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Wednesday, 28 September 05 ::
breath
i wish i could say something prophetic about breath..
about 2 weeks ago i put up signs around my house, in my car, and at work that say 'breathe' and 'are you breathing?' i was inspired to do so when i was at a friends house and i saw on a wall in front of a counter a similar sign. when i read it, i took a deep breath.
breathing is a big part of what we learn out at heart of now. breathing, at least the way i interpret it, helps to bring us back into our bodies, helps us to ground, and have a better sense of what we are feeling in the moment. breath also helps us pause, taking moments during heated times, moments to shift the energy of the interaction, moments to better center our intention.
when i was out at lost valley last weekend one of my cook team members commented to me how much more grounded i seemed than the previous month. frankly, i hadn't noticed any change, but it was nice to hear that on the outside i appear different.
what i've found, especially in the last couple of days, is that my signs that remind me to find my breath make my life a lot more deliberate. i've slowed down the pace of my life, i'm not in a constant dash from one task to another. also i'm able to face stresses and breathe through them. while the stress might not leave after a breath, it makes moving through it a different experience. i'm able to find my center, i'm able to balance with that center, or at least find some semblance of it in the most heated of moments.
i'm a different person in this moment than i was a month ago. my heart feels more open, my future less of a weight on my whole body. i feel a lot more free about my life. frankly, in this moment, i attribute that to breath.
posted by brooke at September 28, 2005 07:49 PM
