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Yesterday I wrote about noticing when stress causes you to shut down your breathing. Then talking to a friend yesterday, we realized an interesting follow-up question to “What makes you hold your breath” is the more positively spun: “What makes you breathe deeply?” You know those moments–when you read a perfect phrase or see a photo of some…

“What does it feel like to be alive? Living, you stand under a waterfall. You leave the sleeping shore deliberately; you shed your dusty clothes, pick your barefoot way over the high, slippery rocks, hold your breath, choose your footing, and step into the waterfall. The hard water pelts your skull, bangs in bits on…

This morning in my detox yoga workshop, our homework assignment was: “What makes you hold your breath?” The idea is to identify stressors as they happen–the kind that literally cause us to stop breathing abruptly and hold, diaphram jammed. Just to note and observe, not to judge. So far I’ve noticed that I held my breath when there…

Check out this fun, mood-boosting video of a flash-mob in Jersualem set to the tune of “Hey Ya.” Wheee! “Oy is just “yo” backwards,” indeed! Like what you see? Click here to subscribe and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day.
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