Ancient Wisdom of the Breath

This holistic approach to healing our inner wounds and getting in touch with the love that is the natural state of our own inner being is the greatest gift one can give to themselves. You just have to love yourself enough to believe you are worth it. It is the shortest path to lasting personal growth and because of the experiential nature of rebirthing it is very important to have a professional practitioner to guide you.

Using one’s own breath in a guided and controlled rhythm begins the process where a person begins to slow down the incessant chatter of the mind with its ceaseless array of thoughts. Over a period of several minutes, you become aware of many details, memories of certain events that have happened to you, the way you feel about a current situation, the physical sensations of your body and a deeper connection with yourself in that moment.

Somewhere in this process, a very mysterious event happens. You begin to experience yourself as a multi-dimensional being. The dissolution of negative and limiting thoughts and feelings that are held in the subconscious begins. These form patterns of behavior that create in our lives situations that we certainly do not desire, but may feel helpless about changing. These patterns are brought to the surface through the breath and the guidance of a skilled practitioner. As this process continues both the patterns and the emotional scars of past traumas are released. As the toxic emotions are expelled from our system our perception of ourselves and the world begins to be transformed.

You are not just this person, always thinking, planning, and making observations. You are also a feeling person, with emotions and with physical sensations deep within the body. This is where the real alchemy of the breath begins to manifest. In this amazing process of guided breathing, you begin to become aware of your total presence. You are triggered into being fully alert, alive, aware of your body, feelings and senses. You are conscious of the total physicality of your being as well as levels of emotion and feelings that can no longer be locked in or repressed, they now demand a release. And the release happens. Naturally and deeply, on a physical and cellular level.

After the completion of the breath cycle, the body rests, and a feeling of deep relaxation and peace is experienced. The calm and serenity that can be felt afterwards, is likened to that inner state meditation can draw us into. A sense of being at-one with oneself, with one’s life and with the world at large. This is the state of no worry, and no thought, full of peace and serenity and unlimited potential. We rest in the expanded inner space that reflects a harmony of mind, body and spirit.

About this Contributor: Donald Forsythe is a Rebirther, Reiki healer, Vedic astrologer and writer.