Breath

Breath is life and spirit made one. Yogic tradition (pranayama) treats the breath as the bridge between body and consciousness. The Biblical ruach, Greek pneuma, Latin spiritus all mean breath as well as spirit. Jungian analysis reads breath-dreams attentively: the inability to breathe is one of the most distressing dream experiences and often marks real constriction in waking life. A deep, easy breath in a dream is a benediction worth noting — the psyche reporting its own ease.