Breath Prayer - "For You Alone, My Soul Waits In Silence" Psalm 62:5

Join Ryan as we pray to the rhythm of our breath, Psalm 62:5, "For you alone my soul waits in silence". Breath prayer is a way to be attentive to God's presence and is an ancient Christian prayer practice dating back to at least the sixth century. Historically, it is associated with the Eastern Church.

Transcript

Welcome to a breath prayer exercise and practice.

I believe that we are always in God's presence Breath prayer is just a simple way to remember we are with God and God is with us it's a way to be attentive to God's presence a Russian work from the 19th century a small literary account of a simple pilgrim The book the way of the pilgrim has these words to share with us the experience of Breath prayer and its impact as we practice it over a period of time The pilgrim is quoted as saying the prayer begins to wake him up in the morning It comes to seem as if his lips and his tongue pronounced the words by themselves Without any arguing it comes to feel light as if he were walking on air in his word world And it is transformed My name is Ryan Schmidt.

Thank you for joining me today for this breath prayer practice We'll look at Psalm 62 verse 5 as our direction for this practice the scripture says For you alone my soul waits in silence in silence We'll divide this sentence in half for you alone Will be the in breath?

My soul waits in Silence will be the out Let's begin our practice together In for you alone out My soul waits in silence in for you alone out My soul waits in silence Or you alone My soul waits in silence in silence Or you alone My soul waits in silence Or you alone My soul waits in silence Or you alone My soul waits in silence Or you alone Or you alone Or you alone My soul waits in silence Or you alone My soul waits in silence Or you alone My soul waits in silence Or you alone My soul waits in silence Or you alone My soul waits in silence Or you alone My soul waits in silence Or you alone Or you alone Or you alone My soul waits in silence Or you alone My soul waits in silence My soul waits in silence Or you alone My soul waits in silence

Reviews

Beautifully lead guided practice. I find breath prayer to be very helpful and soothing to my spirit. It’s lovely to have it recorded and be led through it any time I like or need. 🙏with graditude

What a beautiful way to breathe and remember the verse. There is nothing more precious than the presence of God.
I meditate in His presence and he gives me songs.
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My first time trying a guided breath prayer. Very peaceful and beautiful experience.
I’ll need time and practice , as my mine wandered and needed redirecting. 😊

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Wonderful centering practice. Thank you. Bless you 🙏🏽

The is a powerful way to appreciate the presence of God. Thank for this meditation. 💛🌟💛

Thanks again for this meditation!
Mind clearing and heart focusing on my Creator.

Blessings
Tim

Very good quick meditation

I love this format. It can be used with any scripture. Thank you for sharing it. Namaste 🙏

Subliminal! There is so much power in the simplicity of this breath prayer. May peaceful calm prevail.

I love the connection I felt. 🙏🏼

Beautiful prayer mantra.

Very peaceful and relaxing.🙏