Blogtober 18 – Take a Breath
Take a breath
Wherever you are when you’re reading this, stop and take a breath.
Now, take another breath. Make it a little deeper and longer than the breath you just took. Maybe hold that breath for a couple of seconds between inhaling and exhaling. Take that second breath with intention. If you’ve already taken that second breath, maybe take a third. Make that third even deeper and longer than the first two.
This morning, just now, I was super stressing out over what to write for a new blog tober post. I stopped and started a couple of entries that I could feel weren’t going to go anywhere. Each successive post led to a little more stress and tension building in my shoulders and neck.
And then, I sat back to feel the breeze on my skin, listened to the birds, and had a sip of coffee.
I took a breath —a good, long, deep breath and reminded myself it’s just a blog tober post. It’s not that big a deal.
Then I remembered how much I appreciate and enjoy taking a breath now and then. And I don’t mean breathing, although that’s pretty awesome too. I mean taking a breath. By that, I mean sitting or standing and inhaling and exhaling with intention, noticing all the sensations in my body as I breathe in and out. I don’t do this nearly enough.
In taking my breaths, I thought, someone out there in internet land might need a breath too… so… here’s today’s post about taking a breath.
Take a breath.
As my hapkido instructor says, “Breathing is very important. You should do it at least once a day whether you need it or not.
Take a breath.
