“We will be doing this so that rather than destroying us or robbing us of our power and our hope, the storms of life will strengthen us as they teach us about living, growing, and healing in a world of flux, change, and sometimes great pain.”
– Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living
Of course, there are many powerful nervous system and brain changes going on, but this is the true real-world power of contemplative practices involving breathing. They teach us to accept (and even value) all of life's storms.
And paradoxically, it's this acceptance of things as they are that actually begins the process of living, growing, and healing 🙏