Opinions given by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the use of myself or By The Well Counseling. It has been a powerful tool for me that has been a great help and support because it not only helps with my physical anxiety but it has helped me grow in my faith.

And so, when I learned about them, I scribbled down a few of them and even wrote a blog post about them.How it’s laid out is on one page, you have a very short devotional sharing about the scripture that inspires that breath prayer.

For all Streaming Video purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or log in with your existing FaithGateway username and password. At BioLogos, “gracious dialogue” means demonstrating the grace of Christ as we dialogue together about the tough issues of science and faith. It’s not bad, especially if you’re going for a hike and you, a bear, come in your path; you’ll be thankful you have anxiety. I can choose to breathe rapidly and shallowly or slow my breathing and breathe deep and slow if I want to if I focus on it and intentionally do that. And I would just, I think I’d, go back and tell her that God’s not mad at you or disappointed in you because you have struggles.If in moments of that high feeling, lots of big feelings, we can slow down, take a deep breath and let those physical symptoms calm down. Scripture tells us to “pray continually” (1 Thessalonians 5:17, NIV) and while I find great worth in the opportunities I get to focus and pray for an extended period of time; it just isn’t always practical to do so. We often feel very isolated and alone, and we don’t know how to talk about it in relation to our faith. She coaches individuals and non-profit leaders, applying the insights of neuroscience and epigenetics with her clients.

And that’s what breath prayers that we’ll talk about later have helped me, too: to slow down and pay attention. Breath as Prayer will lead you through the practice and the proven health benefits of Christian breath prayer: intentional prayers centered around Scripture that focus our minds on Christ as we calm our bodies through breathing. As a prayer of the heart, the exact words may change to reflect the longing of the one who prays, seeking a lived experience of God. And that’s when I think breath prayer became significant to me because at that moment, as I focused on where I mean, I was in this hospital room.Breath prayers help us pay attention to God, and to be aware of the present moment as we connect with God. I got deep into all kinds of different things and I stumbled upon a couple of posts that mentioned breath prayers pretty briefly but described what they were, gave a couple of little breath prayers and I thought that is so great because, for so much at the time, we separate faith from science or faith from health and stuff like that.