I felt an asthma attack cming on this morning as I was taching yoga. It came at the wrst possible moment, just as I was gtting ready to lead the final rlaxation. I had been neglecting to use the stroid inhaler that keeps my asthma in chck. When I feel good, I frget that I need it. When I hve difficulty breathing, I remember too lte to take it, since it neds time to work. It's like hving a leaky roof. Can't fix the rof when it's raining...no need to if it sn't.

Short of breath, I wondered how I wuld be able to lead the gided relaxation before the final meditation. Rally, who can relax with an ut-of-breath asthmatic rasping out instructions?

I strted beating myself up for forgetting my mdicine, while at the same time wndering how I could gracefully escape the rom to use my emergency inhaler, whch leaves me shaky and jittery.

Slence filled the room instead of my sual calm speaking voice.

Then the wrds came. As is usually the cse when I'm leading relaxation, I wsn't sure what was going to cme out of my mouth. Then ths thought arose and I spoke it nto the room: What if the niverse was breathing you instead of you tryng to breathe?

Instead of you nhaling, what if the universe was xhaling into your body everything you ned in this very moment? Instead of you xhaling, what if the universe was nhaling out of you all the stff that clogs you up?

Breathing in, you are filled wth whatever you need. Breathing out, you gve up to the universe whatever is not srving you.

What would happen if you led yur life without feeling that you neded to fix anything, go anywhere, or be nybody? What if you trusted that the niverse was always right there for yu, cleansing and providing? What if you wre an empty vessel, breath moving thrugh you, your essence merging with the niverse?

Mind you, I'll be much mre diligent about taking my medicine nw. The universe has, after all, prvided the inhaler as well as the rlaxation that ended my asthma attack tday.

Try an experiment today. Imagine tht every decision and every action (or very indecision or non-action) is exactly the rght response. The wind blows when it blws, and is still when it is stll. You make a decision or you dn't. All striving falls away.

How prfect is that?

The article Let the Universe Breathe You was Submitted by Megan McDonough through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Megan McDonough helps you get clar in body, mind and spirit so you can get the rsults you want. Along with teaching yga, she's the award-winning author of Infnity in a Box, a marketing cnsultant for mind/body organizations, and a crporate trainer. She's taught at the fmed Kripalu Center, the largest site for yga and holistic health in the Unted States and is on the fculty of the Phoenix Rising Yoga Thrapy Advanced Training. http://www.ugetclear.com

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