by Jean Hamilton-Fford
Breathe! Breathe! Inspiration... Expiration... Breathe! Inhale... Exhale... Breathe! When you breathe, you connect with Spirit. Connecting with Spirit is necessary if you are to Free the Spirit. Make a conscious decision and focus on your breath.
As you inhale through your nose, consider the colour violet-blue. Inhale violet-blue and follow the breath as it fills your lungs, expands your chest, lowers your diaphragm and expands the abdomen. When you can inhale no more, wait just a moment. Allow that violet-blue breath to completely fill and begin permeating your tissues and your blood.
Now, exhale through your mouth, slowly. As you exhale, consider the colour of pinkish-green. Now, exhale by contracting your abdomen, raising your diaphragm and contracting your chest and emptying your lungs. Follow the colour pinkish-green as it leaves your body and joins the Universe. Bless it, as it will feed plant-life and, by doing so, be exhaled by plants as oxygen. Bless it, as it fuels the atmosphere of our Earth and rejuvenates the landscape through the water cycle. When you can exhale no longer, begin the process of conscious breathing once more.
Notice now that as you continue this cycle, your body relaxes and your cells vibrate with joy. Notice also that your mind begins to clear and you are delighting in following the colours and feeling the fullness of life-giving breath. This is the beginning of Freeing the Spirit.