Breathe deeply
When we breathe deeply
and slowly at least ten times
(counting: for 4 in and for 6 out)
all the way into our abdomen:
we signal our “trauma brain”:
that we are ready to be calm,
that there is no danger,
that the fear, anger or rage
we might experience
are trauma triggers from our past.
We are in control
when we breathe like that.
We take back
the harm that trauma caused.
We are letting go of the toxins
from the past
and from the present.
When we breathe like that
we no longer have to react
in anxiety or anger,
we breathe deeply –
and then we respond.
We claim back the control
that our “trauma brain”
has taken from us.
We become “breath warriors” –
and we end the war.
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