RIVER

Experiencing the flow of your breath can be calming in many ways. Sensing your breath helps to focus your mind, reconnect with your body, relax your nervous system, and process your thoughts and emotions. Let your breath be a river of peace.

In mindful presence,
Lori

I breathe slowly in,
I breathe slowly out. My breath
is a river of peace.
I am here in the world.
Each moment I can breathe and be.

I watch the stream.
Each thought is a floating leaf.
One leaf is worry,
another leaf is sadness.
The leaves drift softly away.

I breathe slowly in,
I breathe slowly out. My breath 
is a pathway of peace
moving softly through me.
Each day I can breathe and be.

—Kate Coombs