Hafa Adai and good evening, everybody.
My name is Lehua Taitano.
I'm very grateful to be here.
I'm also grateful to be visiting Tohono O'odham native
lands as a visitor.
So thank you.
I'm also grateful for movement, so I
would like to encourage you, at this time, to move with me
a little bit.
If you are able to and come comfortable standing,
please do.
We're going to breathe together just a little.
I'm very excited to hear [? Ora ?] present,
so I'm just going to warm you up.
Let's take three breaths together,
and then we can say after we have left that we have shared
breath together intentionally.
A deep inhalation, and a slow exhalation.
A deep inhalation, a slow exhalation.
A deeper inhalation, and an emptying exhalation.
Please turn to a person near you--
and if you're not near someone, scooch--
and say the following.
I see you.
You are loved.
You matter.
Thank you.
[SIDE CONVERSATION]