Sorry readers, didn’t mean to seemingly drop away from posting “real about me” posts. It’s just that with the layoffs announced a few weeks back I thought it prudent to turn my attention more to my work for now. Didn’t really mean for it to totally exclude this part of my online life, but it did.

Well, I’m still employed for now (that could change at any moment though). It’s been good practice at letting go of that which I cannot control. Some days I’m good at it, others, not so good. But overall, I’m learning to be much more accepting of what is.

Here’s a piece I’d like to share that I’ve found very helpful in my practice (and in my life):

As we begin to practice mindfulness of breathing, we often see ourselves, initially, as the breather, apart and separate from the breath itself. The direction and development of the practice is eventually to bridge this separation until our attention is absorbed fully into the breath. The breath breathes itself, and we experience a place of deep calmness, concentration, and ease. When we breathe, we just breathe. As our practice develops, we learn to let go of much of the emotional and psychological baggage that surrounds so much of what we "do" in life. Essentially, we learn to let go of the "doer." It is important to be patient with this process. Mindfulness of breathing is a practice of patient intimacy, learning to come closer and closer to the simple process of just breathing.

~ Christina Feldman

I love the last sentence and the phrase “patient intimacy”. I know I can bring that quality into the other parts of my daily life.