I believe that, at some unconscious level, I was attempting to use my breathing to cope with the stress and frustrations in my life through my smoking, but by that time I had also become severely addicted to nicotine and the smoking habit. I believed that the smoking was a better self-management tool than my breathing, but I was very wrong. Breath not only gives us life, it also gives us health, relaxation, energy and creativity. Air is the source of our life force while we still have physical bodies. Breathing is the mechanism within our bodies that lets us take in life-giving air.
Breathing is both voluntary and involuntary.
You breathe whether or not you are conscious of the action. Your lungs are large, pyramid-shaped organs in your upper torso, made up of masses of spongy tissue. They are the largest organs in your body, extending from the top of your shoulders to the bottom of your rib cage, resting on your diaphragm. Feel the perimeters of the bottom of your rib cage with your hands. Your lungs take up most of this space.