I’m focusing a lot on energy this year, and in particular increasing my levels of energy. Part of this focus has lead me to understand that breathing is indeed a good way of charging the body, pretty essential. However, if you are like me, and have anxiety, the tendency is to hold the breath and tense the body. As a way of increasing my energy, among other ways I may share in the future, I have decided to, every time I remember during the day, breathe more consciously and deeper than my normal unconscious breathing.

As I was doing this the other day, I noticed how I tend to focus s a lot more on the out-breath and hardly notice my in-breath. It’s like I go elsewhere and distract myself, even if it is for milliseconds. I think this focus on the out-breath may have come from the yoga I did years ago, where it was encouraged to breath out for longer.

I was thinking of the symbolism of all this. The out-breath is about letting go and releasing and the in-breath is about receiving and charging. If I was to interpret the way I am currently breathing, even when doing more conscious breaths, it seems that I am not present for the receiving but present on the releasing and letting go. I’m no expert on this, but I do know myself a little bit, and this is indeed symbolic of how I am. I find it very hard to receive and have been working at this for a few years now. Maybe it comes more naturally to some people, but I guess that when there is still present in me the limiting belief of not being worthy, then this is understandable.

Also, breathing in and out is a natural flow that symbolises the flow of life. It’s a constant movement of receiving and letting go, in a cyclical way. By holding on to my breath due to anxious thoughts, I interrupt that flow of life and deplete myself of energy.

Now that I have noticed this, I am practising being more present on both parts of the breath, in receiving and in letting go. I will be paying attention if my capacity to receive and make things happen in my life also increases, as well as my energy.

Because I am worth it, and so are you.

What have you noticed in yourself lately? Have you tried to understand what message your body, emotions and behaviours might be telling you?

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