In one of today's most lively and liberating spiritual traditions, women have begun to reclaim their bodies as holy vessels, receptacles of the soul. This liturgy of the body, as we might call it, is a reminder that our daily lives are full of "natural sacraments," deeply attentive, mindful moments in which we embody and enact the sacred: renewing, transforming, purifying, joining, birthing, dying.
— Susan Witting Albert, Writing from Life