Rice Meditation

This is an audio guide for a decomposition meditation. It was produced together with the dancers of the performance project, <Death Of Vagina: Mythmaking Voices>. In our practice, we embrace mundane bodily experiences and collective rewriting of the myths. With this meditation, we would like to share our working process.

The storytelling is based on the mythology of the Hainuwele and Dewi Sri, Rice goddesses. It is a prevalent belief in the Southeast Asian context, directly related to food crops. It associates the goddesses with metaphors of death and regeneration and draws attention to circular cycles in nature.

The Meditation was created during Yeong Ran’s residencies at K3 and Seoul Dance Center and is inspired by Mycelium meditation of Becoming Species, a climate activism performance group.

We recommend listening to this audio in a park or forest where you can lie down and relax safely. Prepare a blanket or comfortable, warm clothes for the meditation.