The Magical Breath

Did you know that the breath is the single best way to connect your mind, body, and spirit?

Cool or what?

In the ancient tradition of yoga, there is a practice called pranayama.

Prana is a Sanskrit word that means life force.

Yogi Bhajan said “Prana is the most powerful and most creative thing God ever created, because out of prana came life.”

Prana is evidenced every moment by the breath.

Think about it. Whenever there’s a scene in a movie where a person looks possibly dead, what’s checked? Someone leans over the still body to see if she is still breathing.

Life force is inextricably linked to the breath.

The Sanskrit word yama means to control or restrain. It is also the negative form of ayama, to extend or stretch.

Thus, pranayama is the control of life force and the ability to consciously extend and manipulate the breath.  And practicing Pranayama is the doing of conscious breathing exercises. (I’ll send you a new one each month. This is September’s.)

If your goal is to lead a conscious life, you have to embrace the breath.

Here is what you can expect when you do these breathing exercises:

1. Feel Radiantly Healthy 

Every cell, organ, gland, tissue and muscle in your body needs oxygen. This is why we are all encouraged to do cardio- exercise.

Breathing does this too.

When we regularly oxygenate our systems, we help them run at their potential. Then they can more easily fight off illness and help us reduce and even eliminate stress.

Imagine living with increased vitality! That would mean having an abundant amount of energy.

Doesn't that sound great?

2. Control Your Mind

Your mind essentially regulates what you think, feel, perceive and experience.

Have you ever had a moment when you were really panicked about something? You're heart was beating wildly in your chest, your mind flying around, unable to concentrate because the anxiety and tension had you in its grip?

The fastest way to come out of this is a nice deep breath.

That inhalation brings you back to the moment, helps you ground and center, and physically calms down the body.

Ancient Yogis have taught us that the mind is directly linked to prana (life force). So, if we control the prana, through increased awareness of the breath, we can control our minds.

This is how much power lies with the breath.

3. Make What Is Unconscious Conscious

Breathing with awareness helps us wake up.

Not just our physical bodies by energizing and oxygenating them, not just our minds by waking them from a stupor but it helps us tap into true awareness.

Breathing allows you to come fully into the moment and be 100% present.

The breath is the link between the mind, body and spirit and allows us to access and integrate all with mindfulness, presence and joy.

Become fully aware of your breathing today and enjoy better health, peace of mind, increased clarity and joy.

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Access Your Power Now

Letting go of old, limiting beliefs gives you power. It frees you up to be exactly who you want to be and live your truth, your light and love.

I was reminded again this morning.

While I was meditating, the words that came were, “as we release our samsara, we make room in our lives for the things we truly want.”

Samsara is a Sanskrit word that describes the cycle of life- from birth to death. This includes all the actions of our lives, the karma we accrue and bring forward into the next incarnation, etc.

I think about samsara, too, as the bodily goo that gets attached to us once we take form and become human. It’s the stuff- the emotions, relationships, duties, obligations, beliefs- that ground us in a physical form and ego.

As we release the bonds – the limitations – we impose on ourselves, it frees us to move into our spirit selves and become truly who we are.

Here are a few tools to help you release that which you no longer want:

1.  The Breath

Breathing is the most powerful tool in our repertoire. It has the ability to physically regulate our bodies, instantly reduce anxiety or tension as well as the ability to bring us directly into the moment.

In the moment, you are free. There is no judgment, no suffering, no past, no future.

The breath is the way we connect to the universal truth, to God, to source.

Use this tool for it will change your life.

To support you on your journey, each month I’ll send out a new breathing exercise for you to try.

Use it and see how your life unfolds. The breath helps you open up to your own inner knowing, to awareness.

2. Meditation & Prayer

These two go hand in hand for one is the asking and the other the receiving. Meditation is your time to relax and allow yourself to float in the river of love. It is the time to commune with your God and yourself in a place of refuge.

If you haven’t already downloaded some of my guided meditations, I invite you to access the kit now. Here

3.  Psychotherapy/Coaching

Elizabeth Lesser, the founder of The Omega Institute, and author of Cracked Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow, talks about the importance of therapy.

She writes about her own process of seeing how old patterns of behavior were keeping her stuck. She says, “What I learned in the safe and sacred room of my therapist’s office was that the same energy I was exerting to keep things from being revealed could be used for a far more exciting and rewarding struggle: to return my soul to my body, to return myself to myself. After that, anything would be possible.”

In essence, we have to heal ourselves, our egos and childhood wounds in order to open ourselves up to truly be vessels for truth, for God’s work, for love. To let the samsara go.

If you’re ready to release that which no longer serves you and claim your life, take advantage of my special Fall coaching special. It’s happening right now. Learn more

This is the work we are here to do – remember who we are.

It’s scary but it’s the journey of a life time and will awaken you to truly be the hero you are.

I'm here to help you every step along the way. Join me today!