Kiss of Life

Buddhism:

Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Christianity:

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

Job 33:4

Hinduism:

When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady. But when the breath is calmed the mind too will be still, and the yogi achieves long life. Therefore, one should learn to control the breath.”

Svatmarama, Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Native American

The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe.”

Big Thunder Wabanaki Algonquin

Sikhism

The breath is drawn in through the left nostril; it is held in the central channel of the Sushumna, and exhaled through the right nostril, repeating the Lord’s Name sixteen times.

Guru Granth Sahib

Sufism:

I belong to the beloved, have seen the two

worlds as one and that one call to and know

first, last, outer, inner, only that

breath breathing human being.

Jalaluddin Rumi, ‘Only Breath’

Taoism:

The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.

Chuang Tzu