Stress RELEASE
Recently with a steamy cup of tea and a day of leisurely memories behind me, I sat with laptop open and an unhurried canine at my side. Out to explore what it really means to embody ease and breathe thoughtfully. Mind you I am no expert on the subtleties of pranayama, the art of breathing within full awareness, however I must make mention of the importance of mindful breathing to you.
When we hold our breath we freeze time. Have you ever heard it put quite like this? "Preposterous" some may say. Again I am no expert though something I noticed which at once I knew I must share with you "popped" into my consciousness recently. It was this: our body is a time capsule and conscious, focused breathing practice is the key to the machine if you will. Secondly, when we hold our breath we stop time. Have you like so many others experienced the feeling of fearful breathlessness? A moment of fear so gut wrenching so as to hold your breathe in attempt to hide from the event? When we stop breathing in such moments, fear is literally stored in the cells of the body. The very first time you held your breath in fear, a pattern was created, a neural pathway, a habitual way finely worn over the months and years. It still affects you today; for better or worse.
There are many of us who are awakening now and taking life giving breaths deeply into our center. Take a moment now to join us…go ahead wherever you are; no matter who you are surrounded by; if you are alone take a breath deeply now.
Was that difficult? Did you breathe in deeply now? If it is easy or difficult for you… good. You are alive and on a path as a spiritual being having a human experience. What you will find if you have difficulty sustaining a constant rhythm, is that you are thinking too much. Interestingly enough thoughts, especially the habitual ones, are quite often little memories frozen in time. In fact it is surmised by some that most thoughts that occur throughout our day are the selfsame ones we had years ago. Now this is relatively true for most people though not absolutely true for all people. Join the small percentage of people who live fully in enlightened presence and breathe. Let us be the majority.
Let your conscious breathing practice move you to a place secure in your center. Allow your deep breathing to guide your inner wisdom to a haven within. From here you may witness the pattern of your thoughts. Realize habits and repetitive thoughts are only a small aspect of your true potential. Like light through a pinhole in an otherwise dark box, take your breath with you, shatter the box like thoughts and step fully now into light. You are safe here, you are loved and all is well.
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Shawn Duyette is a martial artist of ten years. He has been trained in several energy healing modalites including reiki, quantum touch, and Native American energy healing. Shawn is also a Certified Hypnotherapist and massage therapist. He has been trained in herbology and Chinese medicine (acupuncture, shiatsu, tui-na bodywork) and is currently on sabbatical from medical school.
Shawn is a life long meditator who began meditating at a very young age sitting for hours in the woods of his suburban childhood home in the northeastern United States.
Shawn enjoys writing poetry and has been published as a poet with some of his works found at Poetry.com. Currently he is blogging for hypno-freedom.com and he is working on his first book which is aimed at sharing metaphysical principles with children.
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