Settling deeper into my squat, I'm using muscles that have atrophied while sheltering in place.

I pull up handfuls of those dewy and delicate leaves and stuff them into our backpack.

Even that small act invigorates me.

As we continue walking, I'm not glancing down at my phone.

I'm not studying the alerts or the emails that always deliver more bad news.

Instead, I'm looking for plants to identify.

For the first time in a long while, I'm not pulled in a million different directions.

I'm grounded, literally, and metaphorically. I suspect we can all relate to the gloominess that settles over the author Vanessa Hua in early

lockdown. The anxiety and fatigue and tedium of this new and largely indoor existence.

But then, one day, Vanessa makes a discovery that shifts things in a profound way for her.

The discovery is small, delightfully mundane,

the pleasing, tender leaves of an edible plant growing near her home. She begins to find

solace in the ancient art of foraging. From there, a deeper kind of groundedness takes root.

In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories, breathtaking music, and mindfulness prompts,

so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories,

and that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives.

From Wait What, this is meditative story.

I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed.

The body breathing. The body breathing.

Your senses open.

Your mind open.

Meeting the world. The

...