Breath as Prayer: Calm Your Anxiety, Focus Your Mind, and Renew Your Soul

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The fight-or-flight, which many of us have heard of, fight-flight-or-freeze, takes over and our body gets ready to respond to this danger or threat. Though it’s true that many religions and spiritual practices use forms of meditation and breathing techniques, Christian breath prayers are different.

Anxiety doesn’t have to be something that separates us from God but it can draw us closer to him if we use it as an opportunity. I want to invite you to find a young woman or a girl in your life, maybe it’s your friend’s daughter or your niece and pour into her because she would be so blessed by your presence and the wisdom that you have to share. But many times, because of the fall, our brains aren’t always connected the way God originally intended, and our bodies don’t always process stimuli as we’re supposed to. Streaming Video fulfilled through Study Gateway cannot be downloaded for viewing in other digital apps like YouTube or Vimeo.At the same time, turn our minds toward Christ and his truth in his words, something we can trust and cling to. Especially if I’m in a time of anxiety, it’ll calm those physical symptoms so I can then turn my mind to focus on the truth. She is doing her thinking aloud

During breath prayer, we can imagine that we are breathing in God’s love with each indrawn breath, and we can picture ourselves releasing our cares and worries into God’s presence each time we breathe out. But as someone who has not been directly exposed to those practices in my local church, I appreciate the modeling and examples she gives. If you’re enjoying the content on Breaking Bread Theology or find it helpful, please consider supporting this work with a donation.

Now, they might not see the spiritual relevance for certain, but science has shown that deep breathing, even for a moment, is not only relaxing, but it affects our heart, brain, digestion and immune systems. But I wonder if in those moments, like when we slow down, and we breathe, and we pray if, that’s a way for us to just tap into the Holy Spirit that’s already inside of us, and we forget. If there’s a verse you love that is significant to you, turn it into a prayer and breathe that prayer when you’re in those times of stress or when you need to be reminded of that truth. We talk with Jennifer Tucker, author of “Breath as Prayer: Calm Your Anxiety, Focus Your Mind, And Renew Your Soul”. She also shared why she prefers to use her breath to calm anxiety, focus her mind, AND renew her soul.