The power of breath enhances all forms of mediation, as it helps your mind to stay focused on the present instead of wandering around, this can bring you to real relaxation by calming your body. Naturally, breathing meditation is a practice that in one way or another structures each inhale and exhale to create mindfulness in your practice, turning breath into the anchor to your moment, something to turn your attention to when thoughts and emotions carry you in the direction of chaos.

Breathing meditation distinguishes itself for its simplicity. It doesn’t require visualization, sound resources or music, it’s dynamic and strong on its own. For those who don’t have a solid meditation practice or get easily distracted so it becomes hard to get to the meditation state and experience it, this modality will give you extra support to get there. That would be one of the most amazing things about it, allowing people from all walks of life to ease into meditation. 

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This style of meditation can activate the parasympathetic response, also known as the state of “rest and digest” by sending the message to your brain that all is well and taken care of through specific ways of breathing. Thus, it helps manage anxiety, reduce distress or confusion and enhance your ability to focus. On a physical level, it helps lower blood pressure which is another factor that aids deeper relaxation.

Breathing meditation is often attributed to the Buddhist Tradition, in which it is believed that it “reveals to us the truth of body, feelings, mind, and mental phenomena” without the need for unusual methods or substances. The foundation text for this style of meditation is The Anapanasati Sutra.