Our breath … our natural, radiant, consistent breath teaches us about a deep peacefulness that can be found through creating balance in our lives.
When we breathe in, the body expands and this can be felt as the “doing” phase of the breath. When we breathe out, the body condenses, it softens and this can be felt as the “relaxing/receiving” phase of the breath. In our natural breathing rhythm we also have pauses. For most this will be felt at the end of the out breath but can also be experienced at the end of the in breath. These pauses are moments of “being”.
Every time we breathe in and we breathe out, we get to experience all parts of the breath… the doing, the receiving and the being. Each as important as the other.
Through relaxed, natural breathing that dances with our receptive bodies we can reach deep states of peacefulness. And we can apply this learning to our day-to-day lives…
Allow time for working, for doing and create time for softening, receiving and being.
As we find a balance between doing, receiving (accepting) and being, I believe we can all find a deep peacefulness from which to BE in the world.
