Author: WholeFAM Admin

The Third Gesture of Aim and Remembrance

After you receive the breath, you choose where to place it.

This is the moment of still fullness.

Aimed awareness. The inner compass remembering true north.

To Attune is to bring your focus to what is real, timely, and yours.

It is the held breath between inhale and action.

It is how you remember what matters—without effort, without story.

Attuning is not striving—it’s tuning.

You’re not forcing the mind. You’re quieting the static.

Like adjusting the dial to a clear signal.

Like facing the sun without squinting.

The Shape of Attuning

• Spine upright and receptive
• Breath held gently at the top of the inhale
• Eyes closed or softly focused between the brows
• Mind still, listening for the inner signal
• Feel the spacious pause before movement

This is the moment before the arrow is released.

The instant of still clarity before song begins.

The poised readiness to remember what you are.

Attune draws from:

• Phase 3 of Kriya Yoga: mental concentration at the third eye
• Ganesh Baba’s emphasis on the focused inner flame
• Chögyam Trungpa’s “On the Spot” awareness
• Neem Karoli Baba’s “Remember God”
• Martial arts mindset: Stay with your point
• The tuning of an instrument before the first note

To Attune is to aim your life.

When you attune, your energy stops scattering.

Your voice knows where it’s going.

Your offering becomes coherent.

This is the gesture that makes rhythm conscious.

Attune is the gesture of remembering.

Remember your why.

Remember your breath.

Remember your place in the song.

Practice the Gesture

[Guided 3rd-Eye Focus & Breath Retention]

[1-Minute Attunement Meditation Before Action]

[Printable: True North Focus Card]

Ready to exhale?

Continue with the next gesture:

[Allow →]

The Fourth Gesture of Exhale and Expression

After the breath is received and focused, it wants to move.

Allow is the moment when you release it.

Not as performance, not as strain—just as what naturally follows fullness.

To Allow is to exhale, to soften, to let what’s ready emerge.

It is the gesture of trust.

The place where action flows from presence.

You don’t need to force it.

The same way you don’t force a breath to leave—it just goes.

That’s Allowing.

Allowing is the opposite of effort.

It is offering—from ease.

The Shape of Allowing

• Let the breath leave naturally, without pushing
• Relax the belly, the jaw, the spine
• Let movement arise from the ground upward
• Speak, sing, or act only when the breath invites it
• Notice the quality of your presence after release

This is not letting go as collapse.

It is letting go as generosity.

It is releasing what has been gathered toward the good.

Allow is how the song sings.

When you Allow, your voice comes out clean.

When you Allow, the action is guided—not grasped.

When you Allow, others feel safe to soften too.

Allow is how life gives through you.

Not for applause.

Not for identity.

But because it’s time. Because it’s ready.

Allow is the gesture of benefaction.

The movement of love into the world.

The breath that goes out as warmth, as kindness, as offering.

This is what we’re here for.

Practice the Gesture

[Audio: Natural Exhale & Surrender Practice]

[Micro-Practice: One Breath of Silent Service]

[Print: The Art of Effortless Giving]

You’ve completed the rhythm.

Align. Appreciate. Attune. Allow.

And then? Begin again.

Because this rhythm doesn’t end. It lives through you.

The Fifth Gesture: Making Space for the Rhythm to Return

Now that you’ve learned the rhythm of your inner world—Align, Appreciate, Attune, Allow—it’s time to give it a home in the outside world.

A place where this rhythm can live.

A space where your breath is welcomed.

A corner of stillness that helps you remember.

This is the quiet step of choosing to show up, not just in the body, but in the world.

It’s the beginning of building your inner sanctuary with a steady outer frame.

You don’t need a shrine. You don’t need special items.

You need a container.

A place that begins to collect and store the feeling of your rhythm practice—

so that over time, just being there brings your body back into it.

This is the same principle as a garden bed or a compost pile—

the more love you offer it, the more life it gives back.

What Is a Rhythm Space?

It is a small, designated area where you practice the four gestures each day.

It might be:

• A chair near a window
• A stone bench in the yard
• A yoga mat rolled out in a closet
• A log under a tree
• A towel on the floor with a candle nearby

Over time, that space begins to remember.

And so do you.

Why This Works

We thrive when rhythm meets place.

We grow faster when we return to the same location each day.

We carry more clarity when there is one pocket of life that is only ever used for remembering.

Just like your skin knows how to heal,

your space learns how to hold rhythm.

It begins to store stillness.

And every time you sit down, the rhythm picks up right where you left off.

You don’t need to be religious to make something sacred.

Christ said, “Go into your closet and pray in secret.”

He wasn’t talking about architecture—He was pointing to intimacy.

This is your place for intimacy with rhythm. With breath. With what’s good.

This space is not for your tasks.

It is not for your productivity.

It is for your return.

Your breath.

Your music.

Your restoration.

Set It Up Simply

• Choose a time and place (ideally the same each day)
• Make it free from distractions
• Keep it clean and welcoming
• Bring only what helps you feel rooted (blanket, stone, candle, water, icon, flower, journal)
• Use it only for rhythm—nothing else

The Body Remembers What Is Repeated

The space begins to hold your stillness.

Your mind begins to trust that this is where you come back to yourself.

You don’t have to feel perfect to show up.

You just have to return.

Practice Prompt: Build Your Rhythm Corner

[Download: Simple Rhythm Space Guide]

[Journal Prompt: What Does Sanctuary Feel Like?]

[Printable: Four Gestures Wall Card]