A Set Aside Prayer for Any Practice
When I attended Herb Kaighan’s Big Book study workshop on Prayer & Meditation last night, I found a useful way to repurpose this prayer for any practice!

PRAY … for a NEW EXPERIENCE
GOD,
PLEASE … Set Aside … everything that I think I know about:
- myself,
- this [practice],
- [the subject of the practice],
- and YOU;
for an open mind and a NEW experience:
- with myself
- this [practice],
- [the subject of the practice],
- … and especially YOU!
Let’s look at a few sets of Practices + Subjects I could regularly apply this prayer to
- this yoga class ~ the mind/body connection
- this meal prep session ~ the art of cooking
- this blog post ~ my writing process
- this time for reading ~ Noah Levine’s writing
- this trip with Ivanna ~ my romantic relationship