A Small Change Can Make a Big Difference

Many people hardly breathe at all.  To know what natural breathing looks like, watch a small baby breathing.  You’ll see that babies take effortless, deep breaths – like waves moving through the body.  The way we breathe has a tremendous impact on the way we experience ourselves and our lives.  It affects how we think, feel and behave. 

With shallow breathing, we tend to be more anxious and more reactive.  With deeper breathing, we are more relaxed and better able to respond to whatever is happening in our lives.  Relaxed, deeper breathing helps us to be more centred and focused, to rest in our depths.  Fresh perspectives become available. 

With shallow breathing, your thoughts are more scattered and you tend to feel that there is not enough time.  Your brain wave patterns look busy and there is a lack of space. You get more identified – caught up with thoughts and emotions.  Deepen your breathing and your brain wave patterns slow down – the waves have more space.  As identification dissolves, there is greater clarity.  You open to your inner source of wisdom, peace and creativity. 

It may sound surprising that so much is possible just from fuller breathing.  Well, nature tends to give us what we need and it can often be simpler than we think. The mind loves to over-complicate. This often keeps us from making minor changes in our lives that can lead to much greater shifts and transformation. So try it out for yourself for a month and note the differences.    

Bringing your attention to the breath is a way to be more present, more aware.  Put a few signs up with the word ‘Breathe’ as a reminder, e.g. on the computer, your desk, the fridge …

Breathing Exercises