Regardless of circumstance, stressful situations can be challenging on many levels. Fortunately there are many simple breath-related practices we can engage with to help initiate relaxation and re-connect us with innate wisdom, courage, and care. Pausing in the moment
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Appreciating awareness After engaging with any of the practices above, simply bring awareness to the quality of your presence. How has it shifted or changed? Is there a loosening of tension in the body? A softening or a tenderness of heart? A focusing or more clarity of mind? Is there a bit more lightness or a feeling of more spaciousness within? How have these short breathing practices impacted you? Can you take a moment to appreciate something about who you are right now? Breath
by Danna Faulds Breath, the mindful breath, the rhythm, out and in, the wave that washes through our days, Creating space for stillness, sorrow, joy, or exaltation. Full, then empty, ebb and flow, breath accompanies each step into the unknown. In the breath, the soul finds an opportunity to speak. Images or intuition, poetry or wordless wisdom come and go -- no effort but to breathe and listen.
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Rashmi S. BismarkI'm a preventive medicine physician specialized in mindfulness, lifestyle, and community health. I'm a yoga teacher, an educator, a researcher, a devoted mom and expatriate wife, living a blessed global nomad life. Archives
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