We breathe an average of 20,000 times a day and as many as 800 trillion times over an 80 year lifespan. Every breath is a unique expression of life, a moment of living identity.

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
A dancer poised
Unmoved by the 
Rising sun,
Clouds imperceptibly
Float by.
We turn
Ever so slowly
Delicately balanced on
Mother Earth.














Breath Meditation
Breath, like a 
Dimmer switch
Floats downward
Quieting brain.
Face and jaw release,
Shoulders melting
Energy cascades
Through my body
Into Mother Earth.
She carries me.
Naked, without thought
Or pretense,
I greet this day.

Cool Air

Another world is possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. 
Arundhati Roy

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
Pink Azaleas
Fiery, subtle
Soft 
A community of
Color 
That only Spring
Can bring
A celebration,
Even on a cloudy
Day










Breath Meditation
Cool air
The breath of the earth
Rhythmically undulates
along my skin
Awakening me
To breathe.
Waves,
Gentle wind,
Rustling leaves
The delicious scent
of
Freshness
Inspires fully.
Tensions, thoughts,
A separate self
Dissovle
Into Joy and
Fullness

New Growth

We breathe an average of 22,000 times a day. The essence of life resides in the breath, along with our whole life story, moment by moment.

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
New growth
Illuminated by the rising
Sun.
Bright green
Basking in morning 
Yellows and Pinks.
A soft glow
Of love
Touches every
Leaf and branch
As the blanket of
Night
Peels off
Into the light
Of day.

Breath Meditation
Breath
Like a soft river 
Flows
Touches and awakens
Muscles relax
Head clears
Presence arrives

Glistening Tulip

The way we breathe is the way we live. Breathing fully is our birthright.

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
The glistening tulip
Held by the cool moist air
Inspires.
It's tiny pores
Breathe in
Life.
Our air,
So precious to all of life,
Nourishes a flower who
Cannot live without it.
A tulip celebrates
This pristine moment
We breathe together
As one.














Breath Meditation
Morning air
Breathes me
To a birds song.
The boundaries of being separate
Dissolve.
I am the tulip in the garden
The new leaves on a tree
Loving the clean air.
Full deep breaths happen
Effortlessly
I don't have to think about it.
It is natural to breathe.

Colors at Dawn

Breath is connected to the air that we breathe. Becoming more aware of breathing can bring more awareness to the importance of good air quality. The air that we breathe travels in streams (like the jet stream). Pollution anywhere on the the planet affects us all and makes it hard to breathe and live.


Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
Morning light
Paints the sky.
Orange, yellow, pink and gray
Beckon
Bare feet on the cool 
Earth
And the song of birds
Joyously awakening
To a new day

Breath Meditation
The cool air
Awakens the contours of
My body and flows
Deep into my lungs.
A true breath
Of morning.
Without walls
In open space
Freshness fills
My being
Without effort
I am filled with breath
And joy.

Pink Rhododendron

For breath is life, and if you breathe well, you will live long on earth. Sanskrit Proverb


Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
First bloom
Bursts open from a plant 
In the earth
Not yet a year.
Low to the ground
Brilliant petals of pink
Cluster together to 
A boquet
An offering 
Waiting to be seen.

Breath Meditation
My breath, swirling light
Reaching inward to
The recessess of 
A deep wound.
The doors, open now
by love.
She can receive and breathe.
Quiet and dark
A child
Longing to be known
By those who
Value life
Sits
Receiving what was meant 
To be.
In the stillness of a breath
I am embraced.

Blooming Trees

Adults breath between 12 and 20 breaths per minute at rest.  However, recent research has shown that 10 or fewer slower, deeper breaths per minute is best for overall health.

Three Deep Breaths

Something Beautiful
Blooming, becoming
Flowering,
Each tree is
Free to express,
And open outward
Displaying it's own unique 
Pattern of flowers

Breath Meditation
Shoulders tight and 
Mind held
Become evident
With closed eyes
And flowing breath.
Waves of body tension
Melt in the pause between breaths
A life source
Awakens
There is support now.