Ramadan Recharge (Part 3 - Breathe!)

Assalamu'alaikum,

Welcome to week 3 of the Ramadan edition of the Barakah@Work newsletter. During Ramadan, I'm sharing practical tips to help you ‘recharge’ your Ramadan performance and productivity.

You're probably going through the infamous "mid-Ramadan slump." You're tired and sleepy, and if you have not been practicing some of the biohacks we shared last week, you probably lack the energy and focus on getting a lot done at work or in your spiritual/family life.

When you feel like this, take a moment and breathe.

No, not a shallow, stressful breath, but a deep-belly breath that helps you reset yourself: spiritually, physically, and mentally.?

Below is a practical video from our Mindfulness Instructor, Wadud Hassan, that talks about the importance of breathing from an Islamic perspective and two breathing practices you can adopt to reset your Ramadan and prepare yourself for the last 10 nights:

In this video, you'll learn:

1. The blessing of breathing
2. Why breathing helps you reset you and calm you.
3. How to breathe properly
4. How to connect your breathing exercise to God-consciousness (the purpose of Ramadan)

In addition to the above practices, I use an app called breathwrk which I found pretty helpful to practice mindful breathing exercises throughout my day, Check it out here.

I hope you found this week’s helpful, and we'll see you next week with our final Ramadan Recharge newsletter insha'Allah.?

Final note: Tomorrow, we'll open registration for a unique online masterclass called AIM (Annual Intentions Masterclass). It’s an annual program that helps you do an annual review in Ramadan and set intentions/duas for the upcoming year. The program has limited capacity so check my linkedin tomorrow for details.

Sincerely,

Mohammed Faris