a politicality of breath

Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Notice how awareness of the breath connects mind and body, in resistance to rationalistic dualism.

Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Notice how awareness of the breath reminds the bodymind of its interdependence with relations beyond itself, in resistance to cultural individualism.

Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Notice how awareness of the breath fills the bodymind with satisfaction, in resistance to compulsory craving.

Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Notice how awareness of the breath permits the bodymind to occupy as much space as it needs, in resistance to gendered demands to puff out or cave in.

Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Notice how awareness of how the breath travels through the bodymind conjures love for our material shape, in resistance to forces labeling us unworthy of it based on appearance.

Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Notice how slowing the breath invites generativity, in resistance to forces demanding compulsory productivity.

Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Notice how awareness of the breath surfaces consciousness, in resistance to neoliberal alienation.

Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Notice how awareness of the breath allows us to make choices about how to invest the bodymind's energy, in resistance to unmediated, capitalist exploitation.

Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Notice how awareness of the breath connects the bodymind to our ancestors and a history of survival, in resistance to genocidal logics rooted in intersectional and systemic oppression.

Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.