I feel that each one of us is equipped with a tool that can produce that bridge. One of them, I feel, is our breath. It can serve, if you like, as a link between the inner and outer worlds. It can bring me back to the centre but it can also help me expand and bring vitality to the physical form. Again, I believe, the key is awareness. It is just by watching that a harmony unfolds.
I don’t try and correct anything: I just observe where the breath is coming from. If the breath is shallow in a particular region, I try and hold my attention there in a disinterested way. I may place my hand on that region of the body or even do some gentle exercise to bring expansion to a particular area. Gradually, through this, the breath becomes more profound. It widens and I start to expand and breathe life into all parts of the body. I find this process a beautiful way of harmonising my inner and outer states. It helps to integrate the being and the body becomes lifted by a superior force.
By: James Anderson. James is associated with NAMAH, a pioneer journal of integral psychology.
