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Finding Home, Part 2

Posted by on May 29, 2012 in breath | 10 comments

“When you set out on the path, the path begins to materialize, but not before.” – Susan Piver Any adventure is a path. It meanders, it gets bumpy. It might even dead end. But if you keep moving forward, one step at a time, it will lead you where you need to go. If you’ve been following my moving adventures to live on the Central...

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The Simple Art of Breathing

Posted by on Oct 4, 2010 in awareness, breath, meditation, paying attention, relaxation, relieving stress | 2 comments

We take about 28,000 breaths a day, inhaling and exhaling, bringing oxygen into our bodies, and releasing toxins and waste we don’t need. Most of us are shallow breathers. We breathe high into our chests, not deep into the lower lobes of our lungs. And yet breathing into our lower lobes activates the calming receptors that reside there. Breathing...

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