Jeremy Youst is a certified Somatic Breath Therapy Practitioner and the founder/director of the internationally accredited Power of Breath Institute. He shares a message that you hold the key to spiritual mastery within yourself. Your breath allows you to enter various states of consciousness and develop your spiritual mastery.

In this interview you will learn the various ways that you can utilize your breath and practice the Reset Breath which is perfect prior to entering a meditation, when you are feeling stressed, feeling overwhelmed or want to shift your emotions.

I’ve been personally mentored with our guest over the past years. I met him shortly after coming back from the Amazon rainforest of Peru. His teachings allowed me to integrate my dream like experience as well as embrace spirit through everything and everyone.

Through our time together I’ve learned to embrace the community space and the magic that happens through meaningful relationships.

Breathing in energy that supports our physical existence and our soul and spirit’s existence. Through awareness of the breath we can change our physiological responses and the areas of the brain which are activated.

By breathing consciously, you are able to take a journey with your awareness which will enrich your life. How you are breathing today reveals a story of how your body adapted to overwhelming experience. The natural response to threat is to hold our breath. If we perceive a threat over time our breath also gets suppressed and chronically shut down over time. How do you reverse these changes which impact your life?

The breath can be used to balance your sympathetic, fight or flight system, and parasympathetic relax and digest system. This will relieve your stress, anxiety caused by thoughts which rise from your environment. Breath awareness and practice offers you a solution to the unnecessary tension that you experience throughout your life.

We have been using conscious breath ever since the start of consciousness. Many ancient traditions use different breathing techniques, such as Pranayama from yoga and Vedism born in the areas around India and the Himalaya.

Near the end of the discussion Jeremy shares his view that we are all made of spirit. As human beings we are lucky that one of the primary functions for our survival is tied to activating more spiritual presence and essence. The breath helps attune you to the energy that is shared between all of us. A connection is made between conscious breathing and the practice of mindfulness.

Technique / Practice for Direct Experience

Jeremy teaches you the Reset Breath which you can use to free yourself of stress, thoughts that are worrying you or to increase your energy levels. It provides a sense of quiet and relaxation of the mind.

Ground your legs comfortable on the ground. Place a hand on your lower belly and the other hand on your upper chest. This will allow you to feel where you breathe. The belly should expand outwards while rolling up into the chest as well as the ribcage. With a deep breath it can lift the shoulders although you don’t need to worry about this part.

2/3 of the breath should be in the lower belly with 1/3 in the chest and shoulder area. Relaxing the belly will allow this natural breath to show itself. On each exhale you let the air drop out of your mouth while releasing tension through your body. There is no effort needed.

As soon as you finish the exhale you skip over the pause to inhale. Jump over the pause at the end of the inhale to let the exhalation flow out immediately. On the 10th inhalation you will hold your breath for a few counts and then let go.

The total practice is 10 or 11 breathes.

If you notice any challenging sensations, you can do the exercise limiting it to about 3 breathes or slowing down the speed of your breathing to ease into the practice.

Listen to the interview to take a step into cultivating your awareness, be here now.

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