FREEDOM FROM REGRET AND ANXIETY

To breathe with full awareness is a miraculous way to untie the knots of regret and anxiety and to come back to life in the present moment. If we’re imprisoned by regrets about the past, anxiety for the future, or attachment and aversion in the present, we’re not free to be in contact with life. We’re not really living our life. When we breathe in and out and follow our breath with attention all the way through from the beginning to the end, we’re already at ease, no longer dominated by our anxieties and longings. As we breathe with full awareness, our breath becomes slower and more regular; peace and joy arise and become more stable with every moment. Relying on our breathing, we come back to ourselves and are able to restore the oneness of our body and mind and become whole again. When body and mind are together, we are fully present, fully alive, and able to be in real contact with what is happening in the present moment.