The Path of Surrender instead of Controlling the Breath

It begins with the breath. A small breath practice done consistently everyday is where it starts. A small practice grows through persistence, unrelenting devotion and enthusiasm. There is no way to willfully force your body into a big breath practice. The most valuable thing you can do for your life is to develop your breath. It absolutely will happen for you, if you apply yourself in the right way.

The path of Surrender is the easiest, quickest and surest path of developing the breath. There will be definite mile markers along the way (ie blood purifies, nitric oxide turns on, pain relievers released, breath slows down, mind gets concentrated.) You will come to experience these mile markers, but in a disinterested way.

The biggest failing of all the "Brain hacks" and "Breath hacking" Youtube videos is this fundamental misunderstanding what a breath practice is. You need to grow long term patience, a continuous, unrelenting immersion into this very next arising breath with a listening mind and an open heart. One Youtube guy teaches a "breath speed ball" that speeds you up and slows you down in 30 seconds. The goal is to achieve by force a slick momentary result. That is not going to change the trajectory of your life in any profound way.

Start with your breath practice each morning. Build it and don't stop. 21 days become 90 days, then a lifestyle starts to emerge. That is what this online course is about. Simple baby steps done repeatedly with a loving heart full of acceptance, gratitude and surrender is a path anyone can travel.

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This picture was taken is during Bapuji's 4 years of living in Sumenytown, PA. Photo credit Umesh Eric Baldwin