Your clothing is an expression of the natural world.

According to classical Buddhist cosmology, the five elements — earth, water, fire, air, and space — compose all phenomena, including our bodies and what we wear. In this meditation, you’ll be guided to contemplate the elemental qualities of your clothing.

Is it soft and flowing like water? Structured and grounding like earth? Notice how fabric breathes, insulates, moves. By attuning to these natural properties, you begin to sense the ways that fashion, too, is a site of ecological and spiritual relationship.