Do Hold Your Breath

One of my co-workers asked why yogis practice holding their breath.

Gasp- good question.

Oddly enough, I’ve never questioned it, but it is a strange concept.

Think of your breath like a cell phone.

“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.”
-Albert Einstein

When your phone goes awry, what do you do? Maybe you delete apps, restart the phone, remove the case, shake it up…

You do something different to get the energy flowing. I like to take this concept to the extreme. 😉

It’s easy to get stuck in our heads with work and worries. Holding your breath helps you realize that the only real chore you have for the day is to breathe. Just breathe. And meditation is cool too.

“Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.”
-Thich Nhat Hanh

“Technology is best when it brings people together.”
-Matt Mullenweg

Some may see social media as an amplifier for such breaths of fresh air.

(Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project, came to speak at Facebook last week.)

“Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.”
-S. Jobs

Do you practice holding your breathe?