Meditation

Loving-Kindness Meditation

Byrtrt March 3, 2015September 23, 2020

Last Sunday, as thunder rolled in and the sweet rain began to fall at last on Hilo, I was in the middle of leading a loving-kindness meditation for a wellness series. I could feel every stressed tree, every parched blade of grass, open its cells and sigh with relief. It seemed so perfect to be…

Meditation

Breathing

Byrtrt November 28, 2014September 23, 2020

It’s Thanksgiving today in the U.S. I am giving thanks for breath. For much of my life I have had trouble breathing. Colds turn into pneumonia or bronchitis; I have chronic asthma. And when I have trouble breathing, I panic. I struggle to breathe and the more I struggle the harder it is, and the…