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You're never at rest. You've tried routines, therapy, meditation. They help, but the restlessness stays. You suspect the problem goes deeper.

Buddhism has one aim: to free you from restlessness.

It frees you by showing you who you are.

It began in India 2,500 years ago, when a man later called the Buddha sat down and saw who he was. His teaching grew into Buddhism, and from India, spread across Asia.

Wherever it went, it adapted its teachings to each culture. In Japan, it became Zen. In Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism. In Southeast Asia, Theravada, and from it, Vipassana. That's why, when you look into Buddhism, you find so many different methods: koans, mantras, loving-kindness, the body scan. Each one a way of seeing who you are. Today, all of them have found a home in the West.

Path of Breathing continues this story, doing what Buddhism has always done: meeting people where they are. This time, it speaks to the Western mind, through its own history, science, philosophy, and unrest.

At the heart of this path is the breath, a practice that goes back to the Buddha himself.

No belief required. No idea to hold. Just seeing what's in front of you.

Elijah Silva.

Meditating since 2018.

A student of Zen, sitting with Jeff Shore.

The fundamentals: why you're restless, how to sit, and how to see who you are.

What's growing: how Western science, philosophy, and history point there too.

I'm still sitting, still reading, sharing what I see — nothing more.

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