{"id":7159,"date":"2021-07-24T00:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beautytherapy.absolution-cosmetics.com\/?p=7159"},"modified":"2024-12-09T08:37:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T07:37:55","slug":"inner-ecology-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautytherapy.absolution-cosmetics.com\/en\/wellness\/inner-ecology-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring our inner ecology – Chapter 4: Taking care of our Air element, freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earth<\/a>,\u00a0Water,<\/a>\u00a0Fire,<\/a>\u00a0Air or Ether, each month we will meet to explore one of the elements of our inner world, how to identify it, understand it, take care of it with some advice and gentle rituals.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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To you, the air that sets me in motion and frees me from all my burdens,<\/em>
You are the breath, the breath of life, the oxygen.<\/em>
Your lightness livens me up and enriches me.<\/em>
With you I spread my wings, I am free and joyful.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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This month, let\u2019s reconnect to our “AIR” element, named “Vayu<\/em>” in Sanskrit. This air allows us to breathe and make the most of life. The Indian sages understood that air was the first source of life. A lack of it kills more quickly than any other element. The concept of Vayu<\/em> is similar to “Prana<\/em>” (life, energy).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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Air brings us life but also lightness, openness to others, the capacity to move<\/strong> and makes everything possible and vibrant. Air is perceived through contact and the sense of touch, i.e., our skin<\/a>, a subtle and powerful object of perception and knowledge. Although it is invisible, its effects are very visible. Air is at the origin of all movements; it gives them direction and creates a vibration.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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To take care of our inner AIR element, we have to cultivate our ability to move, to stay connected to our values of freedom and love.<\/strong> Air carries and transports. It supports us but also transmits to others our joy, our enthusiasm, and our benevolent presence. Air defies the limits of time and space.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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In yoga, the Air element is linked to the 4th energy center, our heart chakra<\/a>,<\/strong> Anahata in Sanskrit, the place where seats unconditional love<\/a> and joy.  When your heart chakra is harmonized, you are capable of great empathy and openness, satisfaction, acceptance of yourself and others. The joy of life is your natural state while allowing your emotions to flow. The more air that flows through you, the more space you create to open your heart. Love is therefore not lived in attachment but on the contrary, in a feeling of great freedom.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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Me and the Air element<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n
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Before giving you rituals to take care of your inner FIRE, I suggest you take two minutes to ask yourself the following question:<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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What is my relationship with the Air element? <\/strong>Is it an element that I feel very present within me? Not enough?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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To help you dig in this question, ask yourself for example:<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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