Deep breath

Inhale salt spray

Scan swells, stretch shoulders

Time the set

Plunge into the crashing waves

Return to source of everything

To where that first fish slithered onto the beach gasping for air

Where that first single-celled amoeba divided,

Setting off evolutionary chain that led to this moment.

 

Settle into rhythm of stroke,

Breath

Stroke

Breath

Stroke…

Until movement and breath fade into unconscious flow

Flowing through primordial womb of all life on this planet, waves crashing, splashing face until the break fades behind and the open ocean opens my mind to encompass all life, dancing to gentle tidal rhythm

Swimming through the sea

As if it was the infinite, the physical transfers to mental, to spiritual and back again, all to the rhythm of tidal swells and…

Breath

Stroke

Breath

Stroke…

Out to the edge of the bay and back again, return back into physical and time sets back to the shore

Slide out of that salty womb to stand back on sand,

Turn to face the majesty with a nod of gratitude and one more…

Deep breath

Inhale salt spray

 

This is how I pray