Archive for February, 2014
Bridging Heart and Mind with Our Breath
Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
Breathe gently in and out. Allow the exhale to be a little longer.
Release any tension, worry, or anxiety with each out breath.
Allow light in any form to arrive with each in breath.
Notice how your body feels while breathing.
Just notice, be aware, be the inner note-taker.
Welcome all the thoughts, know the exhale will take them.
Greet the critic and the judge ─ embrace them.
Breathe slower and deeper.
Relax into the fullness of the inhale and exhale.
Breathe all the way down to your feet. This breath will anchor you.
Breathe all the way up to the top of your head (your crown chakra).
This breath will open you to your divine connection.
Take a fuller breath. Tune into the wisdom of your heart-center.
With each breath, bridge your heart and mind.
Be the observer, the anchor, the wisdom, and the breath.
Rest in your breath.
Your breath takes you where you need to be ─ right here in this moment.
Welcome home.
Wisdom of the Heart
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
What if all of your heart experiences was your map? What if the map you followed was not a linear trail of getting from here to there? What if your true guide was getting from here to here inside your heart?
Perhaps we can shift our orientation. We can leave our ordinary attitude and go for refuge to our heart. We can reduce anxiety, worry, fear, and anger in our linear thinking and expand inward with an open heart.
What if your heart said: YOU ARE HERE. And “here” meant wisdom, peace, contentment, and joy. Wouldn’t you want to go there? We need to want to go there. We can go to the refuge of the breath. We can breathe out anxiety, worry, fear, and anger. We can breathe in light, wisdom, peace, contentment and joy.
We can make the decision that inner peace is the guiding source of who we really are.
There was a time I was between here and there. Now I find myself between here and here.
Breathing Love
Friday, February 7th, 2014
Breathing in, I am love
Breathing out, I am love
Breathing in, You are love
Breathing out, You are love
Breathing in, We are love
Breathing out, We are love
Breathing in, All is love
Breathing out, All is love
Breathing in love
Breathing out love
Holy Darkness
Monday, February 3rd, 2014
Breathe and be
Savor and serve
Into the place
That has never been touched
Feeling the pureness
Residing within
An innocent soul
From beginning to end
Listening to wisdom
Surrounded by light
Belonging to Wholeness
The birth of your presence
Sacred awaking
This moment
Into the womb of your heart
By Mary Anne Flanagan