Starting This Year by Focusing on "Breathing"

Hello, thank you for joining me again today🕊️

After falling ill over the New Year holidays and having time to rest slowly, I naturally began to think about how I want to spend the coming year.

Thoughts like 'I need to build up my stamina' or 'I need to exercise' crossed my mind, but in the midst of that, an idea suddenly came to me.

It was a very simple idea: to start by focusing on my breathing.

Looking back, I feel that before I got sick, my breathing had become very shallow.

In my daily life, I was rushing, hurrying, and being chased by one task after another, and before I knew it, I was acting as if I were holding my breath.

When people feel anxious or rushed, their breathing naturally becomes shallow. I think that is a very normal reaction for the human body.

That is precisely why I believe it is so important to consciously take deep breaths and make time to let out a sigh of relief during those moments.

This year, I have decided to live my life while paying attention to "breathing" in my daily routine.

Instead of doing anything special, I will value stopping to feel my breath, and taking the time to inhale slowly and exhale slowly.

I feel that even just doing that helps my mind and body settle down little by little.

Recently, I have also been incorporating yoga breathing techniques little by little.

It is a quiet form of breathing where I inhale through one nostril and exhale through the other.

There are many types of breathing techniques, and there is no single 'correct' one.

I don't think the method I am practicing is necessarily right for everyone.

What is important is to find the breathing that suits your own body and mind.

To not push yourself, not compare yourself to others, and to quietly focus your attention on your breath.

I hope to spend this year calmly and healthily while continuing to make those small, steady efforts.

Thank you for reading until the end😺