The transition of fire, a burning down and a rising of flames
A breath token is a breathing exploration that I develop for friends & clients and post as a gift.
In 2022 the breath tokens are about transitions. Transition literally means to “cross over, go over, pass over, hasten over, pass away,” from transire – trans “across, beyond” + ire “to go“.
In breathing, transition naturally occurs after the inhale and the exhale and vice versa. I’ve noticed that I tend to go over transitions, in breathing as well as in the every day, going from one thing to the next without paying attention to the space in between. Despite being aware that these transitions are happening, in breathing or in other behaviours, I find it really challenging to be present in them.
Together with you I’d like to explore the subject of transitions. I’ll post quotes, collect ideas or questions from people I know and from you.
If you’d like to share something about transitions, contact me at hallo@nicolacaroli.com.
The transition of fire, a burning down and a rising of flames
On Easter Monday I sat around a fire with my neighbours. The Easter fire traditionally marks a transition from the death of winter to the birth of spring. The equivalent of death, the transition between one state and another state, in terms of breathing, is the breath pause that naturally occurs after the exhale.
I imagined the Easter fire ritual as a breath cycle, letting the exhale and the following pause come to a complete conclusion before sensing the inhale expand inside of me like a blazing flame. Rather than pushing air out or pulling it in in the process, I combined the sensing of the breath with imagining the qualities of fire, a burning down and rising of flames.
And in this, the inhale became a kind of initiation into a new moment of life.
I invite you to try out this breath token and/or to explore the theme of transitions in your own way.
Let’s stay in touch. Let’s be breathed.