"Let My Spirit Soar" by Bev Doolittle
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Conscious Breathing
Be aware of your breathing
Breathing in
Breathing out
Focus attention on the rims of your nostrils
As the air flows through them
Like a swinging door
Breathing in and breathing out
Focus only on the breath
Thoughts and feelings like fish
will swim through your mind
Let them swim on through
Don't judge them
Don't grasp them
Don't push them away
Just let them swim through
Remain focused on your breathing
If you get distracted by thoughts and feelings
And you will
No big deal
Just calmly return your attention back to your breathing
If you get distracted by thoughts and feelings
And you will
No big deal
Just calmly return your attention back to your breathing
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“When feeling lonely or anxious, most of us have the habit of looking for distractions, which often leads to some form of unwholesome consumption -- whether eating a snack in the absence of hunger, mindlessly surfing the Internet, going on a drive, or reading. Conscious breathing is a good way to nourish body and mind with mindfulness.”
~Thich Nhat Hanh
(Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise)
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Observe your own body. It breathes. You breathe when you are asleep, when you are no longer conscious of your own ideas of self-identity. Who, then, is breathing? The collection of information that you mistakenly think it’s you is not the main protagonist in this drama called the breath. In fact, you are not breathing; breath is naturally happening to you. You can purposely end your own life, but you cannot purposely keep your own life going. The expression, “My life” is actually an oxymoron, a result of ignorance and mistaken assumption. You don’t posses life; life expresses itself through you. Your body is a flower that life let bloom, a phenomenon created by life.”
~Ilchi Lee
(The Twelve Enlightenments)
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“When you own your breath,
nobody can steal your peace.”
~ Author Unknown
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“Focusing on the act of breathing
clears the mind of all daily distractions
and clears our energy
enabling us to better connect with the spirit.”
~ Author Unknown
