69. Re-Source

In Between


Wind

Artwork by:

Meg Vellejos-McCoy at innerlifecreations.com.

Day 351 of 2020 and Day 1842 of her Daily Painting Practice.

What is the effect of allowing your breath to source from In Between and return there?

Re-source is a card that reminds us that our innate compass for navigating life is our own breath.

Learning to pay attention to my breath was my very first exercise of intentional self-awareness. In 1993, before my daughter Mary Clare was born, I began therapy. In the first appointment, my therapist asked, “Are you aware you’re holding your breath when I talk?” What? No. No, I was not aware. Then, I was.

I learned to do a daily, early morning walking meditation that included counting my breath to nine and beginning again. I walked briskly for an hour, observing my breath. If I lost count, I learned to forgive myself and simply begin again at one.

Forgiveness. My first awareness of feeling attached to breath.

The effect of observing my breath source from In Between and returning there is my navigation of my life using the smart compass of sentience: our in-born intelligence of feeling and sensation.