Covid has brought the world together yet it has pitted us against each other as well. As an older adult living in San Francisco, California I can attest to living in an age-conscious city. Did you know that ageism is a term from the 1960s: from age + ism?
As we age there is a sense of something being taken away, something that we once had being lost to us. In a word that might be ‘youth’. And with youth comes vitality, strength, beauty.
Into presence
Unfold
The silent witness
Of breath
Take time
To nourish
Your cells
With
Stillness
How do you breathe?
Let them tell us we do not know how to breathe properly … Please, we have been doing it since we were brought into the world! It’s not something that requires study, is it? Well, it does.
Sleep! One of the joys of life. Restful sleep is essential to being able to function well during the day. We all know the consequences of a bad night and trying to drag ourselves through the next day’s chores. This is something we must avoid.