A seated figure rests on a rocky islet in a frozen lake, beneath a dim copper moon and a smaller pale moon.
A figure sits on a small islet in a frozen lake. The eyes rest on the dim red moon and the out-breath is kept long and quiet. A long out-breath settles the body and brings stillness of mind.
A moon in its planet's shadow turns copper-red from light bent through the planet's air, as Earth's Moon does in a lunar eclipse. The smaller moon is outside the shadow and stays pale. Eiren is invented.
Practice
Breathe out slowly for eight counts, five times in a row.