Pause and intentionally bring attention to the next 3 breaths
David Etlin, my friend and co-founder of Mindfulness Toronto, shared a poem with the attendants of our last meeting. With his permission, I am sharing the poem with you in today’s email.
“ As a doctor who treats chronic pain patients with both medications as well as meditation, I wondered what the advertising agencies would come up with if breath could be bottled and sold as a commodity for profit.
I believe it would be an easy sell, as demonstrated in the following poem written only partially with tongue in cheek.”
-David Etlin MD FRCPC
If The Breath Was a Pharmaceutical
It’s fun to imagine
If breath was a pill
What would ads say?
Is breath marketable?
You could easily claim
That use of the breath
Will keep you alive
And prevent early death
You could, surely declare
It’s so simple to treat
And the price, guaranteed
Is impossible to beat
Conveniently located
Right under your nose
Always available
For relaxing, repose
Very effective
For all types of stress
May be lifesaving
With no side effects
Used successfully by millions,
Over thousands of years
Satisfaction is promised
Be at peace with your fears
-David Etlin MD FRCPC
Enjoy mindful moments in the rest of your day
Lee
Lee
M. Lee Freedman, MD,CM FRCP(C)
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