Day 28: Breathing, or How I Learned to Soften From the Inside Out For the longest time, I underestimated breathing. I know how ridiculous that sounds. Breathing is automatic. It’s the most basic thing we do to stay alive. And yet, it’s also the practice that has softened me the most. The one that brings me back into my body when my mind wants to sprint ahead. The one that reminds my nervous system that I am not in danger, even when my thoughts insist otherwise.

My softest self-care practice is breathing. Deep breaths. Box breathing. Pausing long enough to tell my nervous system it’s safe. I used to take breathing techniques for granted. Now they’re one of the ways I reset, soften, and come back to myself.

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