How do you relax?
Before I started my career in IT, I was heavily involved in my taekwondo school and my yoga studio. Six days a week.
One thing that was reinforced at both locations was breath.
You focus on breath in yoga flows.
You yell or kihap when you kick and punch. One of the reasons is to quickly expel your breath. If you’ve ever had the wind knocked out of you unintentionally, you’ll know it’s not fun.
To this day, if I need a quick “calm me down”, I go back to focusing on breathing. Listen to it, feel it, focus on it. It’s a super quick meditation.
What do we do when we sit down first thing on the weekends? We sigh a breath of relief.
We can’t live without it.
Happy Friday, folks!
Be well. Be awesome! 😎
Julie M Anderson 