One Half-Breath At A Time: Introduction
While you’re reading this book, and especially as you’re doing the exercises and inquiries, allow yourself space to do what you’re doing. Be present. For that time span, those moments you spend focused on your breathing, indulge yourself in the simple pleasure of rhythm. The simple act of turning one’s attention onto the cyclical pattern of breathing can be profoundly calming. It only takes two or three cycles for a feeling of pleasure to arise, for…
Rhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue. When it does, it grows sweeter. When it becomes reliable, we are in a kind of body-heaven. -Mary Oliver