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YOUR BODY HAS MANY BREATHING SPACES

From "The Breath of Presence: Awakening to Who We Really Are," by Dennis Lewis

As you begin to pay more attention to your breath, you will notice that your body itself is a huge breathing space, made up of smaller spaces such as your chest, back, belly, and pelvis. Though we were designed to breathe utilizing all of these breathing spaces to varying degrees, the movement of the breath likes to go where there is ease and comfort. When one or another area is tight or uncomfortable, which is often associated with negative or anxious thoughts and emotions, as well as with any past physical or emotional traumas, the movement of the breath has a difficult time engaging that area, and so our breath becomes unbalanced or disharmonious in some way.

See if you can notice now any areas in your body where your breathing seems impeded or restricted. Pay particular attention to your belly and back. And, whenever you can remember to do so at other times of the day, notice whether certain thoughts, emotions, postures, movements, situations, conversations, news, and so on have the effect of opening or constricting your overall sense of your breathing spaces.

It may be helpful to keep a breathing diary. Write down how you experience your breathing spaces in different situations and with different people. Over time you will discover that awareness of the changing nature of your breath helps awaken a more intimate relationship with all the aspects of your life.