Breath as Prayer: Calm Your Anxiety, Focus Your Mind, and Renew Your Soul

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By praying through our breath, we can feel that God is with us wherever we are and that He can help us with our anxieties and concerns. It doesn’t take long, but it can significantly impact how we think and process our anxiety because we’re rewiring our brains.

They’re great as a way of grounding ourselves or re-centering ourselves when we become anxious or overwhelmed. But then, when we connect prayer to that, we’re, at the same time, turning our thoughts to Christ, to his truth, to replace.e. longer inhales, shorter exhales, or vice versa), but if you’re just starting out, I suggest making your breathing as steady as possible. During that time I remembered a breath prayer I’d written previously based on some words from the apostle Paul. 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.

If there’s a verse you love that is significant to you, turn it into a prayer and breathe that prayer when you’re in those times of stress or when you need to be reminded of that truth. Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace, so as we invite Him into our struggles through prayers like these breath prayers, we are literally inviting in Peace Himself. Breath Prayer is as informal as they come, requiring only a simple phrase and the breath you carry with you every moment throughout the day. I had never realized that before now, different breathing exercises don’t necessarily work for everyone; for my daughter in particular, when she focuses on her breathing, it makes her more anxious and conspires with her into panic.

I took verses that were significant to me that God was teaching me something through or that meant something and I turned it into a prayer. They help us keep God in the foreground amidst our daily living and clarify our relationship with the holy. An ARC was provided to me by Netgalley, the publisher, and the author Jennifer Tucker for free in exchange for an honest review. I just haven’t quite been able to find the words, and there have been some moments when God has felt very far away.