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The Gentle Breath Meditation® was one of the first things that set many of our writers for the book ‘The Joy of Ageing, Esoterically’, on the path of self discovery and true self-care.
As Jane writes in her story “one of the first things Serge Benhayon introduced in the workshops was the Gentle Breath Meditation®, which was so simple yet so profound; this was the beginning of me building my relationship with myself – my inner heart where there was such warmth and strength – and that this is deep within us all.” |
It was similar for Jonathan, “My journey of change began with introducing the Gentle Breath Meditation® to my daily rhythm. This is not a meditation in the traditional sense that I knew meditation to be, where one is attempting to gain an altered state, to achieve a particular goal like calmness or change a way of being. It is simply a mechanical means by which one can re-connect to the natural stillness that is at the core of us all. By stopping and focusing on my breath in this way I started to become aware of how connected I was, or was not, to this stillness.”
Beverley also writes how she “. . . began to use the Gentle Breath Meditation® which over time helped me to be much more gentle with myself. This meditation helped me connect to my own innermost, where gradually I came to feel the love that was there. Slowly I came to live a very different way: I no longer rushed around feeling I had to be busy all the time, although all was still done.”
Some of the writers such as Gayle “attended many, many meditations, yoga classes, spiritual talks, workshops and courses offered by every passing guru’” before they came across the Gentle Breath Meditation®. Anne H. was the same, “I was a New Age junkie. I consumed mountains of books on how to improve myself, to understand life; I attended workshops and presentations, bought meditation CDs . . . spent a small fortune.”
It was similar for Deidre until she “. . . started doing yoga in a different way and stopped sitting and meditating for an hour at a time, trying to make my mind go blank. I don’t stress my body by contorting it into different asanas, even though I can. Now I sit comfortably for about ten minutes doing a Gentle Breath Meditation® to just be with me and to support me in staying connected with myself and to take that into my day.”
Once found, all the writers embraced the Gentle Breath Meditation® as part of their daily rhythm. As Jill shares, “by practising the Gentle Breath Meditation® day by day, I am reconnecting to my inner heart. I am able to shed more and more of the old patterns and behaviours that did not serve me in the past, embracing the love that has always lived within me all my life, though I had not known it.”
Elizabeth also included the Gentle Breath Meditation® as part of her daily routine and found that “ . . . it has proven to be an invaluable tool in my daily life. Without fail, on waking every morning, I breathe gently in and out through my nose for ten minutes or so. I find this to be a very supportive foundation to start my day from, as it assists me to connect back to me and to quieten the chatter of my very busy mind.”
For Judy, “Gentle Breath Meditation® . . . brings me to a level of stillness I haven’t experienced before, bringing a stillness and presence to everything I do. I notice I have become more gentle in the way I do things – how I prepare my meals, how I clean the house, how I make my bed, how I open and close doors and how I am at work.”
Sue uses the Gentle Breath Meditation® “for about ten minutes in the morning and this really connects me to myself and sets me up for the day ahead.”
TheGentle Breath Meditation® was also a great support to Judith before she passed over – as she wrote in her story, “I practised the Gentle Breath Meditation®, which provided a brief pause in which I daily reconnected with myself. There was no goal of transcendence or even healing – instead it created a marker for the rest of the day. In the beginning I often lost that connection to self, and was drawn out of myself, but gradually I began to stay with the lovely feeling of being me. What a revelation! It was so simple, so gorgeous, and I still had all my outer circumstances to deal with as well as the cancer and cancer treatment. I learned more and more to act from the foundation of being myself, whether I was having a chemo session or writing an email to a lawyer.
It was impossible to feel lonely when I was with myself.”
Follow these 5 simple steps to experience for yourself Gentle Breath Meditation®.
Compiled by Anne McR., Australia
Beverley also writes how she “. . . began to use the Gentle Breath Meditation® which over time helped me to be much more gentle with myself. This meditation helped me connect to my own innermost, where gradually I came to feel the love that was there. Slowly I came to live a very different way: I no longer rushed around feeling I had to be busy all the time, although all was still done.”
Some of the writers such as Gayle “attended many, many meditations, yoga classes, spiritual talks, workshops and courses offered by every passing guru’” before they came across the Gentle Breath Meditation®. Anne H. was the same, “I was a New Age junkie. I consumed mountains of books on how to improve myself, to understand life; I attended workshops and presentations, bought meditation CDs . . . spent a small fortune.”
It was similar for Deidre until she “. . . started doing yoga in a different way and stopped sitting and meditating for an hour at a time, trying to make my mind go blank. I don’t stress my body by contorting it into different asanas, even though I can. Now I sit comfortably for about ten minutes doing a Gentle Breath Meditation® to just be with me and to support me in staying connected with myself and to take that into my day.”
Once found, all the writers embraced the Gentle Breath Meditation® as part of their daily rhythm. As Jill shares, “by practising the Gentle Breath Meditation® day by day, I am reconnecting to my inner heart. I am able to shed more and more of the old patterns and behaviours that did not serve me in the past, embracing the love that has always lived within me all my life, though I had not known it.”
Elizabeth also included the Gentle Breath Meditation® as part of her daily routine and found that “ . . . it has proven to be an invaluable tool in my daily life. Without fail, on waking every morning, I breathe gently in and out through my nose for ten minutes or so. I find this to be a very supportive foundation to start my day from, as it assists me to connect back to me and to quieten the chatter of my very busy mind.”
For Judy, “Gentle Breath Meditation® . . . brings me to a level of stillness I haven’t experienced before, bringing a stillness and presence to everything I do. I notice I have become more gentle in the way I do things – how I prepare my meals, how I clean the house, how I make my bed, how I open and close doors and how I am at work.”
Sue uses the Gentle Breath Meditation® “for about ten minutes in the morning and this really connects me to myself and sets me up for the day ahead.”
TheGentle Breath Meditation® was also a great support to Judith before she passed over – as she wrote in her story, “I practised the Gentle Breath Meditation®, which provided a brief pause in which I daily reconnected with myself. There was no goal of transcendence or even healing – instead it created a marker for the rest of the day. In the beginning I often lost that connection to self, and was drawn out of myself, but gradually I began to stay with the lovely feeling of being me. What a revelation! It was so simple, so gorgeous, and I still had all my outer circumstances to deal with as well as the cancer and cancer treatment. I learned more and more to act from the foundation of being myself, whether I was having a chemo session or writing an email to a lawyer.
It was impossible to feel lonely when I was with myself.”
Follow these 5 simple steps to experience for yourself Gentle Breath Meditation®.
Compiled by Anne McR., Australia