Monday night, I took a belly-dancing, yoga, Pilate's class with some friends, further substantiating my already well-established belief that my stomach core muscles were not intended to oscillate, flex, or move whatsoever, except in the natural in-out of breathing for walking and running... ah, well. You will note, when the teachers were asking for volunteers to perform, they did not nominate me. My childhood dreams were crushed. Regardless...
As with most yoga and Pilate's classes, it was rather new age-y and somewhat positive-happy-whatevery-energyish... But, as our instructor cooled us down by teaching us good breathing patterns and inviting us to think of good and positive thoughts, she said something that I thought was interesting:
"Breathe deeply, because the spirit is in the breath."
Isn't that interesting, when God also says, "then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature." (Genesis 2:7).
God, by breathing into us, set us apart from the animals. God, forming us out of soil, brought us into our humanity, by a simple breath not an seismographic kablooey.
Truth is all around us. We just have to have the eyes to see it with proper vision.
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1 Samuel 17:40,47 "Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine...All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give all of you into our hands."
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