Breath Focus This Year
Shiva, in The Radiance Sutras, talks about breath as a gift, the grace of the Goddess; the little ah sounds we make as we breathe are mantras. We are invited to listen to the breath, to cherish it as a prayer.
Breath As A Prayer
“Since you began breathing, every breath has whispered a prayer to the Goddess
Breath flows spontaneously
Thousands of times a day.
Thus all breathing beings
Continually worship Her.
Be conscious of this unconscious prayer,
For She is the most holy place of pilgrimage.”
In other words,“Breath is a prayer, an automatic prayer taking place 21,600 times in every 24 hours. The mantra of the Goddess is uttered continually by all who breathe. Thus the energy of the divine is available to everyone. This is difficult only for the apathetic.”
Listening to breath as a rhythmic mantra adds an element of musicality. Mantras and breath create waveforms in the body, and we can feel and hear those waves.
SO BREATHE IN HEALING WITH ME
Real transformation does not come from a ritual or affirmations or a mirror or a tarot card, it arises from understanding how change really works and that the deepest, most powerful manifestation comes from the Inside Out, not the Outside In. Ayurvedic physicians are fond of saying, “Have all six tastes on your tongue every day: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent (spicy), and astringent.” Whatever your body type, by treating yourself to diversity of taste (rasa) you will have more vitality and your body will be able to balance and heal itself. More subtly, rasa means to taste the juicy essence of life – to savor our life experience.
Tantra Yoga suggests we embrace the full spectrum of the different types of rasa in our practice: “Delight in all five of the elements (tattvas) every day – air, earth, water, fire and space. Use all your senses to experience each of the elements – touch, hearing, vision, smell, taste and the inner senses that tell you what is going on inside your body.” We can do this every day, all day, with something as simple as breathing, because all the elements and senses are there in each breath.
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This year is about choices. If you follow numerology it is a 9 year (2+0+2+5=9) which is associated with spiritual ascension and connecting with one’s higher self. So your breath is critical – slow it down and be. This year is about choosing to align your actions with your values and use your gifts and resources to create positive change… Create a compelling 2025 with your breath.
Hopefully, you long ago gave up outdated New Year’s Resolutions that set you up to fail by needing harsh willpower that never lasts and, worst of all, that set goals that imply you need “improving”.
You need a whole other toolkit and mindset so you can stand in Now, look back down your time-line, sieve for gold, then install your future timeline.
Transformation
Fundamental transformation does not come from a ritual or affirmations or a mirror or a tarot card, it arises from understanding how change works and that the deepest, most powerful manifestation comes from the Inside Out, not the Outside In. Ayurvedic physicians are fond of saying, “Have all six tastes on your tongue every day: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent (spicy), and astringent.” Whatever your body type, by treating yourself to diversity of taste (rasa) you will have more vitality and your body will be able to balance and heal itself. More subtly, rasa means to taste the juicy essence of life – to savor our life experience.
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