Don’t Hold your Breathe 🌬️💞

We say it casually—

Don’t hold your breath.

A warning. A whisper. A command to let go.

But how many of us are still holding it?

Still clenching somewhere between hope and hesitation,

between needing things to change and fearing what will shift if they do.

We hold our breath when we’re waiting…

waiting for the news, for the next sign, for someone to love us back into ourselves.

We hold our breath when we’re afraid we might be too much—or not enough.

We hold our breath when we’re trying to be strong,

when we’re pretending we’re not tired of pretending.

And yet—

breath is the bridge between spirit and matter.

It is the place we first said yes to life.

It is the silent agreement that we are still here.

So what happens when we forget to exhale?

Our body remembers.

The ache in the neck. The tightness in the chest. The spinning mind, unsure of why it’s dizzy.

All clues. All messages. All sacred reminders.

I’ve watched it in those I hold space with:

The breath that pauses before truth.

The breath that disappears when tears rise.

The breath that waits… for permission.

But here is the offering:

You do not need to wait.

Breathe now.

Breathe wide.

Breathe as if the universe is watching you remember who you are.

Because when you breathe again, you awaken again.

To yourself.

To your power.

To your right to exist without holding it all in.

This breath…

is your return.

So no—don’t hold your breath.

Let it flow.

Let it carry the ache.

Let it move the fear.

Let it speak the silent prayers your lips were too tired to form.

You were not born to hold your breath.

You were born to breathe life into this world.

A whisper from me to you:

I see you—unwinding from the pauses you didn’t know you were living in.

Let your next breath be a declaration, not a delay.

This moment is not waiting for you to be ready.

It is inviting you to begin.

And with each breath, I hold you in divine love—

a quiet remembrance that you are never alone in this return.

Breathe… our teaching is there with you.

Let the wind remind you- you are Free to release 🌬️🤲

With Divine love 💙

Pauline