If your well has run dry, be it from lack of support at work or at home, economic uncertainty, or lack of control, you have to focus on yourself first. Noticing your breath is a shortcut to filling the well and investing in the deepest part of you, for yourself and those you love.
Eleven years ago, I left my dream job as co-founder of an art ranch and retreat center. People came for the weekends to enjoy art and live music, organic food, and yoga at a historic hacienda with incredible cliff-top views. Even though I taught yoga, breathwork, and Ayurvedic cooking classes, my health suffered from adrenal fatigue, headaches, and excess anxiety. As an entrepreneur, a yoga teacher, the ranch cook, events planner, and mother of a small child, I left little time for the daily restorative practices needed for success to have real meaning.
Just like living pay-check to pay-check, at the end of the day, I didn’t have anything left.
I invested all my energy and resources into the business and left nothing to invest in myself.
Noticing the breath is different from breathing.
Just breathe. Take a breather. Calm down and breathe.
Well-meaning friends use these slogans to help calm and balance us, so why don’t they give us the results we want?
