Sprouts of Life

Quiet, smoothe and flowing breathing leads to a calm and alive mind and heart

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
Bright green
Sprouts of
Life
Spread all over the
Earth
Reaching upward
On a journey to
Someday become a
Flower
The Buddha sits
Quietly

Breath Meditation
Quiet and smoothe
Each inhale and exhale
Grow and dissolve
One wave after
Another
The wind is
Soft

The Moon and The Lavender Sky

Breath is a universal force that unites all living organisms. Everything that is alive, is said, to breathe.
 
Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
The moon and the 
Lavender sky
Quiet tones of
Dusk
A prelude
To nocturn.
Softly hold
A floating
Moon

Breath Meditation
In this moment of stillness
The busy of hours of day
Continue
My breath is a river
Of love
Soothing compassion
Releasing tension
Natures reminder 
Of rest.

A Dancer In the Rain

Deep Breathing is recommened in clinics throughout the world as a way to relieve stress and better cope with health challenges.


Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
A dancer in the rain
Open to the 
Downpour of rain.
Tiny rivers streaming
on soft and shiny metal.
Inside,
I am greeting with
The warm hug
of a loved one.












Breath Mediation
Breath travels down
Like an inner river
Through the bone marrow
Down my legs

To my toes.
In the still point
I arrive deep within.
Blood cells flow like an abundant 
Stream
moved by each  
Inhale and exhale.
Each breath takes me 
Into a state of deep nourishment.
Somehow knowing 
And balancing
My being.

'Especially good times to meditate are dawn, dusk, noon and midnight. At these times, the gravitational pull of the sun works in harmony with the natural polarity of the body.' John Novak


Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
Dawn
Silence and darkness
Gently yield
To the light
Of a rose colored sky.
Trees leaves birds
Acknowlege the winter
Sun

Breath Mediation
Days of writing on the computer
Welcome a 
Breathing moment.
Head out and forward
Settles back
Into wholeness. 
My breathing body
Remembers
And welcomes nourishment.

The Eye of the Storm

There is a division of Feng-Shui which addresses the breath of nature. Nature is looked upon as a living breathing organism. Breath enters into every stem and fiber.


Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
The eye of the storm
An interlude of 
Stillness
Before the torrents 
Of rain and wind
Return.
Pools of water
Gather and reflect
An open sky.
And then,
A single drop of water
From the heavens
Gently begins a
New rain.

Breath Meditation
My breath is a river 
That collects impressions
Momentary memory
I am the trees
The sky
The water.

A Dance of Circles in the Rain

Scientists in the UK can watch mother nature breathing.  Earth observation scientists at the University of Leicester have been able to measure from space for the first time, signals showing the amount of carbon dioxide taken up by plants.

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
Raindrops
Waves in the water
A dance of circles 
Expanding outward,
And then
Disappearing.
A symphony of
Delicate percussion
Creating a resevior 
Of reflection

Breath Meditation
It is hard to breathe indoors.
There is a longing
To be outside.
Now, every cell can
Breathe. 
Fresh and vibrant
Amist the roar of
Downpouring rain,
There is a celebration 
Of grass and trees
Of skin and body
Of being alive.

Yellow flowers in the rain

'Just as a thread links the kite-flier to his kite, breath is said to link the mind with the universal life force.'
Shameem Akthar

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
Yellow flowers in the rain
The mustard flower
Radiates the color of
The sun
Showing me that
If I look far enough
There is always
A bright spot.
Filling a field
Many flowers bloom
Like it is Spring
In Janaury.

Breath Meditation
My breath soothes
A quiet inner landscape. 
There are no fires
To put out
My breath
Flows like a stream

Moving inside and
All around 
caressing
bones, cells, soul. 
Enjoying peace.