Never one for New Year’s Resolutions, I try to set a strong intention every year.
This year was to breathe. In the past couple of years, I’ve come to terms with the fact that as an introvert, I don’t always express my stress appropriately. I don’t accept it, and I don’t rid myself of it well.
This year, I resolved to take time to breathe. I intended to get more in to yoga, breathe through my anxious moments. To me, a breath insinuates that I should take in what comes into my life, nurture what I can, and let things go.
When you set your intentions to something as repetitious as breathing, interesting things happen.
Do you know what your environment smells like?
These breathing exercises have been interesting. I know what the back staircase at work smells like now. I can tell the difference between breathing in ocean humidity and midwest humidity. I’ve experienced the different between a deep breath and a hatha breath. The way I interact with my environment is changing, slowly.
Inspire
FUN FACT- the word for ‘breathe’ in Brazilian Portuguese is ‘inspire’. Striking.