All About the Breath

Breath and Breathing - so basic and fundamental - Who would have guessed that it could have been even more significant in our daily lives? Reflections on meditation, scripture and science - plus music!   Please subscribe in the sidebar. 

As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. Job 27:3-4 (ESV)

 

Sources:

• Information on Mayo Clinic’s Mindful Breathing Laboratory  
• Mayo Clinic Stress Management through Breathing
• Hyperventilation: Causes and What to do
• NPR Interview with James Nestor on his book Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
• Maslow's Theory Connected to Blackfoot Beliefs, with quote by Cindy Blackstone

Sound images from:

• Breath on me Breath of God  
• Pink Floyd  Breathe   
• Willie Nelson Just Breathe
• Nicole Binion This is the air I breathe
• Mercedes Sosa singing Violeta Parra’s Gracias a la Vida