Triangle Breath: Remembering Nature's Rhythm

Astrologer Pam Gregory recently spoke of our original inner technology, an organic intelligence that is becoming more accessible as our collective consciousness rises...and is this ever a time of evolution! I can absolutely feel it in my own body as intuition begins to speak more clearly and drown out the external noise.

The breath is perhaps our greatest built-in superpower. Our bodies already know how to breathe naturally and efficiently, through the nose (they did this much better as children) but somewhere along the way we may have stopped paying attention.

Conscious breathing isn't about teaching the body something new. It's simply about directing our focus back to something it has always known.

We need to reconnect with the deeper wisdom that's been within us. And for me, nature is definitely part of that medicine.

Take the archetype of a triangle - which for me, has had deep significance. In fact, I have a single overlapping tattoo of the four elements, each represented by their respective triangle symbols, as a reminder that everything belongs to the elements and that our lives are continually shaped by their rhythms. I even embedded dots into the design to represent my dad's date of passing which synchronistically, happened to be Earth Day.

Nature is constantly reminding us that life isn't meant to move in straight lines. It moves in pulses, cycles and seasons.

Once you begin looking, you'll notice triangles everywhere - in architecture, sacred geometry, instruments, design, and of course, in nature. Ocean waves that gather, crest, and return. The archetypal journey of Maiden, Mother and wise Crone. The Underworld, reality in this plane, and Spirit above.

My favorite is the seasons that emerge, come into fullness, and gently release as represented by cardinal, fixed, and mutable zodiac signs. For example, Cancer, Leo, and Virgo mark the beginning, potency, and completion of summer from solstice to equinox.

Triangle Breath follows this same rhythm. And the way I practice it, the breath resembles an isosceles triangle (remember that one from grade school?) with two equal sides and one slightly longer side, rather than three equal sides.

• Inhale for four counts, receiving and expanding.

• Hold for four counts, resting in the fullness of the moment.

• Exhale for six counts, softening, releasing, and returning.

Of course, you may adjust your counts depending on what your body needs today. So, even gentler would be 3 - 3 - 5 or with more capacity, 6 - 6 - 8.

And in the Triangle Breath, that slightly longer exhale invites the nervous system back into its parasympathetic state. The pause, too, offers a rare moment of stillness as we oscillate between the inhale and exhale.

Rather than trying to think our way out of the fear and restlessness so prevalent in this era, we can breathe our way back to ourselves. Each conscious breath becomes an inner support we can return to whenever life feels uncertain or chaotic.

I invite you to try some rounds of Triangle Breath today and notice what shifts. Or explore square breathing which I describe here.

May you be held by the quiet geometry that also lives within you,

Kris xx