Transition as Segueing
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.
This month I’d like to share a word I’ve learnt from the poet Anne Blonstein: “to segue”.
In the Cambridge English dictionary, „to segue” is “to move easily and without interruption from one piece of music, part of a story, subject, or situation to another.“
What if there were this one overriding sensation of segueing, moving easily between breaths? Or, asked differently, what would generate the sensation of segueing in the way you breathe? Imagining being in a particular place, doing a trusted practice or meditating on leaves moving in the wind, for example?
I invite you to explore these questions and/or to explore the theme of transitions in your own way.
We can also explore these ideas through touch, movement, sound, writing and drawing…
Let’s stay in touch. Let’s be breathed.