Breath

In our dreams we often have trouble to breath or struggling to put air into our lungs. Now in most cases this awful feeling may be a result of sleep paralysis – the inability to move in our bed. This may also be attributed for the feeling as if someone is breathing on you. However, in dreams about gasping for air represents distortion within your mind, body and soul; emotionally or physically stagnated in a particular situation. Breath is essentially your "life force" which is being restricted from you – friends, relationships, fears, work etc.. To dream of bad breath represents embarrassing situations you are unaware of. This might be unknown to the dreamer but can be sensed by others. Bad breath might be indicating poor communication or relates to a distortion within the mind, body and soul.

In mythology, the breath is a divine gift. It keeps you connected to life until you 'take your last breath' and can symbolize your spiritual connection to life. A dream that focuses on breathing can suggest the need to 'get a breath of fresh air' or step away from the situation to see it objectively. Colored breath will be associated with the emotion that the color suggests, as a way of taking it in and allowing it to sustain you. See Colors.