| Breath | | | | of life or spirit. The English word spirit comes from the |
| We live in an amazing time - a time of deep | | | | Latin spiritus which means breath but also soul. In Egypt |
| awakening and transformation, profound remembering | | | | breath was called ka which was seen as the |
| and rich experiencing. As we move through this time | | | | conscience or guide of each individual, urging kindness, |
| we get to face fears, feelings, and thought forms that | | | | quietude, honor and compassion. |
| have been denied or pushed aside. It is a great | | | | Taoism refers to the Breath as part of the creation of |
| blessing to meet and accept ourselves on all levels, to | | | | Heaven and Earth. Yin, the 'dark side', is the breath that |
| embrace ourselves as a whole, look deeper then we | | | | formed the earth. Yang, the 'light side' is the breath that |
| are used to, and open to immense growth, increased | | | | formed the heavens. Cherokee Medicine believes that |
| awareness, and heart-opening expansion. | | | | breath and saliva contain the powers of the life-force. |
| It is a great time to be alive. | | | | In Chinese medicine, the term for life, energy, breath or |
| We have been given many useful tools to aid us in | | | | spirit is chi (Japanese ki) which is comparable with the |
| healing, awakening, and embracing our transition to a | | | | Hindu yoga term prana. It is said that breath, chi or |
| new way of being. The Universe has blessed us with | | | | prana is transformed by the metabolism into subtle |
| many incredible teachers and messengers, poets and | | | | vitality that follows certain energy channels in the body, |
| dancers, leaders and masters to serve our highest | | | | and it is related to the state of health of an individual. |
| good as we remember our true Essence. | | | | Knowing how to use breath skillfully for the highest |
| One of the biggest yet simplest blessings given to us is | | | | good, and bringing its knowledge and unlimited potential |
| knowledge of our own Breath. | | | | to our practice and everyday lives, awakens us to the |
| Deep Breathwork has actually always been a | | | | highest knowing and deepest wisdom of ourselves |
| powerful tool for awakening. Its power, simplicity and | | | | and the world. Actually, this knowledge and power of |
| humble availability have been attracting millions of | | | | breath or spirit is already within us. It has been covered |
| people to learn about it and from it for ions. | | | | up by patterns of subtle contraction, resistance and |
| Breath has been a common tie between different | | | | shallow breathing accumulated through series of |
| religions, spiritual practices, eastern and western | | | | psychological and emotional reactions and repressions |
| psychology, biology, and other disciplines for many | | | | since childhood. Yet, it is possible to uncover the |
| ages. All of these pillars of thought, to one extent or | | | | unlimited potential of our breath quite effortlessly |
| another, emphasize the Breath as our connection to | | | | through teaching and reminding our bodies the way |
| God, Source, or The Power Within. | | | | they were born to breathe, the way that opens us to |
| Early Greek Christians spoke of pneuma which is | | | | our endless ability to receive and give to life within and |
| breath and more than that - the soul, that which is | | | | without, effortlessly with deep satisfaction. |
| divine. Jewish people called it ruah which meant breath | | | | |