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Pranayama Controlling the Breath

Breathing is a very basic phenomenon concerning life. It is intimately concerned with the biochemical process of obtaining energy from digested food materials. Every cell and tissue of an organism’s body depends continually for its life activity on the energy derived from oxidation of the digested food materials, and as this process cannot go on [...]

Beginning Yoga Breathing Exercises

Breathing is the single most important activity we do every second of our lives but it is also perhaps the activity we pay the least attention to because it does not need any overt effort on our part. It happens automatically and unconsciously and we tend to take it for granted. By its very purpose, [...]

Pranayama – A New Lifestyle

Lifestyle has a profound impact on the pranamaya kosha and its pranas. Physical activities such as exercise, work, sleep, intake of food and sexual relations, all affect the distribution and flow of prana in the body. Faculties of the mind such as emotion, thought and imagination affect the pranic body even more. Irregularities in lifestyle, [...]

How to Do the Yoga Breathing Exercises

Friends, now that we have gone over the Yogic Abdominal Exercises, the next steps in the Sivananda Style of Yoga are the Breathing Exercises also known in Yoga Circles as “pranayama”. Before delving any further into the Breathing Exercises, will discuss the next topic titled below. How to Breathe Properly: If you really want a [...]

Yoga Breathing Exercises – How to Practice Full Yogic Breathing Exercises

Learning to breathe correctly is an essential part of yoga. In yoga, breathing exercises are known as Pranayama (control of the breath) and form the cornerstone of your yoga practice. Before you can practice Pranayama it is essential you learn how to take a full yogic breath using your abdominal muscles. The following abdominal breathing [...]

Pranayama : Ujjayi Breathing

Pranayama Yogic Breathing – Ujjayi Ujjayi breathing is one of the main varieties of pranayama and is sometimes referred to as the Victorious breath. It can be used at any time, being particularly powerful during asanas to enhance your stretch and concentration and increase your energy levels. Ujjayi breathing is easy to learn and can [...]

Benefits of Pranayama! Want to Miss? Certainly NOT!

Pranayama should become the way of life. Well, certainly with some leading Yoga gurus imbibing the value of this ancient method of instilling life force, many people are aware of the benefits. But when I see certain section of society totally unaware of the facts about Pranayama, I feel like pursuing everyone to learn it. [...]

Kapalbhati, The 10 Minute Yoga

Kapalbhati is one of the best yoga techniques that have been given to us by sages of India. It is a gift to humanity. The idea is simple, breathe in normally and exhale forcibly allowing the stomach to collapse. Do it for 10 minutes and feel the difference within days. Kapalbhati is one of my [...]

Yoga, Pranayama, and Type 2 Diabetes!

The ancient exercise system of yoga and the controlled breathing technique known as pranayama are popular around the world as verifiable, although controversial, methods of maintaining health naturally. The May 2010 edition of the Indian Journal of Medical Research reports the latest information about using these techniques in Type 2 diabetes. One of the most [...]

Zap Stress – Step Into The Flow Of Your Life With Yoga And Pranayama

Maybe you’ve come to the point in your life where stress is so consistent that you’ve forgotten what it would feel like to have a stress-free existence. And perhaps you’re one of the millions of people diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or an autoimmune deficiency due to the factors in your life. (By the way, [...]