When stress hits, you focus on breathing in and forget to breathe out. The exhale is where you release the stories in your head and reconnect with everything around you. Notice when you tense up, then take a big exhale to let go.
Good morning. Here is your moment of yes for today. I promise not to talk about my bathroom habits, at least for today. I can't make a long-term promise with that, but today, no talking about bathroom. And this is the last time I'll be shooting in the car for a few days. I get to go home this weekend and see the family, so yay, hooray to that. Your moment of yes for today is to talk about an idea I've talked about before, which is breathing. To exhale and to inhale. And when you think about it, we were working with a client this week and breathing was something that this person struggled with when they were in sort of a stressful situation. And so we all tend to do that. The more stressful the situation, the more we kind of tense up, we tighten up, and we forget to breathe. When you think about breathing, the process of inhaling and exhaling, of the actual breath, It's a very rhythmic, very natural, but a process that needs both components to it, the inhale and the exhale. And so when we tend to get self-focused, all we seem to do is focus on inhaling. We're taking in more, we're taking in more, we're taking in more. When we exhale, when we release, it's— we're releasing sort of our story, we're releasing our internal focus. And we're actually connecting with oneness because we're releasing that breath, and in doing so, we're connecting ourselves with everyone and everything else—the oneness of the world. So today, when you sense yourself breathing in and focusing on yourself and getting tense or stressed out, that's your cue to take a big exhale. Exhale, look out. Connect and really exhale into your oneness with the universe, with the world, with the people you work with. That's your moment of yes for today, everyone. Have a wonderful day.
