The Los Angeles Province Fall DESIGNS magazine will be in the mail soon! The theme this season is “The Power of the Present Moment.”
Many of our sisters and associates sent in beautiful reflections of their experience with how to get into the present moment. We were not able to fit all these pearls of wisdom in the magazine, so we are highlighting them here.
This one is from Sister Joann Heinritz, CSJ:
The Gift of breath: Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, had a sign over the entrance to his doorway: “You have arrived. Enjoy breathing!”
+Conscious breathing, also known as breath awareness is practiced in all the world’s great spiritual traditions.
+The key is simply to be present to our breathing, using our inner attention to follow our inhalations and exhalations as they take place by themselves.
+My favorite practice: Breathe in through your nose. When you’ve comfortably filled your lungs, take a second, deeper sip of air to expand your lungs as much as possible. Then, very slowly, exhale through your mouth until all the air is gone.
+Reflect: I am a breathing being, alive right now and right here. Let me feel the mystery and the miracle of my breath and my life!
~Sister Joann Heinritz, CSJ
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