One by one, we take our scraps of paper, carrying the things we want to heal from.

And we drop the scraps into the metal bowl on the table.

The room is quiet.

We're riveted.

Someone takes out a lighter and sets one of the scraps on fire.

The paper edges turn bright orange and then a deep, smoldering red.

One by one, we burn our fears away.

We clear the path for a different story. Climate activist and sunrise movement founder Varshanyi Prakash

has a lot of experience building coalitions to take on problems that can feel too big to solve.

When things get overwhelming, she relies on the diverse connection she's formed as a source

of common strength.

In this week's episode, Varsini shares how the little communities we create together stay with us

and remind us to hold on to hope.

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 relaxed.

The body breathing.

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