Utilizing this wintry mercury retrograde to continue to share with you my morning practices. My next balanced breath practice is regarding physical mortality.
Inhaling for 10 heartbeats contemplating Life, take a sip of water, then exhale for the same 10 heartbeats, contemplating Death. Repeat 4 times. Next, inhale for 10 heartbeats, contemplating Life in the Presence of the One, (who you may call God, Great spirit, or any of your preferred names), take a sip, and exhale for 10 heartbeats, contemplating Death in the Presence. Repeat four times.
The third set of four balanced breaths is similar with the following change. Inhaling for 10 heartbeats, contemplating Death in the Presence, take a sip, and exhaling for 10 heartbeats, contemplating Death in the Presence. Repeat four times. Lastly, inhale for 10 heartbeats, contemplating the All Pervading Light in Space, take a sip, and exhale for 10 heartbeats, contemplating the All Pervading Light in Space. Repeat four times.