Where is the Music?: A Simple Guidebook to Remembering Your Song: Method 1: Breath + Sound = Song: Section 1: Your Breath

Preface

These writings are a collection of Methods designed to help you reconnect with your song.

Each Method comes from lived experience. I am not sharing theories with you. I am sharing practices that helped me reconnect with myself through breath, sound, rhythm, awareness, and attention.

At their core, these Methods are simple.

Your song already happens every time you combine your rhythm and your sound together in forward motion. These exercises are designed to help you become more aware of that movement already taking place within yourself.

Some of what you experience may feel familiar. Some of it may feel entirely new. Move at your own pace. There is nothing you need to force and nothing you need to become overnight.

Take what helps you. Leave what doesn’t.

Most importantly, remember this:

Your song is already there.

These Methods are simply an opportunity to listen for it again.

— Wiso

*This excerpt is the first in a series of 3 sections for this lesson. To continue forward, please read Method 1: Section 2: Sound and Section 3: Song in this blog category.

Method 1: Breath + Sound = Song

A song happens the moment rhythm and sound unite in forward motion.

You are a song. You are Music.Your song is an essential part of the greater orchestra. Without it, both you—and what surrounds you—are only a glimpse of what you came here to be.

This lesson will help you reconnect with your natural frequency—the one you carried when you arrived here as human. By working with your breath and your sound, and bringing awareness to each, you will begin to feel the motion of your song. From there, you will learn how to move with it.

In this lesson, we explore three simple entry points:

Section One: You Are Breath

Learn how to access and expand your rhythm through abdominal breathing—and a little math.

Section Two: Finding Your Sound

Begin connecting with the tones your subconscious uses to express your natural frequency through vocalization.

Section Three: Asking for Your Song

Learn how to listen to the Music—and how to use your breath and your sound to ask for your song.

Some exercises include a “Request”—a simple, intentional question offered to the Music. These are not mandatory. They are here to help focus your attention as you reconnect with your song.

Section 1: Your Breath

Breathing is life. Your breath is the essence of your rhythm. The air we breathe is more important to our survival than any other substance our body converts into fuel.

As humans, we have not done a great job preserving the integrity of this essential element. Air pollution is real—especially in urban areas—and most of us have little control over the quality of the air we breathe.

That said, there is another component of breath fully within our control: how we breathe.

What if the way you breathe could help you access more energy—and cleaner energy—from the air available to you, regardless of its quality?

Your “Breath Body”

Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Feel your breath. Where does it originate? Your mouth? Your stomach? Your lungs? Your feet?

If you pay close enough attention, you may notice that your breath can feel as though it originates from many different places. For now, we will focus on your nose as the air’s first point of entry into your body.

Close your eyes again and take another deep breath—this time inhaling through your nose. Focus on the air as it enters your body. Feel it move through your nostrils, then down into your lungs and abdomen. Notice the point at which your body reaches its natural fullness and gently shifts from inhale to exhale.

Pause briefly. Then exhale slowly and completely through your mouth. Without straining, release your breath until you feel empty. Pause again. If you wish to continue observing your breath, repeat the cycle as many times as you like.

Your breath body is one complete cycle of breath—from the moment air enters your body to the moment you are fully empty.

Every breath body is a microcosm of life. Each breath begins as air enters the body, transforms as it moves through you, reaches fullness, and then gradually releases until there is nothing left. At the end of each exhale, your breath body completes its cycle and naturally begins again.

As your breath moves through your body, your organs extract what they need from the air. When you exhale, you return it to the Earth in a new form—one that supports another part of life.

Your breath body happens automatically—you do not need to think in order to breathe. However, intentionally connecting with your breath has been used as a powerful tool for thousands of years.

Working with your breath can bring calmness, focus, and clarity into your life. It can help you access the best parts of yourself. It is one of the most important steps along the journey to reclaiming your song.

To begin, let’s reconsider the way you breathe.

Reconsidering Your Breath

Now that you have become aware of your breath body, consider the possibility that the way you breathe is just as important to your overall health as the quality of the air you breathe.

In today’s world—particularly in the West—many of us have learned to breathe in ways that are counterproductive. We tend to shorten our breath and hold tension in the body, leaving some of the energy available to us unused.

These patterns are often learned in childhood by observing those around us. This happens subconsciously, during a stage of life when we are highly influenced by our environment. As a result, many of us are only accessing a small portion of the energy available within the simple act of breathing.

For the purposes of finding your song, we will focus on two simple practices: abdominal breathing and combining your breath with math to access more of this potential energy.

If you are already familiar with this type of breath work, I invite you to reconsider your breath once again.

Abdominal Breathing

Abdominal breathing is a simple concept that has been around for ages. As mentioned earlier, many of us have developed breathing patterns that do not take full advantage of the air available to us.

At its core, abdominal breathing is the process of filling your abdomen with air on the inhale and emptying it completely on the exhale. This approach helps you access more energy with each breath.

The technique is simple and available to anyone, regardless of age or experience.

Exercise #1: Abdominal Breathing

Before you begin, close your eyes and take three deep breaths with full exhales.

On the fourth breath, inhale slowly through your nose and fill your abdomen with as much air as is comfortable. Without straining, focus on guiding the air into your belly.

Once you feel full, pause briefly.

Then exhale slowly through your mouth. Again, without straining, release your breath until your abdomen feels completely empty.

Pause again.

Repeat this full cycle at least ten times.

When you are finished, check in with your energy. How do you feel?

Now that your body is becoming familiar with abdominal breathing, let’s explore what happens when you combine this energy with a simple structure: math.

Using Math to Access Your Breath’s Potential Energy

Math and music are closely related. Together, they offer two ways of understanding the world around us. Music expresses form. Math explains it.

In simple terms, most of the music we hear is built from a repeating set of 12 tones within a single octave. That octave can be divided and experienced in many ways, but the pattern repeats—allowing for an infinite range of sounds and combinations.

Similarly, all numbers are built from 10 basic digits: 0 through 9. From these, we can create any number, no matter how large or complex.

In both cases, a small set of simple elements gives rise to an unlimited range of expression.

As we begin to work with these systems, we start to see how simple patterns expand into more complex experiences. Complexity does not replace simplicity—it grows from it.

In the same way, we can use simple, mathematical structures to better understand and guide our breath.

Using Math to Guide Your Breath

The rhythm of your breath can be guided with simple numbers. When you pair your breath with a steady count, you create a breath equation.

A breath equation is a simple pattern:

• Inhale → a number

• Hold → a number

• Exhale → a number

These numbers create a rhythm. That rhythm shapes how your breath moves—and how your body receives energy.  The intention behind the rhythm plays a role in transmitting the desired effect.

For this introduction, use a simple equation:

Inhale 2 — Hold 4 — Exhale 8

This pattern follows a gentle doubling rhythm. It’s easy to follow and strong enough to create noticeable changes in your energy.

Exercise #2: Rhythmic Abdominal Breathing

Request:  “Please Music, will you help me increase the energy my body receives from each breath?”

Before you begin, take three slow, deep breaths with full exhales.

On your fourth breath, begin the pattern:

Inhale through your nose to a count of 2.

Hold for a count of 4.

Exhale slowly through your mouth to a count of 8.

Do not force your breath. Let it move naturally.

At the end of your exhale, begin the next cycle.

Repeat this pattern at least ten times.

If you lose the rhythm or feel strained, pause, take a natural breath, and begin again. The goal is not perfection—it’s movement.

After completing the exercise, take a few natural breaths. Check in with your body. Notice how you feel. When you are ready, open your eyes.

Working With Your Own Rhythm

As you become more comfortable, you can begin to adjust your breath equation.

You might extend the exhale, shorten the hold, or change the tempo. Over time, these patterns become tools your body begins to recognize and use on its own.

The goal is not to force a specific rhythm, but to become aware of how rhythm shapes your breath—and how your breath shapes your energy.

As you continue, you may notice that different rhythms create different effects. We’ll explore how to align your breath with your intention in section three.

Challenges

Commit to these practices for 10 days before moving on to Section 2: Finding Your Sound.

Exercise #1: Abdominal Breathing

Practice in the morning and evening each day.

Complete at least 10 breath body cycles per session (about 4–7 minutes).

When you finish, take a moment to check in with yourself. Notice how you feel.

Exercise #2: Rhythmic Abdominal Breathing

Practice once each day.

Complete at least 10 breath cycles, or continue for 5–10 minutes.

Find a quiet place, and use a guide track if you need help maintaining the rhythm.

When you finish, check in with yourself. Notice any changes in your energy or focus.

If you’d like, consider keeping a simple journal to track your experience.