Power of one breath...

I will occasionally listen to the Elvis Duran morning show out of NYC on my morning drive into school. Ever since the announcement of our Presidential future and now reality, they have included within their new segment every morning, the statement, "Here is your daily reminder to take a deep breath"
And of course it got me thinking...
The power of taking just one, deep breath and the capacity of it to move forward...


One breath.
The beginning of all life...
To be the first.

With the power to calm.
To generate thought.

To accuse.
To relax and regroup.

To sustain life.

To be the last.

We must remind ourselves to breathe...

When you feel stressed.

When you are at your wits end.

When you don't feel like you can go on.

To stop.

To breathe.
DEEPLY.

To find your rhythm.

To be present and sit in the silence and just feel

The tidal wave passes over.

Replacing it all with calm 

And a reminder that you can keep going.

That it will be okay.

You can and will get through this...

Just keep reminding yourself....

Take time to take a breath.

Just one deep breath.

And keep pushing forward, friends.