Hello and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Miscara.

And in today's episode, we're going to talk about breathing fully.

And I don't mean a breathing pattern, but instead what it means to breathe with a greater sense of

wholeness and depth. More to come on that in a moment. First, let's settle in together

with the sound of the bells. So I came across this beautiful poem, or what I perceive to be a beautiful poem that really landed poignantly for me.

It's called Breath of Life by Dana Faults, and I'd like to read it to you.

As with all of the poems I share on this podcast, see if you can really hear

the words and let it land for you in whatever way it does today and where you are in your life.

So again, this is called Breath of Life. I breathe in all that is.

Awareness expanding to take everything in,

as if my heart beats the world into being.

From the unnamed vastness beneath the mind,

I breathe my way to wholeness and healing.

Inhalation, exhalation.

Each breath a yes and a letting go, a journey, and a coming home.

I mean, come on.

Isn't that a great poem?

You know, poetry lands differently at different times in our life and for different people.

So I certainly don't expect you to feel the same way toward it that I do, but I will share what I did like about it. First, you know, I don't know

anything about Dana Fault, and I'm not sure I'm saying her name correctly, but this poem feels like it was written from a place

of being connected to something deeper, whether it was following a meditation practice or an insight

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