Breath is so simple, yet I’m just as guilty as the next person of unconsciously holding it.I sometimes experience so many thoughts swirling through my mind that I don’t notice how shallow I breathe. I’ve trained myself to notice when I’m stressed, but lately, as I ponder the gazillion fun projects on my plate, I have to be more mindful as well.
At the moment, I’m working on two coloring books (My inner child has taken over), and a series of new designs for my Etsy shop, and I have so many other fun ideas I don’t know what is next. Meanwhile, I’m learning all about art legalities, font licensing taxes for selling art, etc. There’s a whole lot of time, education, and expense involved in my creative outlets, but I am going down that path willingly and joyfully.
Meanwhile, I have to pause, breathe, and remind myself, “I am supported. I am loved.” I’ve challenged myself to do that this week since the angels wrote about it in their part of the newsletter. It is Monday as I’m writing this. I already know the outcome. The practice will produce huge dividends in ease, grace, and flow. Breathing always does.
In fact, between the angels’ message and my own, I followed their advice and immediately received a thought about how to streamline some of the work I do each week. I challenge myself often to find easier ways to do my regular tasks. I didn’t even ask this time. I just breathed.
In over twenty-five years of working with thousands of people, I have found that the simpler the exercise, the more challenging it is for us to just do it. Our brains seem to disbelieve in the effectiveness of something so easy. “No pain, no gain” was a sadly popular mantra that many of us learned along the way. We learned to “put in our time,” “pay our dues,” etc. But all that is just human belief. The truth is that things can start to shift in a heartbeat or, using today’s example, in a breath! The minute we slow down the lower vibrational thoughts and allow our vibration to rise naturally, we open to the goodness, grace, and guidance that is always present.
As I write, I’m starting to get excited about this. I held my breath! Pause. Breathe. “I am supported. I am loved.” That feels really, really good.
Here are a few pointers to help you remember to pause and breathe…
1. Set reminders on your phone
If you have a reminder app on your smartphone or computer, set it to remind you to pause, breathe, and remind yourself, “I am supported. I am loved,” at various times throughout the day.
Take your time with the exercise. Do it three times consciously. Relish the relaxation.
2. Put reminders up around your home or in your workspace
Little stickers or notes spread throughout your home and workspace can be a great spiritual tool. When I want to remind myself of something, I put them all over the place—on my desk, my wallet, the mirror, my medicine chest, my steering wheel, on the door as I leave the house, and even in my fridge! The more I find my little reminders, the more I smile and remember to do whatever practice I’m trying to remember.
3. Pause and breathe before every meal
As simple as this sounds, the very act of breathing consciously before a meal with reset you, allow you to enjoy your food consciously and process it more easily. Perhaps you, like me, will even notice better when you’re full. Honestly that was the “angel diet plan” years ago – eat consciously and stop when yo’ure satified. I never realized I had eaten unconsciously for years. Now I am present with my food and more easily know what my body wants.
We are loved. We are supported in so many ways. We just have to pause and breathe in order to receive the benefits of relaxing into the non-stop steady stream of love and goodness from the Divine.
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