Elevate Your Focus

It's an invitation to notice that breathing happens on its own, without effort. Vasavi uses it to soften the sense of trying hard, so you stop forcing your focus and let the breath carry you. She follows it with the line that you and your breath are one and the same.

She offers you a choice rather than one fixed target. You can follow your belly rising and falling, rest in the silence, or notice the warm air leaving your nostrils and touching the top of your lip. The point is that you get to choose what feels good to focus on.

The idea is that focus doesn't come from pushing. It grows from first feeling at peace, with a clear mind and a gentle body. She also says you don't need to work so hard, and that the wisdom of your body will guide you toward your focus.

She calls the breath your life force, and says that when you focus on it, you become it. She links this to being able to return to your breath in any situation to help you refocus, and to the power to create what you want, whether that's a book, a business or a new habit.

It brings you out of stillness so you can carry on with your day. You wiggle your toes, rotate your ankles, tap the backs of your legs on the ground, move your hips side to side, shimmy at the waist, roll your shoulders up and down and rock your neck from side to side.

Yes. She names many examples, such as writing a book, changing careers, healing from a breakup or celebrating new life. She asks what you want to focus on in this moment, so the practice fits whatever matters to you.