Just breathe...

When things get heated in our teams of prison residents, they pause the conversation or argument and invite everyone to take a deep breath. It's amazing how just one breath can create the space to start recognizing the difference between the realities we're creating and the deeper truth of what's likely going on.

Do not be fooled by the simplicity of this tool!!

Invitation: Find a way - via an app, anchoring to the day’s activities, in partnership with a family member - to regularly throughout the day take a deep breath. And then simply observe the changes in you.

This is part of a series. You see, on April 1st, I realized that I have a unique perspective into confinement thanks to my past 4.5 years engaging several times a week with the world's leading experts on confinement: prison residents. For the month of April, I will provide a daily lesson learned in prison that will hopefully help us to survive and even thrive while confined to our homes. Go forward and back to enjoy each daily lesson.