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Practice what you Teach

Do we sit in front of the small blue screen and scroll and click social media at the same time we binge watch a series of actors portraying comedic and dramatic scenarios that capture us? Do we read our electronic devices in the bath while listening to current folk or jazz radio? Do we buy healthy food for our larders after downing a quicky snack or fast food? I do. I fight with my self and keep the  wellness of my journey of life in the margins. Even learning has dropped into a box of social identity.  But sometimes the dovetail toward simple good living can  happen. And here it is. Better Call Nel! So, yes.  I am bingeing, Better Call Saul .  And Yes.  I am scrolling through my Facebook and Instagram, but my curiosity is piqued!  THIS MONTREAL GAZETTE STORY comes up and I click on it.  It arrived at the exact time that Jimmy decided to (spoiler alert) start selling TV ads. Naturally, I clicked on the Gazette story because...

While I breathe

Dum Spiro Spero - while I breath I hope, I live, I move.  This is my Clan Motto, so it is only natural that I am drawn and dedicated to the beauty of of our breath. Many clans and other historical characters have also sensibly adopted the motto .  Our breath is our first and final possession. And nothing is closer to breath than movement.  It pulls the wasted CO2 from the depths of our extremities and flushes it through the lungs and away, so our splendid O2 can enliven our way, our fingers, our limbs, our organs, our brain.  Yes, the heart is the pump, but the lungs capture the miraculous  molecules and release them to our body, the ultimate nutrient. Recently, I studied the practice of movement for people with compromised lungs.  It is an absolute truth that movement is beneficial for everyone, even people who must carry their O2 with them, or who only have a portion of their lungs, working on their behalf, as they breathe and live. Fear can impe...