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RADICAL WELCOME
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We want to acknowledge the rich diversity that you represent.
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We welcome each of you, in the many countries and rich cultures you represent.
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We welcome people of all economic backgrounds and current situations.
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We welcome your bodies. Bodies of all sizes, abilities, and challenges, whether visible or invisible.
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We welcome those who are of Latino, Latina, or Latinx descent, who are First Nations or Indigenous people from around the world...
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...those who are of African, Middle Eastern, Asian, Pacific Islanders descent, those of European descent and those who are mixed race.
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We welcome those who are new to mindfulness and meditation training, and those who have a great deal of experience.
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We welcome all ages, from young people to elders.
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We welcome all faith traditions. Those who identify as spiritual, or as mindfulness practitioners, and all the guiding beliefs that help us in how to live our lives.
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We welcome your politics, left, right, or moderate.
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We welcome all the languages we bring, and the many ways we speak English.
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We welcome people of all genders, including people who identify as transgender, nonbinary, gender queer, and everyone for whom those labels do not apply.
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We welcome all sexual orientations, whether queer or straight, unpartnered, partnered, polyamorous, or asexual.
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We welcome each of you in the rich complexity of your identity, including dimensions we have not mentioned.
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We honor each of you.
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Welcome.