Breathwork is a way of life.

The best way to approach it is to view it as a lifestyle.

View it as something that you incorporate into your way of life and being as opposed to a set of practices done formally every day.

This way it will become part of your daily life rather than a regular chore or another thing on your to do list.

This idea compares to the formal practice of meditation versus living a mindful life on a daily basis.

The invitation is to decide to focus on your breathing and to observe it, to sense it, moment to moment. And to use the breath as an in-built remote control for your body and nervous system.

With breath awareness, the breath breathes you; with conscious breathing, you breathe the breath.

It’s important to learn to flow back and forth between active and passive, between doing and being, between breathing the breath and letting the breath breathe us.

• You can breathe to the rhythm or beat of a song.

• You can breathe in nature when you are out in a forest or by the ocean (eg. breathe with the movement of the waves).

• You can embrace your partner or a friend and sync your breath up with theirs.
  The possibilities are endless.

When you experience life through the breath, you get to somatically connect to life and feel life as it happens (rather than “think” life).

By elevating the quality of our breath, we can enhance and expand our lives.

Get into the habit of observing your breath and taking control of it before, during, and after various activities, events, and interactions.

The journey into the breath is one that doesn’t end with a daily practice or doing the occasional deep Breathwork session.

Once you start to really own your breath, and understand and utilize its power - you unlock a superpower.

(This is atomic essay #25, which is part of 30 Days of Writing #Ship30for30)