All together now... breathe

Not sure how you can help? You can be a support to someone by simply breathing with them. Literally.

Sit near the person you are caring for and watch them breathe. Try to breathe in rhythm with them -- inhale when they inhale, exhale when they exhale.

As you inhale, imagine that you are suffering along with them. Feel their pain, their sadness, their fear. Really be with them.

As you exhale, imagine that you are breathing out love and compassion, for your loved one, for yourself, for everyone else in the world who is suffering.

Feel youself letting go of the helplessness and accepting what is, all wrapped up in loving kindness.

This is a powerful way to join together when words and actions are not enough. When you are away from each other, you can imagine that you are breathing together and achieve the same results.