The breathe is vital, we can live without food for weeks, possibly months, without water for 3 days and without breathing for a matter of minutes.

In Ancient Greek; "breath" as in "a breath of air"  or "divine breath of inspiration" can also mean "life", "spirit", and "vitality" as demonstrated in ancient medicine as well 

as philosophical doctrines.

In Latin, nouns like anima and spiritus have similar properties, with the verb spiro meaning both "to breathe" and "to be alive".

In Sanskrit (and Hindi), similarly, the noun meaning "breath", prāṇa, also carries the meaning of "life", "spirit", "soul", etc.

In Hebrew, a word of comparable nature is rúach.

 The "breath of life" 

In speaking of breathing we use the word "Inspire" uniting the physical action of inhaling with its spiritual origin.

To Pause between all we do allows time for  percolation  from the prior activity before commencing the next 

enabling a chance to learn and grow.

We would never read a book with no full stops or comma`s.

The Graceful Pause also allows us a chance to 

refine our breathing. 

When we chose to breath in such a way that calms and stills us we allow Divine inspiration to transform us;  

we make a space for Grace to flow  keeping us alive to, 

and aware of the Divine relationship.

The Mantra is a short inspirational saying, it will be an even number of syllables so half are used on the in breath and 

half on the outbreath. It could be a count of 4 x 4

`Holy Spirit
fill me with love`

or a count of 5 x 5 

` Beloved Mother

Fill my heart with Love`

Using a Mantra  helps focus on the breath and also gifts

 the mind with its `default` thought for the day.