Understand the Physiology of Breathing.

Yogic sages have always believed that breathing is one of the primary rhythms we see in life which include sleep awake, birth and death, light and dark.

Taking that into consideration, it should be of little or no wonder that significant studies have been done to examine the role breathing has on aspects of our life such as health, emotional well being, relationships and the state of society in general.

Now, yoga sages and teachers believe that in yoga, the breath is known as a rather unifying principle called prana, a wide-reaching energy that can bridge body, mind and spirit together in a harmony that is the basis of yoga and meditation.

Those who practice yoga believe that this state of harmony is natural and that there are many aspects of life that pull apart our inner harmony. Yoga breathing exercise is one of the basic fundamental techniques we can use to control and even eliminate the impact external forces have on our overall health and well-being.

All of that considered, it is noteworthy that one learns the basics of Yogic breathing, hence the basics offered herewith.

1.      Practice Breathing. First and foremost is that we must give ourselves the permission, time and motivation to improve our breathing through exercise.

2. Become Aware of your body as it breathes. Yoga breathing techniques stress the role of your body, your abdomen, your ribs, your thorax and chest as well as your lungs in the yoga breathing process.

3. Focus on both inhalation and exhalation.

4. In due time, you can add the stage of retention, but adhere to the ratio of 1:4:2 for each stage with 4 seconds minimum and 16 seconds maximum for the inhalation stage.

5. Be careful of your diet.

In conclusion, it’s noteworthy that the long-term health benefits of yoga breathing exercise are thought to be significant, but you can always get some short-term ones like increase in energy, decrease in stress and just a general feeling of exhilaration with the use of pranayama.

It is worth the trial of it really.

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