I Went for a Gentle Morning Run

A funny thing happened the other day. I was teaching a group of sportsman the Tri-Breath breathing exercises when one burley, gruff member of the team decided to take centre stage and blurted out, “I’m not dead so I must be breathing right!” He laughed as he walked to the back of the group (limping on the right leg I might add) and started to show his character (or lack of) by being disruptive, until one of his mates told him to “expletively” dry up.

It made me think. Why is it that some people deny themselves knowledge and improvement?

As it so often does the answer came the next morning as I was going for a “breathe” or what most people call a gentle morning run. As all Tri-Breathers know, the balanced rhythm of the breath takes you so far out there it gives your brain space to communicate with your higher self.

Generally in life we are given two paths or two choices in every situation that is presented before us. One choice is to be like a leaf floating on a river, being taken downstream wherever the river wishes to take us. Without a river, the leaf would just fall from the tree, sit on the ground and wait to slowly disintegrate.

The other choice is to be like a river.

The power of the river is in its movement. It’s a flow that is harnessed from within, and it is the force of this movement that shapes its surrounding environment. From the mountain to the sea, the river draws unto itself that which is used to give life to both it-self and to the many it meets and feeds along the way.

By drawing knowledge to ourselves we intuitively power-up our being, giving us the strength to shape our environment. And it is our desire to improve ourselves (on both conscious and subconscious levels) that feeds and fuels all of those around us. A great teacher put it this way...

"Only truth that is individually wrought out in the crucible of experience really penetrates into the living consciousness and ultimately bears fruit". D.K.

All because I went for a gentle morning run.