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Breathing In, Breathing Out
I got this concept from a friend who declined to write it up on my blog. I hope I can do it justice.
The healthy idea, as most of you would agree I’m sure, is that we need to replenish ourselves as well as to give to others. Breathing out represents the giving, breathing in the receiving or replenishing. If we do one side of this and exclude the other part, we disturb the natural flow of our energy, since we are a living energy system.
It’s easy to forget this when we get caught up in the busyness of our lives, with its routines and its obligations. Oft times the energy just goes out, out, out. It goes to our jobs, our coworkers, our bosses, to our kids and partners, to the running of our household. Then there may not be time left over for the things that feed us – interacting with friends, gardening, attending a concert, sitting in stillness, hiking, writing, playing music, doing yoga, or anything else that moves you.
What are the things that represent breathing in to you? See if you can do at least two of them today.
