Mindfulness and meditation (together) make up twenty-five percent of the Buddha’s eight-fold path. But how could that relate to the mechanics of breathing? It all boils down to neuroscience. Inhalation is the domain of mindfulness; for each IN-breath accesses our sympathetic nervous system which is wired to notice vulnerably, passively, viscerally, and randomly. Exhalation is meditation’s home base as each OUT-breath triggers our parasympathetic nervous system to physically r

Breathing could be quite like a metronome; especially when it unfolds naturally and spontaneously. Due to one of evolution’s happy coincidences EVERY inhalation automatically accesses our sympathetic nervous system, supporting our sensory acuity and allowing us to notice: vulnerably, passively, viscerally, and randomly. During each IN-breath we could effortlessly notice sensation, flavor, scent, sound, sight, and the like as well as observe emotion, intention, thought, memory