When I am teaching yoga I am often talking to my students about practicing with compassion for themselves, and bringing that compassion into their daily lives. We work on our core, to strengthen the navel point, taping in to our self-esteem. But really, what is self-esteem, and compassion, let alone self-compassion.
Breathing is something we do unconsciously, it is not something we spend much time thinking about. When we do think of breathing, we think of bringing oxygen into our body, we take a breath, the focus is on the inhalation when we have not really exhaled. We have become out of touch with our breath.
