Do not be afraid of your breath.
When you feel tense or angry or stressed or exhausted
be aware.
Find a delicious moment of peace in the
next
deeeeep
belly-drenching
heart-bursting
breath.
Now go on with your life.
Tell me - one word - in what situation do you promise yourself to find your breath today?
Mine? Laundry. (Back problems always kick in when I bend over to pull out clothes & I frequently hold my breath. I find when I remember to breathe through it I find core strength that makes it much easier.)
when I let self-criticism take over a moment, I will take a breath and re-focus on the the fact that I am enough in this very moment. promise.
ReplyDeleteHave a breath-full day, Lovely One !
When I feel the resistance taking over.
ReplyDeleteWhen I hit 'overwhelm', which generally happens on a Monday when there seems to be SO much to do. Like Kim, its at such times when that little self-criticm gremlin begins his taunts. Taking a deep breath seems to chase him away somehow!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the gentle reminder, my sweet friend.
Hugs xxx
Criticizing. When I see the world with critical eyes, where is my breath? I'm way ahead of it somewhere out there telling the world how I think it ought to be. The world doesn't care. My breath doesn't care. When I return to my breath, I return to sanity, to reality. Ah...).
ReplyDeleteBerating. I have a coworker who finds it amusing to publicly berate me on a daily basis. I've decided it is meaningless and I can ignore it. Just breathe through it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I the alarm went off at 5:45. I actually got out of bed and went to the gym. My body is happy that I took a deep breath and jumped out of bed. :)
ReplyDeletegetting started (sorry, two words, but I am have SO much trouble getting motivated to do anything but be outside or reading).
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa, Thanks for this reminder! I have to rush out and do a few errands today & I must remember to relax and breathe!
ReplyDeleteall i can say is, thank you, friend. xox
ReplyDeleteTelephoning!
ReplyDeleteBelieving. I need to believe that I can create magical art. I want people to be happy with my art. And to do that I must be happy with my art and trust that my inner senses are correct. :) Theresa
ReplyDeletei found breath in an MRI, acknowledged every exhale and inhale as they scanned my head/brain.
ReplyDelete