Remember to Breathe

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Welcome beautiful thinkers! I was thinking about remembering to breathe. So I was watching one of my videos that I put on Instagram or Tik Tok the other day about the Nadi Shodhana. That is the alternate nostril breathing exercise that comes from a long tradition in yoga.

Maybe you know, this one, I’ve probably mentioned it many times, actually, because it’s one of the most potent tools that I know, to address anxiety or any upset emotional disturbance within our spirits, we can use this wonderful tool to relax ourselves.

And it just goes, I’ll tell you the the basic version, you use your fingers to manipulate your nostrils, breathe in the left nostril, hold it, breathe out the right nostril, breathe in the right nostril, hold it, breathe out the left nostril, you do that, and about 10 times stand to feel pretty good, pretty relaxed.

As I was watching this video, I realized, actually, I haven’t done that in a while in the video, I tell people to do it three times a day, I haven’t done I, I don’t know, for weeks perhaps.

So I sat down for my morning meditation, trying to increase my meditation again in the morning, sit down for an hour. I did half an hour of the Nadi Shodhana. And of course, it works just like it always does.

So I did it in the ratio, one, four, to well, a build up to that ratio. So I did four, I counted four, inhalation,. A count of 16, holding the breath, and a count of eight, exhaling minor 5, 20 ,10.

And, of course, I felt good. Of course I did.

It’s reliable, it’s consistent, this exercise, you do it, and you will feel better.

All of these people struggling, you know, to relax the nerves to calm the stuff feeling anxious, all you have to do is find the technique and use it and apply it consistently.

It’s literally all you have to do.

It’s amazing what you can do when you have a little bit of knowledge, just a few techniques and you apply them consistently you can learn so much you can gain so much by applying this by constant practice.

So, I was thinking about the breath, how important it is.

It’s this bridge between conscious and unconscious mind.

One of these autonomous processes which we can also take control of.

And sometimes I think about Wim Hof is getting a bit cold lately. This is one of the colder winters in Guadalajara. But to be honest, it’s it’s not that cold is probably like 13, 15 degrees Celsius. What’s that like 70 degrees Fahrenheit? I don’t know.

It’s not that cold actually. But sometimes in the mornings, you know, can get a little bit of that shiver. I try to take cold showers to accustom myself, but sometimes the chill of the air gets me and I think,

“Oh, I started having shallower breaths.” And I realize, “Ah, no, that’s not actually the right thing to do”. That’s not the right action.

What I need to do is take in more of that cold air. And when I take in more of that cold air, I find that I’m not shivering as much. So I take those deep breaths of that cold air, let it go right inside of me.

And that’s, that’s really what helps.

Like I said the Wim Hof technique.

Well, it’s not exactly like that, but it’s this hyperventilation technique and you’re taking in a lot of air.

And that helps you become accustomed to the cold. It also supposedly boosts your immune system and all kinds of benefits.

There are so many wonderful things we can do with the breath. And it just takes a little experimentation and a little practice.

And we can find all ways to affect our mind, to settle our bodies, to relax our nerves, to soothe ourselves, just by using these simple techniques.

So remember to breathe.