My friend Lilian recently completed a yoga teacher training, just for herself, just to learn, just to go deeper, just to have.
A few weeks later, she led 7 of us in a Vinyasa flow during a long weekend trip to Joshua Tree and the Yucca Valley. Exhale first, she gently guided us. Exhale, and the inhalation will come. It’s the exhale, the letting go, that is what begins to calm us, to level us, to bring us down into ourselves and where we need to be.
Exhale first. Let go and create the space. Then, receive what comes. Trust in it.
*(In fact, if someone is experiencing altered breathing from anxiety or a panic attack, it’s best to have them first exhale, Lil also shared.)