Why do I only practice when the group meets?

You go to the meeting, the service, the circle — and for that hour, something in you wakes up. Then the week closes over you like water, and nothing marks the days in between. By the time the next gathering comes, you are starting from zero again. This is not failure. The reed flute is not played once a month and left silent the rest of the days — it must be breathed into again and again, or the music dies in its throat. One gathering was never built to carry a whole week alone. Since you are working on this with others, use them. A practice held alone is easy to start on Sunday and easy to drop by Tuesday. A practice one other person checks on tends to survive.