The Breath of Life

There is a rhythm moving through all things — tides that rise and fall, winds that travel from sea to land, the pulse that beats within every creature.
That rhythm is Prāṇa — the breath of life, the quiet current linking the seen and the unseen.

We do not create Prāṇa; we participate in it.
Each inhalation draws in the universal force; each exhalation offers it back.
It is the same current that makes sap climb a tree, that carries clouds across the sky, that moves thought through the mind.

When the flow of Prāṇa is steady, the mind feels clear and the body light.
When it is blocked, heaviness, confusion, or fatigue arise.
Just as clear water reflects the sky, a balanced flow of energy reflects serenity.

Breath is the visible face of this invisible power.
The sages called it the bridge between body and awareness.
By learning to sense and guide it, we learn to live in rhythm with life itself.

Pause for a moment.
Feel one natural breath — its cool entrance, its gentle exit.
In that simple movement, the entire story of creation repeats:
drawing in (birth), holding (sustenance), releasing (return).
What appears small is actually cosmic.
The same pulse that turns galaxies turns within your chest.

To recognize this is the beginning of Prāṇāyāma — not as control, but as cooperation with the intelligence already breathing through us.