Breathe in, breathe out, move on.

Good morning. I got here early and brought a little music. Jimmy Buffett wrote this after Hurricane Katrina. I teach mindfulness meditation to people with little or no previous meditation experience and find this song to be a lovely and easily accessible analogy for the storms that can arise during quiet moments on the cushion. (I might prefer a slightly different image of open-hearted-acceptance-that allows-the-full-experience-to-unfold-and-letting-that-be-so-one-can-move-on - but. . . hey. . . that's just a preference. And not a very poetic one, at that. Not much of a beat, couldn't dance to it, that's for sure!)