I discovered recently that I didn't exhale completely; I held some air in. It seems I didn't really, ever, totally want to let go. With this discovery, I decided I better "work on it." So in yoga, as I sat in meditation posture, I pushed that air out and sucked it back in. I had moved from one form of control to another. No surrender there!
Well, today, after a session of body work to ease tight muscles, a little miracle happened. I "watched" as I let go of my breath completely, effortlessly. I was empty for a moment and felt so calm and peaceful. Then the inhale just happened, no effort. It just rose up, expanded and filled me up. I felt revived and renewed.
In exhaling, I surrendered, letting go of the tension in my body and all the stories I carried around. Exhaling actually required me to die to life as I knew it, and to accept being born into a new life with each new breath I took in.
The deeper our exhale and letting go, the deeper our inhale, our expansion and our capacity to live fully. Pretty neat!
So why not surrender? Enjoy the adventure!
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