Image by Bianca Van Dijk.

This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of releasing, letting go go and exhaling (today and every day).

Comment from Marie: When I start to pay attention, it is surprising how many times I "catch myself" holding my breath. Whether I'm concentrating on something, very focused, or maybe stressed, I find that I may not be breathing regularly. I'm actually holding my breath which is definitely not healthy.

Holding our breath deprives our body of oxygen, a source of life. So, I am practicing being consciously aware of the state of my breathing, whatever I'm doing... working, relaxing, ruminating in my head (yeah, we all do that!). Releasing a huge exhale with sound clears a lot of the energy and then opens the body for an in-breath of empowering energy and oxygen. It's also good to "practice breathing" outside in a nature setting where we can get an abundance of fresh oxygen.

InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration

October 21, 2024

The focus for today is:

I practice conscious breathing to educate and
remind myself to release, let go, exhale.

Today's inspiration was written by Vickie Dodd:

Our focus with breath begins with the exhale. Let us exhale what we have inhaled. We may notice that we are often held in an inhale.

One hears that the planet is in a state of inhale. Pandemics, crisis, traumas, accidents, illnesses, and so forth can create a condition of holding the breath. Even after the traumas are over, or are no longer an issue, our breath may stay in inhale without our knowing it.

If we exhale, the inhale then easily happens. Remembering that our body knows how to breathe, we then practice conscious breathing to educate and remind ourselves to release, let go, exhale. Our evolutionary capacity is connected to becoming more conscious of the power of our breath. 

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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:

Healing Through Breath: Reclaiming Your Inner Calm

by Vickie Dodd.
Read the complete article here.

The focus for today: I practice conscious breathing to educate and remind myself to release, let go, exhale.

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RELATED BOOK: Healing through Sound

Healing through Sound: Awakening Your Audible Body
by Vickie Dodd.

Heal and align the body layer by layer through sound healing. This book: 

• Shows how sound, even humming, can change the body’s tissues, rearrange posture, and release long-held emotional trauma and stress;

• Explains how to listen deeply to the body and discover the rhythms of the areas to be treated as well as how to intuit the sounds required for healing;

• Offers practices to help you immediately release tension and explains how to use your voice to release emotional conflicts so your body can naturally heal.

For more info and/or to order this book, click here.  Also available as an Audiobook and as a Kindle edition. 

About the Author

Vickie Dodd, M.A., has been a sound healing therapist, bodyworker, workshop leader, musician, and internationally recognized pioneer of healing through sound for more than 50 years. She has collaborated with Don Campbell and is an adjunct faculty member at the Globe Institute in San Francisco.