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6/18/2020 1 Comment Let Your Breath Be Your Guide The breath is of special significance to the experience of life, is highlighted in many areas of study and further, perhaps even considered a lost art form. Egyptians believed that breath was given to a person at birth and was the source of energy that gave life. In the Bible, it says, “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.” (Genesis 2:7) While in Hinduism, “Prana” is the Sanskrit word for breath meaning, life force or vital energy that permeates reality. Even in many modern healing modalities we understand the breath is the energy generated to become the thread that transfers from healer to the person receiving what we call a healing or better yet, new life. Think about the function of breath in connection with exercise, in order to move beyond the comfort zone and past limitations, we need to access deeper reservoirs of breath as a requirement to fuel the body, the muscle, the mind, well beyond its barriers and into a state of life-giving energy. My yoga teacher says, “Your strength is not in the muscle, it's in your breath. Your breath will keep you up." In these scenario's, breathing now becomes tangible proof of life and a knowledge that we exist as a living being within the power of that life-force.
~ Breath is life and life, is breath ~ But how often do we consciously connect with our breath and utilize that life-force to magnify our reality? There are so many people, places and things that can pervade our minds and state of reality, especially in today’s current events. At times, we can feel held back or stuck in past events that invade our current circumstance. We may not feel as balanced or whole because a sense of emptiness speaks more loudly than silence, stillness or a deep inner calm. The breath keeps us present, away from past patterning and future projections. The breath keeps us solid in the now with the present or gift of awareness. Prana or breath feeds the aura and the aura, is the home that contains our life energy or our personal atmosphere. If there are holes in the aura, life energy leaks out and we don’t feel as vibrant, happy or whole. This is to say that breath feeds our personal existence or vibrational emanation with life. Where there is life, emptiness cannot exist. Where there are no holes, wholeness exists. Therefore, to feel whole and complete is to be filled with breath. But how often do we connect with our breath? This question now becomes a magnitude of great proportions and our exploration becomes a road map to leading a full life experience. If we let go of the past, we strengthen the aura. A stronger aura makes us feel more whole. Feeling a sense of wholeness allows us to feel more relaxed. The more relaxed we are, the deeper the breath. The deeper the breath the more life force is generated. The more life force generated the lighter we feel and more life can fill into our personal atmosphere. The stronger our personal atmosphere or vibrational emanation, the more energy we have. The more energy we have, the more we feel better and better and stronger and stronger. Practice long, deep breathing. Practice being present in the moment. Practice connecting with your breath and identifying the thoughts, emotions, intentions of behavior and breathe through to the other side, without attachments to old thinking, patterns of behaviors, belief systems, or constructs. Practice awareness, being conscious in your state of being as a source of light and life. When you’re present inside your life force, you can influence the moment in a positive, life giving way. Let’s add life to the atmosphere of existence. Let us relax into a new reality, consciously creating and let us share that with the world. Discovery Practice: Deep breathing with (1) count retention 1. Begin with long, deep abdominal breathing 2. Inhale slowly and retain breath for one count 3. Exhale slowly and retain breath for one count 4. Continue this cycle for at least 5 complete rounds of breath or more Love, Jennifer - Inner Beauty Blog J. Circosta, 6.16.2020, All rights reserved. In connection with All Faiths Seminary International, July spiritual blog, Let Breath Be Your Guide, ©7/1/2020. All Faiths Seminary International: www.allfaithssemiary.org - Copyright Disclaimer ** No part of this blog shall be used for publication in connection with any other types of media including but not limited to; books, magazines, internet publications and/or other websites without written request to the author, Jennifer Circosta. Only with written permission from the author, may any contents of this blog be published for public and/or personal use. Please note this blog is in connection with All Faiths Seminary International as part of their monthly newsletter and is the established entity with 1st rights pertaining therein. All Faiths Seminary International reserves the right to approve or deny the location of publication or form of media as listed above for this blog, Let Breath Be Your Guide, and pending approval, also reserves the right to acknowledgement and inclusion of All Faiths website to be displayed with publication, example listed above.
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TIS` THE SEASON OF HEART
December can be a magical month for some and a fulfilling time of year. We get a chance to embrace the spirit of sharing, celebrating, and witnessing a sense of wonder and joy through the eyes of children and adults alike. Tis the season of heart, when the world steps into a place of family, togetherness, and hope. It’s an end of a year that begins an active path of giving and receiving, rooted in a coming together of values and the essence of home. The holiday season fills the atmosphere with magic. The air is crisp and clean, the sun glistens off streets by day and lights aglow in homes by night. There is a sense of warmth, deep nourishment, and care as we nestle into hearty foods like soups, stews, and hot chocolate or bundle up with sweaters, scarves, blankets and loved ones surrounded by light, hope, and the stillness of love in the air and within our hearts.
The heart is full of life and love. It represents engagement in partnership and never leads alone... It never beats alone... One pulse follows the other and always in the direction of union which requires partnership. We learn to connect and re-connect through heart-experience, and this is magnified between a pair of arms that allow us to reach out and touch what we love all the while, cradled and comforted between two breasts that safely hold everything that we feel. We are given the opportunity to feel the magic of life, connection, and harmony both individually and collectively. The season of heart reminds us to create a spark of life and that we cannot go about doing that alone. It is about togetherness. It is about sharing. It is about giving and receiving. It is all about the ways of the heart. We simply relate and create in a blended continuum of wholeness. The heart does not beat alone... It does not lead alone... One pulse follows the other in complete unification. This is a time of un-veiling, re-vealing, and an un-folding of the self into the inner sweetness of comfort and warmth. It’s a reminder of the mother-child experience, the inner connection and bond of unconditional love. Our very own place to rest and rejuvenation through celebration and creation, completely disarmed and fully embraced in the natural state of being. Let the heart lead you toward a clear passage and cleansing, a shedding of the old self. Let the heart guide you in nurturing your life and all that you live for. Let the heart take you in and give you the space to surrender on a clean slate, to be reborn in conception as you grow into the new, calm and cradled in the Divine feminine, inside the season of heart. Love, Jennifer #HeartSeason #SpiritofCalm&Comfort #MotherEnergy #CradledInHeartEnergy #TistheSeasonforMagic #HeldinLight CONSCIOUS BALANCE
It’s time to get out of the “cookie cutter” version of what healing should look like and shift back into our own personal experience and guidance. Sometimes, the path to healing can feel off balancing and can cause concern. We forget that being off balance is also for good purpose in defining it. The act of balance looks to the center of opposing forces to reveal a place of wholeness. This is the path to healing. The gift in that is in being open and available to both sides to integrate them as a point of conscious balance.
Let’s look at pain for example. Pain is real. It’s relentless. It reveals itself through the body. It wants to be seen. It beckons to be heard. It tugs at you every minute of every day. Pain is restrictive, trapped in the body with no space and we suffer. Pain is suffering, the physical manifestation of being held in, held back, shut down and buried within your own emotions. Your physical becomes the storehouse for emotional energy that has been ignored, unacknowledged and suppressed. Pain is a barometer, an internal broadcast system for the feelings buried inside, screaming to be heard. To be acknowledged. To be cleared. To be loved. Every healing journey will not look the same. It’s a personal pursuit- Have you ever sat with the inner voice of your own pain? I have and it had a lot to say. Pain is a lot more than just the name we gave. It’s the culmination of stuck emotions, blocked feelings, experiences, memories, unconscious belief systems and because of this, pain can be the source of evolution. Acknowledging what exists inside you, begins the path that serves as a healing direction. All of it is important information. Sometimes, the tendency is to give up because we don’t like what we see and it can be hard to move through. This is when healing becomes dedication and time invested becomes discovery. I’ve thought about pain. I’ve been in pain. I’ve worked through and with pain. It occurred to me, like a whole being awareness that the other side of pain, is pleasure. What a revelation! It never occurred to me that pleasure could be a root deficiency to the experience of pain. I was totally invested inside the pain that I missed out on any form of pleasure. I thank God for that moment in wholeness. Pleasure was now part of understanding personal balance and became a priority. When we embrace the other side, pain can rest. We cease falling back into rigid, perfectionism disguised as discipline and the “trigger” has a place to go, a space to flourish. My personal healing did not look ideal or what I had anticipated. I found rest. There was no more pushing or forcing life forward. The grip was loosening and I took in some fun, sweeter foods, conscious movement based on my needs rather than any “should’s.” My healing journey through pain helped me find a better balance within myself, a conscious balance. When you make your healing journey personal, it moves you, changes you, transforms you. Shift away from the “call to action” approach to healing and move deeper into intimate understanding. Let that be the life-giving medicine you need. Love, Jennifer🌸 Gentle Touch Healing Healing through Compassion - Inner Beauty Blog, Conscious Balance, Tiny Poet, 4.19.2024 AUTHOR OF INNER BEAUTY BLOGSJennifer is a truth seeker and artistic expressionist. She is certified energy therapist, emotional wellness coach, yoga/meditation instructor and intuitive. She is known her poetry and the deep care she feels for others. Categories |
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