Breathe, Think, Breathe, Think, Read, Breathe, Think
Here's a thought: mind-body medicine. Hmmm... There's something relieving about routine. So often it is suggested that we "shake it up", "do something spontaneous", or "go against the grain." While those are all worthwhile choices to be made, there is something to be said for having elements in ones daily life that are the same. Constant chaos is a force to be reckoned with, for sure, and having things to come back to, to ground yourself with, allows for the lovely moments of being still. Reading has been the name of the game for the past couple of weeks. One of the biggest things that stuck out for me recently was in an article I read somewhere, in which the author found that some of the most successful people in history have a common practice: they sit alone for at least 20 minutes every morning. This is something I have been attempting to cultivate for months now, with spotty success. Morning meditation, in my experience, has been bombarde...