Shakti-Shiva breath

The breath is one of the master teachers. Its the secret to life, and has always been with us.

The in-breath is surrender, allowing in, opening, bringing in new life. The out breath is a release of stored air, a clearing away of the old. The in-breath is Shakti, feminine, welcoming in, getting fuller. The out breath Shiva, masculine, going towards, emptying, releasing pressure.

One is receiving, one is giving back. If you really wanted to breathe, and you contracted all your chest and stomach muscles and didn’t let them move, you would soon start to get desperate and panic.

Its the same with manifestation. When there is something you desperately want, the tendency is for the energy to freeze, to tense up and to try and ‘make it happen’ or ‘force the issue’. You think you will be able to relax once you get what you want. Imagine if you did this with breathing, and only allowed yourself to breathe once you had the air inside you? You probably wouldn’t get very far.

So, you can take the dynamics of the breath and use it to bring anything you want into your life. First, relax (especially when you are all contracted). Second, imagine what you want effortlessly coming toward you and into you on the in-breathe. Third, imagine energy being released on the out-breathe, going out into the universe to find what you want.

Do this for all situations. To manifest, the formula is (intention + energy(emotion) + visualization). Just as breathing-in and breathing-out are both parts of breathing, so relational exchange (energy coming in and energy going out) are both parts of manifesting.

The key is to be relaxed. If you are tense, you freeze the movement of energy, you create blockages, and you are unable to create what you want. Creation is both receiving and giving. Through surrender the female receives the male and gives the him what he wants. Through his purpose the male gives the female what she wants.

If you feel tense, simply feel the tension fully on the in-breathe and imagine yourself releasing it on the outbreath. Dont try and make the tension go away; this will only strengthen it. Allow it be be there until it self-liberates.