“Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life?”

My spiritual teacher @karenberg used to talk about the “breath of life” because the breath is what connects the body to the soul. It is the channel through which Life-Force flows into our 3D reality. It is something we can always return to in the moment when we need to remind ourselves of the ever-presence of our Higher Self/Soul that is beyond the chaos of this world.

For me, the breath is a barometer showing what I need to adjust or indicating my current state. I have also found it to be an anchor when what is playing in the movie of my life is particularly stressful (an illness of a loved one, a breakup, a death, a financial situation, etc). 

A few other things I’ve noticed:

Shallow breaths with a few heavy ones here and there usually mean that I am carrying responsibilities that are not mine to take on. I need to pause and consider if I am acting out of fear or people-pleasing. 

A stressful thought or a worry elicits a deep huff. I need to stop and watch that my thoughts don’t go down a rabbit hole of fearful illusions. 

Shallow breaths (or the feeling I can’t really catch my breath) show me that I am over-controlling or panicked. I’ve forgotten how to allow the Universe in to help me. I am too much in my head and not enough in a state of heart-centered trust. 

A calm thought brings a sigh of relief-a solution has been found. Regular breaths show me that I am focused, on track and certain of the Creators presence in my here and now. 

The breath doesn’t lie. We can say “I am happy” and yet  dinky, half-hearted breathing show us that perhaps something in our conscious or subconscious mind needs adjustment or that we need to open up in some way.

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“Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? While the soul, after all, is only a window, and the opening of the window no more difficult than the wakening from a little sleep.” – Mary Oliver