Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Spiritual breathing (exhaling the impure and inhaling the pure) is an exercise in faith that enables you to continue to experience God's love and forgiveness.
Breathing is not only vital to our biological life but has also been seen as spiritually important in most religious traditions. In the creation narrative, God breathes life into the nostrils of humankind. The Spirit is the “breath of God” the animating force that fills our lungs. Jesus, in sending out the twelve, breathes on them as a ritual to symbolize the presence of the Spirit with and in them.
The Jewish people did not speak the name of God. This unspeakability has long been recognized, but now we know it goes even deeper: formally the name of God was not, could not be spoken at all—only breathed. Many are convinced that its correct pronunciation is an attempt to replicate and imitate the very sound of inhalation and exhalation. Inhale-Yah, exhale-weh.
Therefore, the one thing we do every moment of our lives is to speak the name of God. This makes the name of God our first and last word as we enter and leave the world.
A simple way to practice.
Video instruction - HERE
Keep a pack of straws in your car or bag and to do this exercise whenever you're feeling stuck.
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