Breath Yahweh

Breathe the name. In Hebrew the name of God is written with four letters — YHWH — and carried no written vowels. One long-held teaching hears in it the shape of breath itself: YAH drawn in, WEH let out. The first thing any of us does is breathe in. The last is to breathe out. In between, the tradition goes, we are speaking the name without ever meaning to. Breath Yahweh gives that breath a rhythm. FOUR RHYTHMS • Yah Weh — four in, six out. The breath prayer at its simplest. • Box — four equal sides. Steady and easy to hold onto. • Coherent — five and five, six breaths a minute, no holds. • Four Seven Eight — a long hold and a longer release. • Or set your own, second by second. FOLLOW THE CIRCLE, NOT THE CLOCK The circle swells as you breathe in and settles as you breathe out. YAH glows warm on the way in, WEH cools on the way out, and the holds go quiet. A ring marks every turn of the…