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I hope the next 21’ish breaths are the most nourishing of your day.
4 THOUGHTS
1. Probably the Best Place to Start with Mindfulness
“Probably the best place to start is with your breathing. If you can manage to bring your attention to your breathing for even the briefest of moments, it will set the stage for facing that moment and the next one with greater clarity.”
– Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, Full Catastrophe Living
I have nothing to add, except a few of these 👏 👏 👏
2. Unique Powers of Self-Regulation
“Even if you’ve never given it a moment’s thought, breath control is instinctively recognizable as not only a human-only skill but also as one that is intimately linked to our unique powers of mental and emotional self-regulation.”
– Caroline Williams, Move
This short passage highlights a profound understanding: We all intuitively know that breath control is linked to our ability to self-regulate mentally and emotionally. The challenge (and opportunity), of course, is remembering to use it 😊
3. Three Elegant Thoughts on the Lungs from Michael J Stephen, MD
1. “The lungs are a mysterious and even mystical organ. They are our connection to the atmosphere, the organ that extracts the life force we need to exist.”
2. “The lungs tap into something universal in their structure, maximizing uptake of the life force that surrounds all of us.”
3. “It is a beautiful circle of reuse and recycle, appropriately termed circulation, with the lungs as the centerpiece, the lynchpin connecting the body and the outside world.”
4. How to Actually Move Forward
“Like skaters, we move forward by actually moving from side to side.”
– Richard Rohr, Falling Upward
I’ve never loved a quote more in my life 😊. It reminds me of how we live, moving back and forth between:
Timeless Wisdom < — > Modern Science
Breathing < — > Meditation
Success < — > Failure
Science Papers < — > Spiritual Books
Seriousness < — > Humor
And on and on and on.
All these seemingly sideways movements are actually gliding us forward toward our True Selves 🙏
1 Quote
“When it comes to building stress resilience, one of the most powerful interventions is focusing on joy—specifically, the positive things that exist in our lives now, and on creating a positive future.””
1 Answer
Category: Lungs
Answer: It is estimated that there are about this many different generations of irregular branches from the main airway down to the alveoli.
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(Cue the Jeopardy! music.)
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Question: What is about 24-25?
In good breath,
Nick Heath, T1D, PhD
“Breathing is the compound interest of health & wellness.”
P.S. How to be happy
Gliding into Our True Selves
“Like skaters, we move forward by actually moving from side to side.”
– Richard Rohr
The idea in Thought #4 of gliding back and forth between timeless wisdom and modern science, breathing and meditation, seriousness and humor, and science and spiritual books beautifully captures the essence of becoming a Mixed Mindful Artist. And it’s exactly what we do in the Breath Learning Center.
So, if you’re ready to glide your way to your true self, lace up your skates and get started today. 😊
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* An asterisk by a quote indicates that I listened to this book on Audible. Therefore, the quotation might not be correct, but is my best attempt at reproducing the punctuation based on the narrator’s pace, tone, and pauses.