Saturday, April 30, 2011
Breathe Deeply
BREATHE DEEPLY !
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By Michelle Robin
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Think about the last time you were looing forward to some thing really exciting ! Did your breathing speed up ?
Could you feel, your heart in your chest ? Did you gasp in surprise or delight ? Did the moment quite literally take your breath away ?
When you are practicing deep breathing, it can be helpful to visualise the exhalation as starting from the center of your brow and washing down over your body like a waterfall.
Visualise the exhalation as the emotions or negative energy you need to relese.
Now, think about the last time you felt anxious about something., or afraid ,. Did your breathing speed up ?
Could you feel your heart in your chest ?
Did you gasp in shcok, horror or outrage?
Did the moment lock up your muscles, causing your to hold yourself so tightly , that even your breathing ceased ?
Good or bad, high or low, our emotions are intimately connected to our breathing. We reveal our inner state by the way we breathe. Every feeling, every experience we have , affects our breathing. And the reverse is also true !
The way we breathe affects our experiences and the way we process our emotions... Breathing well is arguably the most important thing you ccan do for your health.
Without breath, there is no life at all ! If is for this reason, that, human beings from earliest times have connected the life force within to the breath. Before the advent of machines thta regiset precisely when the brain dies, the moment of death was the moment one stopped breathing !
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By Michelle Robin
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Think about the last time you were looing forward to some thing really exciting ! Did your breathing speed up ?
Could you feel, your heart in your chest ? Did you gasp in surprise or delight ? Did the moment quite literally take your breath away ?
When you are practicing deep breathing, it can be helpful to visualise the exhalation as starting from the center of your brow and washing down over your body like a waterfall.
Visualise the exhalation as the emotions or negative energy you need to relese.
Now, think about the last time you felt anxious about something., or afraid ,. Did your breathing speed up ?
Could you feel your heart in your chest ?
Did you gasp in shcok, horror or outrage?
Did the moment lock up your muscles, causing your to hold yourself so tightly , that even your breathing ceased ?
Good or bad, high or low, our emotions are intimately connected to our breathing. We reveal our inner state by the way we breathe. Every feeling, every experience we have , affects our breathing. And the reverse is also true !
The way we breathe affects our experiences and the way we process our emotions... Breathing well is arguably the most important thing you ccan do for your health.
Without breath, there is no life at all ! If is for this reason, that, human beings from earliest times have connected the life force within to the breath. Before the advent of machines thta regiset precisely when the brain dies, the moment of death was the moment one stopped breathing !
