Growing up on the shores of Lake Michigan, I am a water person. So, it is helpful to me to think about my breath as similar to waves on the shore. Just as the waves are only the tip of all that water that is connecting with the beach, what I breathe is part of a sea of air and all that it encompasses, holds, and touches – connecting me to everything that surrounds me.

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