Essential Breath

Since the moment we were born until the day we take our last breath, breathing is something that our bodies naturally do. This automatic breath allows you to survive but who wants to just survive when you can thrive!? Over time our bodies have created bad breathing patterns due to the pace we keep, the emotional roller coasters we go on and the choices we make (like smoking for instance) are all influences on the way we breathe. Do you ever say you are stressed out or burned out and the tension and anxiety that accompanies that all-too-familiar state of over load seems to be undermining your genuine desire to take care of yourself. DO you watch kids playing and remember a time when you were full of energy??? Do you wonder where that time went and how you can recover it? Well today western medical and scientific studies are proving again and again what yogis have known for centuries: when we breathe well, we create the optimum conditions for health and well-being.

Today most of us have forgotten what it feels like to breathe fully and wholly with the vitality of a new born infant. But the good thing is although we may have forgotten it we haven't lost it and we can get it back again.    It's sad that we were taught so much in school about history, mathematics  reading and such  but very few of us were taught in detail the geographic mapping of the home we live in -----our bodies. A place we have lived in our whole lives but have not really noticed.

Do you know what your diaphragm does, where it is located or what it looks like??? It's fascinating really. Click here to learn about your diaphragm

Our breath can do so much for us if you learn to tap into it. Longer inhales can give you energy and longer exhales; relaxation. Finding what yogis call your "essential" breath is not easy. It's a journey and a practice but it is well worth it. My breathing over the past two years has became so much fuller and I know I can look to it for vital energy. In yoga we call the breath Prana or our life force energy.In yoga it is the breath that moves us. It's a beautiful thing to just sit and be one with your breath.Click here for breath awareness tips.

Put your head phones in or make sure there are no outside noises around you....take a minute to do this guided breathing meditation. Enjoy it and don't take one single breath for granted.