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<v Speaker 1>Hey, there are thanks for joining me on another solo

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<v Speaker 1>episode of The Skeptic Metaphysicians Today. Today, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you about the power of the outbreath. You

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<v Speaker 1>can say, the outbreath actually saved me, and it's a

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<v Speaker 1>it's a powerful lesson for me, and I think I

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<v Speaker 1>hope that someone out there might benefit from this as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So I guess to start, I just want to ask

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<v Speaker 1>you if you feel like, have you ever hit a

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<v Speaker 1>point where you're you're so drained, like so completely worn

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<v Speaker 1>out that even the act of brushing your teeth feels

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<v Speaker 1>like running a marathon, pill like in flip flops while

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<v Speaker 1>carrying emotional baggage. Well, that's that's been me lately the

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<v Speaker 1>past few weeks. I honestly have been running on fumes.

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<v Speaker 1>Every morning, I'm finding I'm having to drag myself out

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<v Speaker 1>of bed. It's honestly, it's felt like a battle against

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<v Speaker 1>gravity and my own resistance to the daily grind. Like

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<v Speaker 1>I've been so burnt out, so burnt out, so tired,

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<v Speaker 1>so exhausted that I just find it so challenging to

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<v Speaker 1>even get up out of bed every morning. And I

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<v Speaker 1>know what the cure is. I know that all I

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<v Speaker 1>need to recharge, to get rid of the burnout is

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<v Speaker 1>to go sit on a Caribbean beach somewhere, having drinks

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<v Speaker 1>brought to me by a wonderful server while I have

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<v Speaker 1>an amazing book in my hand, and I do nothing

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<v Speaker 1>but just drink in the sun and the vitamin rich

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<v Speaker 1>just power of the energies around that particular scenario. That's

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<v Speaker 1>really what feeds my soul. I was born on an island,

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<v Speaker 1>so it just that's what I need. And it's been

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<v Speaker 1>a very very very long time since I have had that,

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<v Speaker 1>so things I've been building up. Every vacation that I've

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<v Speaker 1>taken has something has come up where I've just not

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<v Speaker 1>been able to relax. Last vacation, those of you who

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<v Speaker 1>have heard the show for a while remember that I

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<v Speaker 1>broke my ankle when I went to Europe. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>been it's been challenging not sharing this with you to

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<v Speaker 1>give you a woe is Me story, but rather to

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<v Speaker 1>kind of level set how I've been feeling so that

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<v Speaker 1>this episode, this story hopefully resonates with you. All that

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<v Speaker 1>being said, there was a point a couple of days

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<v Speaker 1>ago where I reached my limit, my point of breaking

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<v Speaker 1>something inside me actually cracked, not in a breakdown kind

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<v Speaker 1>of way, more like a like a pressure valve finally

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<v Speaker 1>giving out. And I found myself just letting out a sound.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually it was more than a sound. It was a scream.

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<v Speaker 1>It even surprised me. Actually it wasn't planned, it wasn't theatrical,

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<v Speaker 1>it was it was just like this. I had reached

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<v Speaker 1>my limit and I let out a raw, primal, just scream,

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<v Speaker 1>loud enough to startle myself even Well, here's while a part.

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<v Speaker 1>I felt a little better, not fixed, not healed, but better.

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<v Speaker 1>So I did it again, and I found myself just

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<v Speaker 1>letting out the primal scream at the top of my

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<v Speaker 1>lung is just every energy inside me, just aha, going

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<v Speaker 1>out into the atmosphere. And when I finished that, I

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<v Speaker 1>felt even a little bit better. So I did it

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<v Speaker 1>again and again and again until I was literally out

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<v Speaker 1>of breath, when I couldn't scream anymore. Suddenly it hit me,

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<v Speaker 1>that is the power of the outbreath. Now. I know

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<v Speaker 1>it sounds like the kind of thing you'd find printed

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<v Speaker 1>on a mug, got a yoga retreat or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>But stay with me, this this wasn't about deep, quiet,

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<v Speaker 1>serene breaths. It was about expelling, releasing, letting God loudly, messily, cathartically,

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<v Speaker 1>like I let everything go. Every little bit of my

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<v Speaker 1>energy was involved. It was in that out breath, and

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<v Speaker 1>I felt better. I felt better. Well. I did some

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<v Speaker 1>research after that, and it turns out that even modern medicine,

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<v Speaker 1>while it doesn't always buy into the whole healing power

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<v Speaker 1>breath thing. Well, when you think, when they still tell

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<v Speaker 1>us to take a deep breath before sticking us with

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<v Speaker 1>something sharp or unpleasant, right now, why is that? I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's because somewhere deep in our biology, breath equals comfort, control,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe even hope. Instinctively, we inhale before the pain, and

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<v Speaker 1>we exhale to release it. It's not just a distraction, though,

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<v Speaker 1>That is how modern medicine is using the breath. It's okay,

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<v Speaker 1>take a deep breath and then bam, right, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>distraction of what's happening. But what happened is when we inhale,

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<v Speaker 1>we tense up because we know pain's coming. But when

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<v Speaker 1>we exhale, we're able to release a lot of that

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<v Speaker 1>pent up anxiety and it helps us with the pain.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about it in ancient Greek theater. There literally was

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<v Speaker 1>a chorus built into every tragedy whose job was to wail, moan,

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<v Speaker 1>and grieve for the audience. They were there to let

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<v Speaker 1>the emotion out for you, so you didn't have to

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<v Speaker 1>carry it alone. Today we have therapy. Back then they

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<v Speaker 1>had primal group sighing, And honestly, I kind of get

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<v Speaker 1>it now. When I hit my limit the other day,

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<v Speaker 1>my breath became like the pressure valve, a stopgap, a

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<v Speaker 1>sacred scream, not a cure, but a moment of release

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<v Speaker 1>until I can get to that beach and truly unplug.

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<v Speaker 1>So today, if you're carrying something heavy, why not trying.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to scream in the middle of your

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<v Speaker 1>office unless your coworkers are actually really chill. But try first, sighing, moan,

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<v Speaker 1>whimper if you have to. But let that breath move

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<v Speaker 1>through you like it's got somewhere to go. Because it

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<v Speaker 1>does breath, It connects us to the present. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>bridge between our frantic minds and our buried feelings. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the quiet whisper that says you're still here. So let's

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<v Speaker 1>try this. Go ahead and stand by a window and

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<v Speaker 1>stare out into the distance like you're in a dramatic

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<v Speaker 1>indie film. You're just looking out over the horizon. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>notice your first few shallow breaths. Don't judge them, just

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<v Speaker 1>notice them. Now. When you take your next fuel breaths,

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<v Speaker 1>let them be a little deeper, more natural, almost like

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<v Speaker 1>your body's sighing for you. I'll go ahead and let

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<v Speaker 1>your mind wander, let it spill into the emptiness inside you.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't expect fireworks, don't expect clarity. Just breathe, Just breathe.

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<v Speaker 1>Allow that outbreath to come out in a heavy sigh.

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<v Speaker 1>Allow the energy to be connected to that outbreath. Let

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<v Speaker 1>all your tension, all your frustrations, connect to that outbreath,

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<v Speaker 1>and exhale it out as if you were ejecting an

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<v Speaker 1>old cassette tape. Bio. I just dated myself, I realized that.

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<v Speaker 1>But you'll be amazed how powerful it is. In Sanskript,

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<v Speaker 1>breath is called prana. In Greek it's pneuma. Both mean

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<v Speaker 1>life force, and whether you're howling at the moon or

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<v Speaker 1>you're simply sighing into your steering wheel, that breath might

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<v Speaker 1>just be the soul's way of whispering you got this,

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<v Speaker 1>and hey, if all else fails. If that soft sighing, breathing,

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<v Speaker 1>whimpering doesn't work for you, then scream it. Scream it out,

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<v Speaker 1>let it out. Go in the middle of a field

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere and scream it out loud and proud, because hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you are not broken, You are breathing, and you need

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<v Speaker 1>to allow these tensions to come out of you. And

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<v Speaker 1>I found that there is no better way to do

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<v Speaker 1>that than to let it out with my breath. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not just a breathe out. Remember, it's an attaching of

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<v Speaker 1>the emotions into that outbreath. We have it for a reason, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>Go ahead and use it. Don't be afraid. Go ahead

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<v Speaker 1>and scream out and allow yourself to calm the luxury

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<v Speaker 1>of accepting the tensions, accepting what you're going through, and

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<v Speaker 1>accepting the fact that you need to let it out.

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<v Speaker 1>So do it. Let it out. If this works for you,

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<v Speaker 1>if you try it and all of a sudden, the

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<v Speaker 1>primal screams that you let out do help you in

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<v Speaker 1>some way, I would really love it if you reach

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<v Speaker 1>out and you let me know. I know, I know

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm not the only one. There's so much going

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<v Speaker 1>out on in the world right now that there's so

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<v Speaker 1>much pressure building inside each and every one of us.

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<v Speaker 1>We have to find a way to release it. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is one way that I found that worked for me.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you're out there and it works for you,

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<v Speaker 1>please let me know. I'd love to know that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not the only crazy person out in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>a field screaming. All right, I really appreciate you sitting

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<v Speaker 1>through my little escapade. I guess for lack of a

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<v Speaker 1>better word, and I don't want you to worry. I

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<v Speaker 1>am feeling better. But at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>aren't we all just humans going through spiritual awakenings. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's help each other. If you have gone through this

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<v Speaker 1>and you want to let me know, add it to

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<v Speaker 1>the comments below, or send me a voicemail. Go to

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<v Speaker 1>Skeptic midposition dot com. Leave me a voicemail there, let

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<v Speaker 1>me know how this helped you, how this worked, and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe we'll just do an entire episode of people just

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<v Speaker 1>expressing the wonderfulness of the outbreath. All right, that's it

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<v Speaker 1>for today. Thanks so much for listening, and see you

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<v Speaker 1>on the next one. Remember to breathe out