SHEN Centre for Health and Wellness

One Breath

I breathe my first breath & I wonder,
I breathe in the breath of my Mother
I breathe in the breath of my Father,
Breathing deeply & quietly I wonder

I breathe in the breath of a butterfly,
I share it with my sister & brother,
Breathing in and out with a dragonfly,
I giggle & smile & remember!

I breathe in & out with the butterfly,
I breathe with the trees & the flowers,
I giggle & smile & remember!
It's just ONE Breath - we share it with each other!

Then, we honor each breath and treat it with care as
We honor Mother Earth and the breath she shares,
Now everyone sings & we honor each other and know
Its just ONE Breath and we share it with each other!

I breathe in with the stroke of a butterfly’s wing, and out with the wag of a tail. I breathe in with a snake and out with an elephant and I think that’s the breath of a whale I can smell!

As I wag my tail with the butterfly’s wings, I breathe in and out with my Mother ...

John West
June 2021

Community of Practice to Raise Consciousness

Listen. Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life? --Mary Oliver

We are creating a ongoing community of breath based practices to raise our consciousness as we heal our body and mind.

Featured Topic: Raising Human Consciousness

Where and when?
You can learn to practice these life skills by joining our meetups from the comfort of your homes on Zoom; details follow:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/97573056064
Meeting ID: 975 7305 6064

Day of the week and time: Mondays from 7:00pm to 8:30pm (EDT).

References:
Breathing Miracles Into Being: The Linda Scotson Technique: http://www.dailygood.org/story/2559/breathing-miracles-into-being-the-linda-scotson-technique-awakin-call-editors/

Article in the Guardian: Are breathing techniques good for your health? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jul/12/are-breathing-techniques-good-for-your-health?CMP=share_btn_link

Breathing Happiness: https://youtu.be/Uvli7NBUfY4
The science of cells that never get old: https://youtu.be/2wseM6wWd74

Wim Hof, The Iceman Cometh | HUMAN Limits: https://youtu.be/q6XKcsm3dKs

Want a Better Workout? Just Breathe: https://nyti.ms/2E68LBf
Breathe. Exhale. Repeat: The Benefits of Controlled Breathing: https://nyti.ms/2ekot2Z

Breathing for Your Better Health: https://www.wsj.com/articles/breathing-for-your-better-health-1422311283?reflink=share_mobilewebshare

If Your Anxiety Makes It Hard to Breathe, Here's What a Therapist Says to Do: http://a.msn.com/0E/en-ca/BB15pCww?ocid=scu2

Community Development

When we promote the technique of deep breathing at the community level, it leads to individuals who are at peace within. Peace within leads to peace without. Indivdual wellness leads to community wellness. Individual behaviour leads to crime free community. Individuals with learning ability creates communities with awareness and prosperity.

All communities need to invest to gain these benefits is to create a culture of deep diaphragmatic breathing.

And this is not a big investmen considering the potential benefits!

Self Development

SHEN Centre for Health and Wellness is focused on a simple technique the regular use of which helps an individual up regulate our neurological control for self development, self management, general health and wellness including physical health, mental health, learning ability, social behaviour and achievement. The technique has the potential of helping us achieve any life goal we set for ourselves, It costs no money, has no side effects and needs no prerecquisites. Anybody can use it. It promises benefits all around.