“Life-force enters with the breath and leaves with the breath. This life-force is stored in the body. It is not the result of caloric intake through food. A stout person may obtain many calories from food without being able to utilize this in action. If the caloric theory alone were true, the stout would always be superior to the thin. The energy in an electric battery is derived from the chemicals introduced, and not from the material of the battery. In a similar way, the life-force vitalizes the body, and the body utilizes the life-force. Therefore, the body is an accommodation and not a person.”
~ Samuel L. Lewis, Forty Lessons on Breath
Tune in to your breath, my friend. Not only does it carry your life-force, but the quality of your breathing pattern directly affects your quality of life. Watch how as you change your breathing pattern you change your state of being.
A long steady breath activates the parasympathetic nervous system balancing and calming all the systems in the body. A short and rapid or an irregular breath activates the sympathetic nervous system and creates a state of high alert and stress.
Your breath is a tool that’s always with you, my friend. Heck, it’s what keeps you here! So learn to work with it and allow the best of life to flow.