The Stillness Inside Movement

Sit easily and let the breath come and go on its own. Most people notice the pause at the top of the inhale and the bottom of the exhale. Today, listen for the smaller pauses hiding inside the breath itself, tiny moments of stillness in the middle of moving air. They are real, only soft. Stay with them as you find them, like noticing rests in a piece of music. The breath is not only motion. It carries little islands of quiet that have always been there.