‘Here’s A 2-Minute Breathing Exercise to Increase Mindfulness’

Inhale. Exhale. Breathe.

“Alight on your breath, focus on what you are doing at that precise moment and enjoy the appreciation and feeling of being present in the moment.” ‘Uncovering Mindfulness: In Search of a Life More Meaningful’

Mindful Breathing which uses the breath as an anchoring point, can calm and centre the mind and body and allow us just to Be.

Quite simply when we focus on breathing in and out, we are less prone to focus on our thoughts and more likely to engage our Spirit. Interestingly, the Hebrew word for Spirit is ruah and it appears 389 times in the Old Testament.

The basic meaning is wind, but it is also taken to mean breath, as well.

And did you know You have 3 Brains?

The science tells us that deep slow breathing stimulates the Parasympathetic System. This is responsible for calming the body and the integral Vagus Nerve connects the Brain Stem with the Abdomen.

In fact, we have 3 Brains — Head, Heart & Stomach, and all are connected by the Central Nervous System. Breathing then, and more importantly how we do it, is rather vital n’est pas to both Life and our Being?