Like Breathing
In the midst of this pandemic, I’ve been thinking a lot about breathing. In the yoga that I practice, breath is important. It’s a way to focus attention and connect to the spirit. It brings calm to an anxious mind.
You don’t think about breathing, you just do it. My career as a family doctor has been like that to me for over thirty years. I work at a clinic in the Bronx, and I know most of my patients well. We work together to manage their diabetes and hypertension, the personal crises in their lives and acute problems like colds and back pain. It’s hard work, but it feels good to help people and to have them know me as “Dr. B.”