Breathing awareness

lilly · Site Admin

Breathing awareness

Are you aware of your breathing pattern? Can you observe it right now? Try it. How does it feel? Intense? Shallow? Fast? Calm? Do you breath through your nose, or your mouth? Is the inhalation the same length with your exhalation?

Why asking these questions?

Because breath means life, breath means who we are, breath means health. We do take in Oxygen but we also inhale prana/ life force/ orgone. We bath in our own breath.
Breath is the bridge, the connection between our mind and body.

Breath does not happen in the future or in past it happens NOW, in this very moment. It is extremely important to pay attention to our breath. Being aware of our breath reminds us of our connection with nature, our human nature. Everything in this universe moves, pulsates, breaths.

Breathing deeply and smoothly calms the nervous system, calms the brain and subconscious mind, relaxes and eases the body.
It is important to breath in and out for the same length of time, for example inhale for a count of 4 or 5 and exhale for the same count. Find the length that feels comfortable without hyperventilating. If breathing gets too harsh, it can agitate the nervous system.

Breath plays a major role during my healing sessions: I cannot connect to my higher self without being aware of my breath. Breathing deeply and slowly, keeps me focused on the present, building up and maintaining a high level of energy needed for the healing session. I always encourage people I help to become aware of their breathing pattern and keep the pattern of inhaling and exhaling the same length of time through the nose.

I experienced great healings taking place just by teaching people the right way to breath. I have noticed that many people are shallow breathers, their internal organs, blood, brain, etc not getting enough oxygen, enough energy. When they started to breath properly, deep and slow, pains went away, (heart pains, panic attacks, gallbladder attacks etc), tension went away, sensation of calm took over stress and nervousness etc.

Studies show that we use only 10% of our lungs capacity…

First step of becoming aware is to change our breathing from shallow to deep, even, slow.
In yoga, conscious breathing is called pranayama - prana=energy, ayama=extension pranayama=extension of life force. One yogi said that when belly breathing stops, ageing begins.

Another function of conscious breathing is to prevent the distraction of the mind being focus on our body, being present in the moment, getting to know our body better, becoming aware of what is happening inside ourselves.

A good visual is to breath in pure cleansing energy, exhaling out all the tensions, pains, toxins, negative thoughts.

Lilly