Change Practice: Karianne Spens-Hanna

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Change Practice.

My name is Karianne Spens-Hanna. I’m a visual artist.

As I think about change, I find comfort that our bodies are constantly in flux, healing mysteriously on their own trajectory. The entire time we are alive, we are changing. Tomorrow, you will be different than you are today, because of what you see, what you breathe, the atmosphere of your thoughts, the conversations you have, and connections you make.

You are sculpting your experience through your awareness, weaving the fabric of a moment that cannot be recreated. Be present in your body. Your ribs expand and contract, expand and contract. Inhale. Exhale. Bring your awareness to what your ribs protect. Your heart, beating. Your lungs, the sound of the air flowing in, flowing out. Let the word 'gratitude' fill the space of your breath.