Bronze Dancer

There is a still point after exhalation and before inhalation, where nature gathers energy and momentum.

Three Deep Breaths

Someting Beautiful 
Bronze Dancer
A bronze hanging dancer
Catches my eye,
Shining en point,
In arabesque.
Still, for only
This moment.

Soft tones of gray mist
Cover the hills like a blanket. 

Winter.

Breath Meditation
Fogginess inside.
Breath stirs life.
Shoulders and jaw release,
As breath begins to flow 
Throughout my body.
Each breath with its own momentum,
Builds power

As I begin to move and shine.

Giving and Receiving Gifts

 We breathe at least 17,000 times a day.

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
Giving and Receiving Gifts
The gift of life
A present,
A hug.
Genuine caring
To one another.








  

Breath Meditation
Breath, nature, this planet
Is a gift.
Each breath of life
That I take in
From the plants 
And air around me
And give back again
Is a gift
Letting me know 
That I am a part of
Something miraculous.

Trees Aglow

Breathing can transform the simpliest of daily emotions into joy and a sense of belonging.

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
The tall trees are aglow
Warmed by rose colored light.
White whispy clouds
Travel across the sky.
Only a few leaves are left
To basque in the morning sun.
The song of a single bird
Reminds me to
Celebrate Winter.

Breath Meditation
Small breaths make their way
Up my neck,
Lengthening.
There is an inner silence,
and I am alone.
And then, my head surrenders.
I become part of the many.

Liquid Amber

Breath is the bridge between the involuntary and the voluntary, the unconscious and the conscious.

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
Liquid Amber

Branches highlighted against the blue sky.
There are no leaves now,
Only seeds of winter
And smooth, elegant branches reaching
Down into the earth 
And up into the sky.













Breath Meditation
Thoughts, desires, things to do, tension and fatigue.
Inhale, Exhale, Resting
Three distinct beats filled with 
Balance and motion.

Flowing inside, my body, like the Liquid Amber  
streams down to Mother Earth,
Letting go,
Embodied in the present,
Where there is everything that I need.

The Sun

Breath is connected to our thoughts, emotions and every physiological process in the body.


 Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful

After many gray days,
The sun is shining through the trees.
Leaves in the distance light up.
The whole day is brighter.

Breath Meditation

Thoughts racing! Ideas...
Breathing brings me quietude.
The still point connects me to life.
I become more the like sun,
Effortlessly illuminated and vast.
Thoughts can basque now.

Hibiscus

"Breath is the rhythm of life " Hippocrates

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
Hibiscus

The orange flower is poised on its stem,
Like a small paper mache bowl
Taking in the soft rain.

 










  
Breath Meditation
As I breathe in, my breath is like the soft rain
that nourishes the inner surfaces of my being.
As I breathe out, my breath gently touches 
the world around me.
When I am in the brief rest that follows,
I feel the surrender of a child
rolling down a hillside.
Over and over, I am nourished, gently contacting
the world around me, and surrendering.
The worry, the work and the lists, all yield to a true vitality
and relaxed joy.

Dawn

"Breath is a connecting force. It creates a bodily equilibrium and balance. It connects the human being with the outside world and the outside world with his inner world." Ilse Middendorf 


Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
Two pillows

Gary lies asleep
Eyes closed, head resting on a pillow.
It is dawn.
The light barely illuminates the contours of his face
And my pillow next to his.
Love fills the space.

Six years ago today, we met for the first time.

Breath Meditation
Breath courses through me.
Blood awakens.
Light touches my closed eyelids,
Touches the wave of my breath
and illuminates me.