[Shantyaikya]

You're doing great. Accepting it instead of fighting is very difficult to do. Most people don't want to feel and so the fight starts. I'm still learning this.

The deep breaths, after observing a heavy emotion, helps move it out. Putting attention on the emotion is like setting it on fire, it transforms it into something less dense. The deep breaths help move that new material out. I always hear it called a vocal breath. It's a deep breath where you make a sound as you exhale. Kind of like a big sigh of relief.