Just Breathe
The term “breathwork” can refer to any type of breathing exercises or techniques. In the wellness community, there are specific breathwork practices, such as Rebirthing, and Shamanic Breathwork.
If you go to a yoga class, a childbirth class, or a meditation class, it is likely that your class leader will instruct you in certain breathing techniques.
Whether or not you are interested in formalized breathing techniques, the breath remains an important tool in your personal and spiritual toolbox.
Breathing is autonomic. That is, our bodies breathe without our conscious focus. When we bring consciousness to the breath, interesting things can happen.
On a physical level, mindful breathing can help with pain management and sleep. It can also help us become more organized and productive.
On a metaphysical level, mindful breathing can help with psychic development, divination, manifestation, meditation, spirit communication, and personal healing.
When someone is upset, it is common for us to tell them to take a few breaths before they react. When we need a break, we often call it taking a ‘breather’.
Sometimes the best advice we can give someone is to simply breathe. Sometimes the best task we can assign to ourselves is to take a moment to focus on breathing.
If we do not want to learn specific breathing patterns, it is helpful to simply breathe as deeply and slowly as possible, focusing on the inhalations and exhalations. This technique is powerful enough to bring insight, healing, and spiritual connection.
The more we focus on the breathe, the more we attune to a higher consciousness, and the more we feel connected to an abundant and healing universal energy.
The StaarCorner
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Breathing with Tarot
How can we use breathwork specifically with tarot? Here are some ideas.
To create sacred space before beginning your divination. Hold your cards and breathe, while setting your intention for the divination.
When you don’t understand what a specific card is trying to tell you, take a moment, say the name of the card, and focus on your breath. The meaning will usually become clear to you.
When you want to embody the energy of a tarot card, or bring that energy into your life, hold that card to your heart and consciously breathe its energy into your body, and into your life.
The Week in Review
I am excited to announce that I am once again nominated for an award by the World Divination Association in the category of Best Tarot Reader for 2022. Please cast your vote today!
Tarotscopes for September are available on my YouTube channel. Check out your sun sign, your rising sign, and your moon sign to get some insight on the month ahead.
Join us tonight for Global Tarot Circle!
From Around the Web
Here is a comprehensive discussion of breathwork.
Benebell Wen shared an interesting blogpost on tarot deck collecting this week.
Guidance on the Journey
Breathing is, of course, how we interact with the element of Air. The element of Air is associated with the suit of Swords in tarot. Interestingly, the suit of Swords contains some of the most brutal imagery and unwelcome interpretations in the deck.
For example, the Three of Swords is a card of sorrow and heartbreak. The Seven of Swords is known as “The Thieves’ Card”. The Eight and Nine of Swords are cards that I have nicknamed “The Sisters of Anxiety and Depression”. The Ten of Swords pictures a person lying prone and bleeding with ten swords in their back.
We need air to live. Breathwork in all its forms is a healing practice. Why then are the cards in the suit of Air so difficult?
Metaphysically, Air is associated with the powers of the mind. That is, our intellect, our thinking, our decision-making, our curiosity, our words, and our integrity. This may be why focused breathing is so very powerful. It engages the awesome power of the mind.
At the same time, we often use that awesome mind power against ourselves, and against others.
When we see the difficult cards in the suit of Swords, we need to recognize our power to change difficulty and heal pain. We use our minds to hurt ourselves, to let others hurt us, and to hurt others. We can also use our minds to heal and create change. This is the message and the lesson of the suit of Swords in tarot.
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Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 36
September 7, 2022