Love, Breath, and Mindfulness

Love, breath and mindfulness.

Themes of my yoga class.

I don't profess to know any of the answers to our world problems but love, breath and mindfulness can be of help in the moment.

LOVE (thoughts adapted from The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo)

Water in its clear softness fills whatever hole it finds. It is not skeptical or distrusting. It does not say this gully is too deep or that field is too open. Love does the same.

"Love soaks our wounds."

"Beneath the many choices we have to make, love, flows back into the world through us."

BREATH AND MINDFULNESS (thoughts adapted from No Mud, No Lotus)

Breath unites body and mind. The way we start producing the medicine of mindfulness is to stop and take a conscious breath.

If we take care of the suffering inside us we have more clarity, energy and strength to help address suffering and inequity in our loved ones, in our community, and the world. If we are preocccupied with the fear and despair within us we can't help remove the suffering of others. If we know how to take care of our own suffering, we not only suffer much less, we also create more happiness around us and in the world.

May we all be well. May we all be safe. May we all be loved. And may we all be able to breathe.