Breathwave

The awesomeness of breathwork

Lying down
breathing in
and out,
in and out,
no pause but no rush
from bottom 
to top,
deep, deep.
Recognize the 
bellows of your
being
is lit by
millions of stars,
quadrillions
of eons
that coalesce
here, now,
rising and falling,
in the most 
joyous manifestation
(after the 
grief is coughed
out, after the
block is swept
aside)
This being,
here,
gets to be
gets to breathe
gets to sing
and the firmament
dances
in celebration
of this lit candle,
this incandescent 
life.

Sweet song circle around the fire after the Breathwave experience

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Author’s Note: Last Saturday, October 12, 2024, my sweet friend Kara invited me to attend a Good Medicine Gathering at a private venue. The experience began with an hour or so of a breathing technique called Breathwave, inspiring the poem above which I wrote later that night. We followed the breathwork with a few hours of singing original songs gathered around a fire, led by a skilled musician and warmed by internal and external vibrations. Later, the event moved into the sauna, hot-tub, and heated pool, also a very fun time…. I am so grateful to be in a community where people share so generously and widely their gifts of breath, insight, music and spirit. More, please!