Tag Archives: breathing
In and Out
My Brazilian neighbor lady recently shared her mom’s secret for calming nerves. First you pretend you are smelling a flower and inhale. Then you pretend you are blowing out a candle and exhale. Repeat several times. This Brazilian mom’s traditional … Continue reading
Awake with Pythagoras
Pythagoras told his devotees: Let sleep not come upon thy languid eyes until the day’s actions have been reviewed. And, if you’ve done something wrong, you should feel great alarm within. So the other night I got in bed and … Continue reading
Breathing in the sea
Day 30 Several years ago, I read “Super Consciousness: The Quest for the Peak Experience” and became a Colin Wilson fan. A Peak Experience, term coined by psychologist Abraham Maslow, is an ecstatic state when one feels a sense of … Continue reading



