Yoga Breathing

Yoga Breathing ( Pranayama ) is a consciously observing the breath as we breathe in and breathe out.
When the body is relaxed, the lungs are able to inhale and exhale more deeply. And the more deeply we exhale, the greater is our capacity to inhale fresh clean air.

You will notice that yoga breathing involves breathing more deeply than your usual involuntary breathing. This deeper breathing brings more oxygen into your system. You may feel a little light-headed or dizzy when you begin.

If you feel this happening at any time while doing the yoga postures, just take a moment to rest.

The yoga breathing will change your usual pattern of breathing and will in turn change your state of mind. As your mind becomes clearer and more focused, your attention span will increase.

By begining your yoga practice with a breathing sequence, you are increasing your mind’s capacity to focus attention on the postures, As you follow the postures, continue to be aware of our breath.

There are many sequences of yoga breathing, I generally like lobular breathing as the ideal beginning to our simple posture sequence.

Lobular breathing means breathing fully into the lobes of the lungs. We will breathe into the lower lobe( abdomen), the middle lobe and the upper lobe.

Yoga breathing is often practised in either the cross-legged pose or the lotus pose.

I suggest you use yoga mats when doing any kind of yoga exercises. The breathing exercises is essential for core power yoga.

In case you have any doubt I suggest searching joining a local yoga class for a month or so to get your basics correct.

Hope you enjoyed this article and many more are yet to come.

Namaste