environmental conditions (breeze, moisture) – to evoke a sense of being in the natural world. It aims to create a profound, educational, and emotionally resonant experience that encourages reflection on personal and collective environmental responsibilities.

The centerpiece of the experience is a guided mindfulness meditation, lasting between 3 to 5 minutes. This meditation leads participants on a journey of awareness, focusing on their breath and its interconnectedness with the air, soil, plants, and oceans around them. The narrative explores how CO₂ is cycled through these elements and the crucial role humans play in this process.

The experience connects to some of the inner development skills within the Inner Development Goals like BEING (presence, inner compass, self-awareness) and RELATING (humility, connectedness, appreciation).

The IDG provide the foundation for authentic leadership in sustainability and purposeful business. The IDG Business Fit Hub based in Zürich supports leaders in strengthening resilience, deepening collaboration, and taking wise action, skills we need to shape a future that works for all. The initiative was founded by Karime Brecailo Abib, the mind behind AdvantiKA GmbH, a not-your-usual boutique consultancy that works shoulder-to-shoulder with clients to make business a genuine force for good.

MEDITATION TEXT

Breath of Unity

Within the quiet sanctuary of breath,
a tender exchange with Earth unfolds.
Inhale: a gift of life from leaf and wave,
exhale: a whisper back, a thread of soul.

Beneath the soles, the earth’s soft whisper,
grass and soil, alive, in this dance of give and take.
They cradle our carbon whispers,
turning them into breath, a cycle we partake.

This breath, a bridge between worlds,
ties us to tree, to ocean’s endless blue.
A testament of unity, silently spoken,
reminding us of the bonds that hold true.

Here, in this moment, standing on sacred ground,
feel the pulse of life that around us flows.
With each breath, a deeper understanding found,
of the interdependence that in nature shows.

Let this knowledge, this feeling of connection,
inspire a path of harmony and care.
For in nurturing the web of life,
we find a future, precious and rare.

In the breath of the Earth, we find our own,
a shared journey, in the silence of the unknown.

by Karime Brecailo Abib

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