Because these prayers are based on God’s Word, they are a wonderful way to meditate on Scripture throughout the day and they offer a simple way to practice Paul’s teaching to “pray without ceasing. Think of a couple of short phrases of truth, repeat them under your breath God-ward as you prepare yourself.

I think for many years, I kept myself so busy that I didn’t have time to pay attention to what was happening. In one study, breathing practices proved successful “to correct imbalances of the stress response systems and to facilitate emotion regulation, social engagement, bonding, and recovery from trauma. Breath Prayer provides a person of faith a conscious way to partner with God in healing physical, emotional, and spiritual wounds. She will share with us her discovery of this practice of breath prayers and how those helped her get through a challenging situation in her own life. But I offer one of the many ways to pray that I’ve found very useful and effective in my own life: “breath prayers.Breathe in and out, with the first part of your prayer coming to mind on the inward breath and the latter half connecting with the outward breath. Hopefully, this can help your body and mind to steady a bit, calm any nerves, and give you a chance to enter a place of mindfulness.

If you find yourself overwhelmed or stressed, take long, slow breaths through your nose, especially between points.But I think they are missing the point of the book, I believe it is a teaching tool to model how breathing for calming anxiety, focusing, and bringing calm and peace to your inner self, fits naturally as a form of prayer. That’s like the Holy Spirit is somehow connected with our spirit as a person, that we’re spiritual beings. However, this ancient practice is now supported by modern science as having great beneficial effects for us as well. D. in Christian spirituality, ritual studies, and the dialogue between theology and natural science from the Graduate Theological Union. It’s just like going to a specialist for kidney disease or a specialist; if you have a heart issue, you go to a cardiologist.