As mentioned in the video above:

May you be filled with lovingkindness.
May you be safe and protected from all inner and outer dangers.
May you be well in body and mind
May you be at ease and happy.

(The above is the Metta prayer, from the Buddhist tradition, and I used to include it at the beginning of every one of my newsletters. With everything that’s currently unfolding in the world, it seems timely to include it again.)

The news from here:
– Summer has begun in Vancouver with a BANG! It’s been a particularly intense spring here, with even more rain than usual (which is saying a LOT!), so it’s truly wonderful to now suddenly be enjoying sunshine and warmth.
– A couple of weeks ago, I thought that I’d contracted COVID, AND it turned out to just be a bad cold. I was completely healthy again in a week, AND now my beloved Kim is sick (with a bad flu.) If you’d be kind enough to send love and healing energy her way, I’d greatly appreciate it. 🙂

What’s new with YOU, dear Friend? I’d love to hear how things are going for you in your part of the world, so please e-mail me and let me know.

On the music front, I’m still going strong with my Morning Musings (I’ve now created 95 of them since August ’20!); I continue to (virtually) serve many churches in both Canada and the U.S. (and now, in person in Vancouver as well); I’m performing at more and more local retirement homes; and I have upcoming live performances with Undercover, The Rhythm & Blues Allstars, and Jake & Elwood’s Blues Brothers Revue. (For more detailed information on any of my performances, please click on any date in my online calendar.)

BIG NEWS: My upcoming book about my Camino experience will be an e-book (I don’t want to destroy any trees!) – a multimedia presentation featuring words, music and photos. To help me put the completion of the book “front and center” in my life, my Morning Musings will now feature excerpts from the book, with music that complements the theme I’ll explore in the excerpt. I’m excited and a little scared about this, so I have another request of you: to envision this process being one of Ease and Grace and JOY. Thanks for your support! 🙂

Last month, I shared “Trust In Love” with you, a new chant of mine about relaxing into the FLOW. After hearing the chant, my good friend and award-winning songwriter Harold Payne noted that I had used the phrase “just a breath away” several times, and he encouraged me to write another chant with that title. I have, and it’s my offering to you this month. It feels particularly timely to share a chant of hope – a reminder that solutions to EVERYTHING impacting us on a personal level, all the way up to on a global level, are just a breath away.

Here are the words to “Just A Breath Away”:

Love is just a breath away
Love is just a breath away
A breath away
A breath a-way

Trust is just a breath away…

Grace is just a breath away…

Joy is just a breath away…

Peace is just a breath away…

If there are words that resonate more strongly in you than the five I’ve chosen – words like clarity, forgiveness, understanding, reconciliation – I invite you to use them instead as you sing this chant with me.

The chant begins at 7:21 in this month’s video (above). May it serve you well!
(FYI: Due to current limitations with technology, I’m only able to share beautiful background images on my green screen OR offer you video recordings with stereo sound. Until this limitation is resolved, I will opt for stereo sound.)

And, as always…
You can listen to my songs and chants here and here.
You can find the words to my songs and chants here.
You can buy my CDs here.

How about YOU, dear Friend? What’s most resonating in YOU this month? WHEREVER you are on your journey, I’d love to hear from you! Please e-mail me; we’re all in this together, and we have much to learn from each other. (THANKS for being a part of my journey – I’m honoured to walk with you – and SPECIAL THANKS to all of the kind souls who respond to my newsletters; reading your comments is always a highlight of my month.)

APPRECIATION

Every Monday on my Facebook business page, I post messages of appreciation.
Please have a look, join the conversation, and SHARE the posts with your friends. 

UPCOMING AND ONGOING EVENTS

– PERFORMANCES

I’ve now created 95 chants (!) for my weekly “Morning Musings” broadcast (live on Wednesdays at 9 AM Pacific on my Facebook page, or any time on my YouTube channel);  I continue to serve many churches in both Canada and the U.S. (live, online via streaming, and with pre-recorded videos), as well as local retirement homes; and I also perform in several local groups. 

For more detailed information on any of my performances, please click on any date in my online calendar.

– VIDEOS

To watch my
Morning Musings,
Keynote Concerts,
Facebook Live Concerts,
Performance Videos,
and Small Steps Big Life: Walking The Camino videos,
please click here. 

As a very dear and wise friend in Montreal once said to me, “All I can offer you is my experience”.

My sincere desire, in every one of my newsletters, is to encourage us all to live our Big Lives one Small Step at a time.

Much love to you, dear Friend.
May I – may you – may we – re-member that EVERYTHING is just a breath away.

Go with Love,
– Nathen

Nathen Aswell
Performing Songwriter / Inspirational Speaker
Encouraging people to live Big Lives one Small Step at a time
NathenAswell.com
paypal.me/NathenAswell
(604) 618-4429