Breathe (You Have To!)

For me, breath is a balancer. It gives me a place to come back to. If I’m angry, I breathe, I meditate and I think about the source of that anger. If I’m working out and feel like giving up, I breathe in rhythm with my body, I focus on where my breath is moving, what parts of my body it fills. If I’m happy, I collect myself with breath and remind myself that it’s important not to magnify success or failure. Breathing grounds me. And while it seems pretty basic to “just breathe” we often forget that breath can be used in many different ways.