Conscious Breathing, Conscious Living....

Breathing such a simple, involuntary action and yet within the breath is life, is consciousness.....

We may feel breathing is just simple a body response that is inhaling oxygen, exhaling carbon dioxide, simple!! But there is so much more going on...
With each breath we are making a choice as to how much of life we want to connect with, how much of life we want to take in. Breath is life, it is prana, life force energy, it is connecting us to our divine source, it is through the breath that we can find ourselves.

Through our breath we can influence our state of being; physically we can influence our parasympathetic nervous system, regulate our brain chemicals and the bodies PH balance, which affects our ability to handle stressful situations, stimulates the pituitary gland, cleanses our blood, brings us back into balance, helps us relax and feel calm. Energetically our breath revitalises and re-adjusts our magnetic field, aids in releasing blockages in the meridian energy flow, aids in breaking subconscious habit patterns, strengthens our chakras, promotes synchronisation of the biorhythms of the bodies systems, I could go on and on....

When were engaging fully in life we breathe deeply, fully breathing in all that life has to offer us, but notice how when life becomes challenging we start shallow breathing, not fully taking in all that life has to offer, we retreat and as we withdraw from life so we withdraw our breath. 

When we fully breathe deeply into our bodies, with each breath flowing down into our navels we are fully grounding ourselves, deeply connecting with our being. Our presence resides within our navel our 3rd chakra, to be present and connected to our source energy, our wisdom and our truth we need to engage with the navel. When we find life to challenging, it is so interesting that we than stop connecting to the part of our self that can support and help us to move through the challenge.

Do we feel its easier to disconnect and retreat, hoping life will just fix itself!!?
By not connecting, fully breathing, engaging with life we are not taking ownership of what we have created. Is it easier to shy away than step up and own what is transpiring around us!!?

If only we truly understood the power that is held within our breath.....
For as soon as we come back to our breath, we are connected and it is from this place of connection that all answers can come. All healing can take place. We just have to consciously breath.....


'' You live by the breath. You get everything from your breath of life. Now please speak to your breath. Talk to it. Pray with it. This is a life relationship. You and your breath. You can achieve what you want, just relate to your own breath of life. This is God in you. Never breathe unconsciously and never waste a breath on negativity. Feel it in your body. Feel it in your mind, and the soul will awaken'' Yogi Bhajan